The Daniels Family Curse (Earth-30)

The Daniels Family is a harrowing lineage, not by choice or anything done by the family but by external factors that exist on Earth-30. This universe being seeped in continuity before Shay even being born has led to several changes to the family that haven't occurred in other realities. A darker side to this is that Shay doesn't fully know it all, as many of the events for family members were changed, altered, or erased from history, either from SHIELD, Rainbow, or other governmental entities. However, there is one thing for sure. For some unapparent reason, The Daniels Family has close ties to mysticism and scientific, historical, and technological advancement.

## **The Daniels Curse**

Something important to note about the family is the "Daniels Family Curse." Whether or not it is genetic or mystical is entirely unknown. It is known that several, if not all, family members suffer from mental illnesses that will persist and plague them for their entire lives. These mental illness cases range from minor ones, such as ADHD or depression, to major ones, such as psychosis and schizophrenia. These cases have been documented throughout history, with much information left out of them, and it all started in 1920.

### **Elliot Daniels**

Dr. Elliot Daniels was born in Brooklyn and served as the confidant, lab partner, and close friend to Dr. West Carter. The two would work together on the Super Soldier Serum, but Elliot began to act strangely after its conception. He ranted and raved to West about how he felt like something was watching him and that there was a dark shadow over Brooklyn. West believed Elliot was slowly losing his mind, and while he was right, he wasn't right about how. Elliot discovered a death cult within Brooklyn that worshipped an entity that otherwise should not have existed. The cult called it Shoggoth, and when West went to see Elliot's wife to speak about what was occurring, she did not know what West was talking about, but Elliot's son only said the word Shoggoth. Elliot would write his findings down as he discovered more about the death cult, Shoggoth, and other creatures like him. Most notably, he also found that they were not the only death cult, and Shoggoth was not the only being.

Elliot penned that Shoggoth and the others were otherworldly beings that came to Earth before humanity was conceived. After writing all of his findings into his journal, he created a copy of his journal, but as a manuscript, and hoped that one day, a future descendant of his would discover the manuscript and solve the ultimate mystery of this. At the end of his sanity, Elliot penned his infamous last words out of fear that his family and lineage would befall the same fate as he.

***"Darkness has spread over Brooklyn, and death knocks under the laid cement we walk over, and Hell is calling. I have discovered too much, and the cult still lives."***

At the start of World War II, Elliot would leave a copy of his manuscript with West and board a ship, giving the captain a set of strange coordinates that he gained from a source of his. As Elliot sailed into the great infinite nothing, a phantom slunk underneath the boat, and he was never seen again. West would discover the manuscript but kept it hidden from the world, and as Elliot was declared legally insane, his work on the Super Soldier Serum was voided, leaving West with all of the credit. Thus, this began The Daniels Family Curse.