Story time.
I have long held secret the story of my favorite creation: The Revenant.
Some of you are wondering what that is right now. Or perhaps who it is.
The Revenant or simply "Revenant" or "Rev" is my super hero.
If you are at all surprised that I have made one, you really should'nt be. My love of comics and writing should have made it almost a given that in my 20 years of life I made at least one hero.
Revenant is the product of many years of writing and re-writing, a fictional creation that holds a special place in my heart as my favorite character. For that reason, I have never much talked about him, or who he is. Sometimes I post drawings of him, but do not explain what or who the drawing is. In fact I am working on a drawing right now of him.
But I have decided I want to tell you, to see if the story is as good as I think it is. Make no mistake I am quite fond of it, holes and all. Yes, even now I will admit it has holes, but even with them, I think it is a rather airtight package, and a good read. So, continue reading if you are at all interested in knowing about him, otherwise go ahead and get off here.
Revenant: Origin Story (still a work in progress)
Revenant, as with most heroes, did not start out with super powers or a super-name. He was just a man. Like many a future super-hero, he was a brilliant scientist, who lived on an earth that exists in a parallel dimension to ours; (I love comics, if you need an excuse for something, there are always parallel dimensions)
I have yet to take a name for him, though I have become increasingly fond of Corvan. Anyhow, for the sake of this jaunt, we will call him Corvan.
Corvan's earth was very different than ours. Though they existed within the same boundaries of time, Earth C (we will call it Earth C) was far more advanced than ours. Earth-C had already gone through a multitude of advanced thermo-nuclear wars that had relatively decimated most of the planet, and realizing how close they were to oblivion, the populace therin fell into line under one totalitarian government that brought peace to the shattered orb. Most people associate such a rule with oppression, but it was not so in this case. While there were a fair share of strict rules and regulations, people were allowed freedom of religion as well as lifestyle. In essence Earth C is a correlation to what Utopia might be like here, if it were possible. Of course there were still a small group of dissidents, but we will get back to them later.
Back to Corvan. Corvan led a prosperous life as a scientist. From an early age he was fascinated with the human body, and ways to preserve what he found most precious: Life. He bio-engineered cures to nearly all common ailments, as well as multiple plagues that ravaged the land in the wake of the nuclear fallout. Corvan was something of a scientific miracle; he was praised as a saint, and was inducted as an honorary member of the elders-the leaders of the world government. In his life he met and befriended a fellow scientist, by the name of Kain. Kain was of equal brilliance, and together their work was without equal. At the age of 29, Corvan met his wife, and they wed, much to the chagrin of Kain, who secretly was jealous of Corvan's seemingly perfect life.
Some background on Corvan's wife: she was what some might call a seer; she had seemingly eerily intuitive dreams and epiphanies, as though she had a slight grasp of the future. Point in fact, when they met, She told Corvan jokingly that she was going to marry him, and that bold-faced (and slightly arrogant, considering his renown) statement was what first attracted him to her.
Back to the story. Corvan, having cured diseases, was given government funding for his boldest project-a project to engineer immortality for man. The project was code-named "Revenant" and was of the utmost secrecy, as the Elders felt that such a creation might incite unrest among some of the populace. At the same time, Kain became increasingly unhappy with his own work, which was receiving less and less attention from the elders, and receiving even less funding; He threw himself into creating his own miracle, a serum that would immunize a person from all disease, and lengthen the human lifespan.
Corvan on the other hand, took a different approach to his creation: Using the funding he received, he began to construct a bio-mechanical shell; a synthetic android housing that utilized a n advanced and highly unstable new power source: An antimatter core. Corvan found that antimatter, while unstable in every sense, contained a recycling energy matrix that produced more energy with a single ounce than the current hydro-fusion generators used to power cities. Corvan created a small housing that kept a marble-sized ball of antimatter suspended and ensnared in a looping force-field that drew the immense power it needed to house the antimatter from the matter itself. This was dubbed the "dark heart" due to the glowing purple energy it emitted, and was placed within the confines of the android's chest cavity. The rest of the body was constructed of nigh indestructible alloys, both lightweight and plyable, such metal was native only to Earth C. The final and perhaps most ingenious part of the body was the 'brain' a mass of biomechanical circuitry, that was designed to be able to produce all the ranges of emotions a normal human can exhibit, while simultaneously housing the memories of the host. In essence, when a person neared death, Corvan hoped to create a host body they could transfer their mind into; so that they might live on forever.
