<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;">Dark Shadow</span></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;">A Country Under Threat</span></div><br/>The Kingdom of Markland had been living in peace with it's neighbours for more than twenty years due to the treaties put in place by King Garth's father and reinforced by strategic marriages linking the Royal Houses.  There was some banditry especially in the mountains that divided Markland and Ammerland despite military patrols from both states.<br/><br/>Until recently when there had been attacks on isolated farms and hamlets by armed gangs, even in areas where bandits had not been known for more than a century.  King Garth had sent troops to try to deal with the gangsters but they would simply melt away and then appear in a different part of the country.  The King was sure that someone was directing these attacks, but was uncertain whether it was an internal threat to his Kingdom or the actions of another country designed to destablise Markland before invading.<br/><br/>The spy network under the King's brother Prince Karl had not been able to shed any light on the nature of the threat, which also concerned the King, as he was sure that his well paid spies should have been able to come to some sort of conclusion.<br/><br/>It was into this developing crisis that our story begins...........<br/><br/><hr/><div class="codeheader">Code: <a class="codeoperation" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return smfSelectText(this);">[Select]</a></div><pre style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><code class="bbc_code">[size=12pt]<br/>[b]Character Image[/b] [img width=250]insert url here[/img]<br/>[b]Character name:[/b]<br/>[b]Character age:[/b]<br/>[b]Character description[/b]<br/>[b]Character history:[/b]<br/>[b]Character skills:[/b]<br/>[b]Character On's and Off's:[/b]<br/><br/>[b]Additional images (if any)[/b]<br/><br/></code></pre><hr/>