It is easy to see the err in Corvan's plans. Arguably he was overtaken by his hubris, and ultimately doomed himself by trying so hard to play god. However looking past such flaws, you might also say he did it because when you scratched everything else away, Corvan was at his core, a man who did not want to see anybody die.
As project Revenant neared completion, Corvan stayed increasingly late at the lab, and his wife became overtaken with nightmares. She was with child, and the pregnancy was becoming increasingly complicated as her terrors grew worse. She would wake in the middle of the night screaming, always seeing the same thing: She described a black demon, a creature with two sets of horns and only one blood red eye. No face or features were apparent other than that, But the demon was not after her, no, instead in every nightmare it hunted down Corvan, and consumed him. So close was Corvan to completion of his project that he did not heed his wife, telling himself it was just her natural fear of him leaving her, and that this would be his final project, his final work.
Sadly that was not to be. Kain, having let himself become consumed completely by his jealousy, sought out the last group of insurgents known on Earth C, a group of religious zealots who believed that god would eventually restore order on earth, an order where only one religion would prevail, and all other heathens would be cast down. They waited for a sign of such a time, and when Kain came to them, telling them of the Revenant project, they believed it was such a sign. A mere man trying to spit in the face of god with such a creation? It had to be stopped. Kain convinced them that with his help they could take it, and use it to tear apart the government he felt no longer cared about his great works.
So it was that they stole into lab where the Revenant lay, and in breaking in, set off an alarm that locked down the room that housed it. Unfortunately Corvan was once again working late, and in an attempt to force the security override codes from him, the extremists shot Corvan. As Corvan lay dying, he was found by his assistants who, knowing he was beyond recovery, put his mind into the android body.
In the aftermath of the assault, the government attempted to hush the matter from the media, but much to the Elders dismay, the extremists had released information of the project to the media, and the issue became a fiery cauldron of debate. Unknown to the public however, was the fact that the project was indeed a success, and Corvan awoke to find he was now a prisoner held by his own government, a mistake they wished they could undo; as much as they respected and cherished Corvan, they demanded he stay hidden in the confines of their base, as no one was to know of his existence until the whole problem could be dealt with.
Still, the elders provided both Corvan and his wife with anything they could want for, and allowed Corvan a single visitor, Kain. Kain had escaped suspicion of any wrongdoing, since Corvan vouched for him during the questioning as to who leaked the information. Corvan would not believe Kain could ever betray him so.
You may be wondering at this point as to what Corvan looked like at this point: The android body uses microscopic hard-light projectors that are located throughout the clear outer molding of the casing to project any image Corvan wishes as his visage. Thus, Corvan effectively looked and felt just as he normally would, albeit slightly heavier.
Corvan became increasingly frustrated with his confinement, and fell into a deep depression. He felt betrayed and hated by the people of the world he loved so dearly, and his only saving grace was the love of his wife. Together they waited for the birth of their son, and prayed that someday Corvan might be allowed into the world once more.
Kain meanwhile was still reeking with inner jealousy towards Corvan, who now effectively was not only immortal, but also harbored superhuman strength, as well as increased reflexes and speed. So Kain planned one final blow to Corvan: He kidnapped Corvan's wife, and gave her to the extremists to hold, in the hopes of drawing Corvan out of the building. Then Kain went to Corvan, who was horrified at the disappearance of his love, and told Corvan he had been contacted by one of the extremist agents, and was sent here to tell Corvan that they wanted him in exchange for her. Kain feigned sympathy perfectly, and begged Corvan not to go, instead to let him, or better yet, military officers take care of the matter for him. But just as Kain predicted, Corvan was wracked with grief and guilt, he blamed himself for what had happened, and thanking Kain for being his true friend, Corvan broke out of the government building, and went in search of his wife and unborn child.
Corvan went to the location he was directed, only to find Kain there, with his wife held hostage. In a fleeting moment, Corvan rushed to try and free his wife, but the men that Kain had with him opened fire immediately. Corvan was knocked to the ground, and watched in horror as Kain shot his wife, in a last brutal display of animosity. Kain fled, and left Corvan to be murdered by the Extremists he had bartered with, assuming that their advanced weapons would be enough to destroy Corvan.
And they might have been, were it not for a small error in the brain matrix Corvan had created for the android body. Unbeknownst to Corvan, man was never meant to emulate god, and there would always be a flaw in any such work. In Corvan's case, the brain he created for the body could only emulate 99 percent of human emotions: but the intense feelings of loss and grief, as well as betrayal and rage, were more than the brian could simulate. So it fell back onto natural data systems, and created a separate drive within the confines of his mind to house said feelings. Thus was the true Revenant born. A personality composed purely of Corvans anger, hate, and hurt, this shadow had access to all the knowledge Corvan had, but was created with only one purpose: Revenge. In the instant that Corvan witnessed his wife's execution, everything went black, and this new alien personality took over. Overriding the Corvan personality, the Revenant changed the image the hard light projectors made, and the soldiers watched in horror as Corvan seemingly mutated from man to dark beast, his skin turned black as night, his face gone, replaced only with a single glowing red eye, and four horns 'grew' from the back of his head. Where Corvan wanted nothing more than to use the body he was in to live in peace, Revenant took advantage of the advanced technology in a much darker way. His eyes could see the very muscle movements of the men, and thus predict where they would run, or when they would pull a trigger. To him, these men moved as though in slow motion. Revenant murdered them all brutally, tearing their bodies asunder, ripping flesh from bone, and laughing off the weapons they attempted to kill him with. He moved like black lightning, faster than a human eye could keep up with, and with the ferocity of a crazed animal.
When he had murdered them all, Revenant pursued Kain to the Extremist base, and there proceeded to murder all of the people within. When he finally confronted Kain, the man was nothing more then a trembling animal, for he had witnessed this seemingly invulnerable creature gore hundreds of people to death in a matter of minutes. Revenant however had different plans for Kain. He took the worm of a man and injected him with all the serums he had created in his attempts to make his ultimate cure, disease and vaccine alike, he pumped them into the Kain's body, and watched as he was consumed by Pestilence.
Whereas Corvan lay dormant during this, Revenant was self-aware. He knew of the other personality that had given birth to him, and considered it his duty to take the actions he knew Corvan would not. He considered Corvan 'weak' and despised him for it. In the days that passed, Revenant made modifications to the body that allowed it to not only turn invisible, but also pump out dark matter, the natural byproduct of using an antimatter core for energy, and push the dark matter from his left hand in the form of an energy blade. Revenant then intended to take revenge upon the Elders, but was foiled when something unexpected happened. Revenant believed Corvan to be incapable of taking control of the body again, but was proved wrong when Corvan unknowingly forced out the Revenant personality; in the simple act of 'waking up' from his dormant state. The process left Corvan changed back into his normal appearance, and completely confused, as he had awoken in an abandoned building, his last memory, the execution of his wife. Corvan believed it to be a dream, but was brought back to a crippling reality when he was arrested while wandering in the streets. He was brought before the elders, and shown not only the corpse of his wife, but also the remains of the many people he had slaughtered. And while Corvan had no recollection of this, Kain was also there, a slimy mess that barely resembled anything human, apparently the overdose of toxins and cures had created a biological paradox within the man, and he was now a living corpse of disease. From within his containment cell he spouted the story over and over of the murderer that Corvan had become, and laughed as his words sunk in. Corvan realized not only had he lost his wife and child, he had also let his grief for them control him, and cause him to commit unspeakable acts of violence, the thing he detested most. Broken, he asked only to be destroyed, but the Elders had other plans. Filled with both pity and disgust for the once great man they had before them, they banished him to a parallel earth (ours) where he might use his power for good or ill, an what they believed was a chance to redeem himself.
The process threw Corvan into a coma-like state where he was only aware of himself half of the time. The other half of the time the Revenant clawed at the confines of his mind and attempted to escape once more. Corvan went insane, and lay at the bottom of the ocean, (where he had been spat out by the dimensional gate) for over a hundred years.
Finally Corvan awoke to find a voice speaking to him: urging him to move, to find a way out of the black abyss he was in. It was the Revenant, and Corvan knew finally what it was that had made him do those horrors so long ago. Realizing the monster that was housed within him, he attempted to wipe the personality from his mind, only to find that it was fused within, and to wipe it would be to kill both of them. Even so, he attempted this too, but found that the Revenant personality was able to stop him over and over again. It was a stalemate, both personalities hated each other, and both had seperate goals. Revenant wanted to use the body once again, to search for those he deemed evil, and destroy them, as he was perpetually fueled only by revenge; and Corvan wanted only to attone for his sins, but he knew not how.
A truce was agreed upon; the Revenant personality would be given partial control over the body they shared, but only to fight the injustices that Corvan deemed appropriate, and never again would lethal force be used to quell any dispute. In return, Corvan was afforded some comfort in that he felt he might one day attone for his sins, and finally meet his love once again in the afterlife.
Death however, is a cruel mistress, and Corvan found to his dismay that his body was virtually indestructible, at least to the crude technologies of the earth he was cursed to roam. Time and time again he threw himself into situations that would spell certain death for a mere mortal, but always he would escape unharmed. The Revenant left his mark across the planet, the Nords believed him to be the incarnation of Odin, in Egypt he was seen as Rah incarnate, and finally in what would be the Americas, he was thought to be the spirit of death. As time passed, and westward expansion grew, Corvan once again became depressed, having seen so much bloodshed and cruelty towards what was his fellow man, Corvan lay himself deep within the caverns of a mountain, and there shut his eyes for what he thought would be the last time. Acceptant that he would never be allowed to die, he gave himself to the sands of time.
The year is now 2000, and heroes of other natures have been around for over 100 years. Aliens from distant planets, men in masks, and metahumans all litter the land, and it is only a matter of time until the ancient man awakes again to continue his quest for salvation.
Some of you are wondering what that is right now. Or perhaps who it is.
The Revenant or simply "Revenant" or "Rev" is my super hero.
If you are at all surprised that I have made one, you really should'nt be. My love of comics and writing should have made it almost a given that in my 20 years of life I made at least one hero.
Revenant is the product of many years of writing and re-writing, a fictional creation that holds a special place in my heart as my favorite character. For that reason, I have never much talked about him, or who he is. Sometimes I post drawings of him, but do not explain what or who the drawing is. In fact I am working on a drawing right now of him.
But I have decided I want to tell you, to see if the story is as good as I think it is. Make no mistake I am quite fond of it, holes and all. Yes, even now I will admit it has holes, but even with them, I think it is a rather airtight package, and a good read. So, continue reading if you are at all interested in knowing about him, otherwise go ahead and get off here.
Revenant: Origin Story (still a work in progress)
Revenant, as with most heroes, did not start out with super powers or a super-name. He was just a man. Like many a future super-hero, he was a brilliant scientist, who lived on an earth that exists in a parallel dimension to ours; (I love comics, if you need an excuse for something, there are always parallel dimensions)
I have yet to take a name for him, though I have become increasingly fond of Corvan. Anyhow, for the sake of this jaunt, we will call him Corvan.
Corvan's earth was very different than ours. Though they existed within the same boundaries of time, Earth C (we will call it Earth C) was far more advanced than ours. Earth-C had already gone through a multitude of advanced thermo-nuclear wars that had relatively decimated most of the planet, and realizing how close they were to oblivion, the populace therin fell into line under one totalitarian government that brought peace to the shattered orb. Most people associate such a rule with oppression, but it was not so in this case. While there were a fair share of strict rules and regulations, people were allowed freedom of religion as well as lifestyle. In essence Earth C is a correlation to what Utopia might be like here, if it were possible. Of course there were still a small group of dissidents, but we will get back to them later.
Back to Corvan. Corvan led a prosperous life as a scientist. From an early age he was fascinated with the human body, and ways to preserve what he found most precious: Life. He bio-engineered cures to nearly all common ailments, as well as multiple plagues that ravaged the land in the wake of the nuclear fallout. Corvan was something of a scientific miracle; he was praised as a saint, and was inducted as an honorary member of the elders-the leaders of the world government. In his life he met and befriended a fellow scientist, by the name of Kain. Kain was of equal brilliance, and together their work was without equal. At the age of 29, Corvan met his wife, and they wed, much to the chagrin of Kain, who secretly was jealous of Corvan's seemingly perfect life.
Some background on Corvan's wife: she was what some might call a seer; she had seemingly eerily intuitive dreams and epiphanies, as though she had a slight grasp of the future. Point in fact, when they met, She told Corvan jokingly that she was going to marry him, and that bold-faced (and slightly arrogant, considering his renown) statement was what first attracted him to her.
Back to the story. Corvan, having cured diseases, was given government funding for his boldest project-a project to engineer immortality for man. The project was code-named "Revenant" and was of the utmost secrecy, as the Elders felt that such a creation might incite unrest among some of the populace. At the same time, Kain became increasingly unhappy with his own work, which was receiving less and less attention from the elders, and receiving even less funding; He threw himself into creating his own miracle, a serum that would immunize a person from all disease, and lengthen the human lifespan.
Corvan on the other hand, took a different approach to his creation: Using the funding he received, he began to construct a bio-mechanical shell; a synthetic android housing that utilized a n advanced and highly unstable new power source: An antimatter core. Corvan found that antimatter, while unstable in every sense, contained a recycling energy matrix that produced more energy with a single ounce than the current hydro-fusion generators used to power cities. Corvan created a small housing that kept a marble-sized ball of antimatter suspended and ensnared in a looping force-field that drew the immense power it needed to house the antimatter from the matter itself. This was dubbed the "dark heart" due to the glowing purple energy it emitted, and was placed within the confines of the android's chest cavity. The rest of the body was constructed of nigh indestructible alloys, both lightweight and plyable, such metal was native only to Earth C. The final and perhaps most ingenious part of the body was the 'brain' a mass of biomechanical circuitry, that was designed to be able to produce all the ranges of emotions a normal human can exhibit, while simultaneously housing the memories of the host. In essence, when a person neared death, Corvan hoped to create a host body they could transfer their mind into; so that they might live on forever.
It is easy to see the err in Corvan's plans. Arguably he was overtaken by his hubris, and ultimately doomed himself by trying so hard to play god. However looking past such flaws, you might also say he did it because when you scratched everything else away, Corvan was at his core, a man who did not want to see anybody die.
As project Revenant neared completion, Corvan stayed increasingly late at the lab, and his wife became overtaken with nightmares. She was with child, and the pregnancy was becoming increasingly complicated as her terrors grew worse. She would wake in the middle of the night screaming, always seeing the same thing: She described a black demon, a creature with two sets of horns and only one blood red eye. No face or features were apparent other than that, But the demon was not after her, no, instead in every nightmare it hunted down Corvan, and consumed him. So close was Corvan to completion of his project that he did not heed his wife, telling himself it was just her natural fear of him leaving her, and that this would be his final project, his final work.
Sadly that was not to be. Kain, having let himself become consumed completely by his jealousy, sought out the last group of insurgents known on Earth C, a group of religious zealots who believed that god would eventually restore order on earth, an order where only one religion would prevail, and all other heathens would be cast down. They waited for a sign of such a time, and when Kain came to them, telling them of the Revenant project, they believed it was such a sign. A mere man trying to spit in the face of god with such a creation? It had to be stopped. Kain convinced them that with his help they could take it, and use it to tear apart the government he felt no longer cared about his great works.
So it was that they stole into lab where the Revenant lay, and in breaking in, set off an alarm that locked down the room that housed it. Unfortunately Corvan was once again working late, and in an attempt to force the security override codes from him, the extremists shot Corvan. As Corvan lay dying, he was found by his assistants who, knowing he was beyond recovery, put his mind into the android body.
In the aftermath of the assault, the government attempted to hush the matter from the media, but much to the Elders dismay, the extremists had released information of the project to the media, and the issue became a fiery cauldron of debate. Unknown to the public however, was the fact that the project was indeed a success, and Corvan awoke to find he was now a prisoner held by his own government, a mistake they wished they could undo; as much as they respected and cherished Corvan, they demanded he stay hidden in the confines of their base, as no one was to know of his existence until the whole problem could be dealt with.
Still, the elders provided both Corvan and his wife with anything they could want for, and allowed Corvan a single visitor, Kain. Kain had escaped suspicion of any wrongdoing, since Corvan vouched for him during the questioning as to who leaked the information. Corvan would not believe Kain could ever betray him so.
You may be wondering at this point as to what Corvan looked like at this point: The android body uses microscopic hard-light projectors that are located throughout the clear outer molding of the casing to project any image Corvan wishes as his visage. Thus, Corvan effectively looked and felt just as he normally would, albeit slightly heavier.
Corvan became increasingly frustrated with his confinement, and fell into a deep depression. He felt betrayed and hated by the people of the world he loved so dearly, and his only saving grace was the love of his wife. Together they waited for the birth of their son, and prayed that someday Corvan might be allowed into the world once more.
Kain meanwhile was still reeking with inner jealousy towards Corvan, who now effectively was not only immortal, but also harbored superhuman strength, as well as increased reflexes and speed. So Kain planned one final blow to Corvan: He kidnapped Corvan's wife, and gave her to the extremists to hold, in the hopes of drawing Corvan out of the building. Then Kain went to Corvan, who was horrified at the disappearance of his love, and told Corvan he had been contacted by one of the extremist agents, and was sent here to tell Corvan that they wanted him in exchange for her. Kain feigned sympathy perfectly, and begged Corvan not to go, instead to let him, or better yet, military officers take care of the matter for him. But just as Kain predicted, Corvan was wracked with grief and guilt, he blamed himself for what had happened, and thanking Kain for being his true friend, Corvan broke out of the government building, and went in search of his wife and unborn child.
Corvan went to the location he was directed, only to find Kain there, with his wife held hostage. In a fleeting moment, Corvan rushed to try and free his wife, but the men that Kain had with him opened fire immediately. Corvan was knocked to the ground, and watched in horror as Kain shot his wife, in a last brutal display of animosity. Kain fled, and left Corvan to be murdered by the Extremists he had bartered with, assuming that their advanced weapons would be enough to destroy Corvan.
And they might have been, were it not for a small error in the brain matrix Corvan had created for the android body. Unbeknownst to Corvan, man was never meant to emulate god, and there would always be a flaw in any such work. In Corvan's case, the brain he created for the body could only emulate 99 percent of human emotions: but the intense feelings of loss and grief, as well as betrayal and rage, were more than the brian could simulate. So it fell back onto natural data systems, and created a separate drive within the confines of his mind to house said feelings. Thus was the true Revenant born. A personality composed purely of Corvans anger, hate, and hurt, this shadow had access to all the knowledge Corvan had, but was created with only one purpose: Revenge. In the instant that Corvan witnessed his wife's execution, everything went black, and this new alien personality took over. Overriding the Corvan personality, the Revenant changed the image the hard light projectors made, and the soldiers watched in horror as Corvan seemingly mutated from man to dark beast, his skin turned black as night, his face gone, replaced only with a single glowing red eye, and four horns 'grew' from the back of his head. Where Corvan wanted nothing more than to use the body he was in to live in peace, Revenant took advantage of the advanced technology in a much darker way. His eyes could see the very muscle movements of the men, and thus predict where they would run, or when they would pull a trigger. To him, these men moved as though in slow motion. Revenant murdered them all brutally, tearing their bodies asunder, ripping flesh from bone, and laughing off the weapons they attempted to kill him with. He moved like black lightning, faster than a human eye could keep up with, and with the ferocity of a crazed animal.
When he had murdered them all, Revenant pursued Kain to the Extremist base, and there proceeded to murder all of the people within. When he finally confronted Kain, the man was nothing more then a trembling animal, for he had witnessed this seemingly invulnerable creature gore hundreds of people to death in a matter of minutes. Revenant however had different plans for Kain. He took the worm of a man and injected him with all the serums he had created in his attempts to make his ultimate cure, disease and vaccine alike, he pumped them into the Kain's body, and watched as he was consumed by Pestilence.
Whereas Corvan lay dormant during this, Revenant was self-aware. He knew of the other personality that had given birth to him, and considered it his duty to take the actions he knew Corvan would not. He considered Corvan 'weak' and despised him for it. In the days that passed, Revenant made modifications to the body that allowed it to not only turn invisible, but also pump out dark matter, the natural byproduct of using an antimatter core for energy, and push the dark matter from his left hand in the form of an energy blade. Revenant then intended to take revenge upon the Elders, but was foiled when something unexpected happened. Revenant believed Corvan to be incapable of taking control of the body again, but was proved wrong when Corvan unknowingly forced out the Revenant personality; in the simple act of 'waking up' from his dormant state. The process left Corvan changed back into his normal appearance, and completely confused, as he had awoken in an abandoned building, his last memory, the execution of his wife. Corvan believed it to be a dream, but was brought back to a crippling reality when he was arrested while wandering in the streets. He was brought before the elders, and shown not only the corpse of his wife, but also the remains of the many people he had slaughtered. And while Corvan had no recollection of this, Kain was also there, a slimy mess that barely resembled anything human, apparently the overdose of toxins and cures had created a biological paradox within the man, and he was now a living corpse of disease. From within his containment cell he spouted the story over and over of the murderer that Corvan had become, and laughed as his words sunk in. Corvan realized not only had he lost his wife and child, he had also let his grief for them control him, and cause him to commit unspeakable acts of violence, the thing he detested most. Broken, he asked only to be destroyed, but the Elders had other plans. Filled with both pity and disgust for the once great man they had before them, they banished him to a parallel earth (ours) where he might use his power for good or ill, an what they believed was a chance to redeem himself.
The process threw Corvan into a coma-like state where he was only aware of himself half of the time. The other half of the time the Revenant clawed at the confines of his mind and attempted to escape once more. Corvan went insane, and lay at the bottom of the ocean, (where he had been spat out by the dimensional gate) for over a hundred years.
Finally Corvan awoke to find a voice speaking to him: urging him to move, to find a way out of the black abyss he was in. It was the Revenant, and Corvan knew finally what it was that had made him do those horrors so long ago. Realizing the monster that was housed within him, he attempted to wipe the personality from his mind, only to find that it was fused within, and to wipe it would be to kill both of them. Even so, he attempted this too, but found that the Revenant personality was able to stop him over and over again. It was a stalemate, both personalities hated each other, and both had seperate goals. Revenant wanted to use the body once again, to search for those he deemed evil, and destroy them, as he was perpetually fueled only by revenge; and Corvan wanted only to attone for his sins, but he knew not how.
A truce was agreed upon; the Revenant personality would be given partial control over the body they shared, but only to fight the injustices that Corvan deemed appropriate, and never again would lethal force be used to quell any dispute. In return, Corvan was afforded some comfort in that he felt he might one day attone for his sins, and finally meet his love once again in the afterlife.
Death however, is a cruel mistress, and Corvan found to his dismay that his body was virtually indestructible, at least to the crude technologies of the earth he was cursed to roam. Time and time again he threw himself into situations that would spell certain death for a mere mortal, but always he would escape unharmed. The Revenant left his mark across the planet, the Nords believed him to be the incarnation of Odin, in Egypt he was seen as Rah incarnate, and finally in what would be the Americas, he was thought to be the spirit of death. As time passed, and westward expansion grew, Corvan once again became depressed, having seen so much bloodshed and cruelty towards what was his fellow man, Corvan lay himself deep within the caverns of a mountain, and there shut his eyes for what he thought would be the last time. Acceptant that he would never be allowed to die, he gave himself to the sands of time.
The year is now 2000, and heroes of other natures have been around for over 100 years. Aliens from distant planets, men in masks, and metahumans all litter the land, and it is only a matter of time until the ancient man awakes again to continue his quest for salvation.