The Immortal

The Immortal is a his name would imply, an immortal being which largely acted as a superhero or force for good.

## **History**

Klarn Arg was once a member of the prehistoric Bear tribe that survived the dangers of their secluded valley. The Bear Tribe was at war with Vander Adg’s Wofl Tribe and clashed many times. On the day of what was intended to be their final confrontation, fate intervened in the form of a mysterious fireball that exploded above the field of battle. Bathed in the fireball's unearthly radiation, Vandar Adg became immortal. From that moment on, he would never age, never die. While the young warrior, although not directly affected by the radiation, found himself changing as well. From the very heart of the exploded fireball, the young warrior extracted a glowing jewel, which he would wear the moment on as an amulet around his neck. He soon discovered that, after a fashion, he too had become immortal. Arg was not the only Caveman exposed to the Meteorite but intended to use his abilities for good.

Arg’s first heroic action was to aid in overthrowing the Goa’Ulds. He remained in Egypt, fighting against Pharaoh Rama Tut and En Sabah Nur. He was accidentally cursed with reincarnation by Hath Set, Vandal Savage in disguise, but revived. Though he never thought anything would come of this due to his immortality. He revived. The High Priest Imhotep cut him to pieces to prevent him from reforming and intervening in his plans. He was revived by Nephren-KA and exiled when he refused to serve him. He was transported to Russia, where he remained in a Village near the Caspian Sea as part of the Kurgan Tribe. He fathered a child unknowingly and when he departed, the child discovered his own immortality and slayed the tribe, leading to several immortal children of Arg to compete in the Gathering. Arg battled Vandal Savage and other immortals loyal to the Roman Empire, where he was captured and burned, marking his first true death.

The Immortal was reincarnated thanks to the curse Vandal Savage had placed on him. This time becoming Lancelot. He swore loyalty to King Arthur which extended to an affair with Queen Guinevere, which led to Camelot’s downfall. Merlin’s spell was cast to prevent the fall of Camelot, leading to a cycle of reincarnation.Merlin had tried to undo the Immortals reincarnation as well to prevent the fall but the older spell could not be broken and the Immortal was left repeating the cycle for centuries, his old body disappearing every time and being unaware of his old life. After the cycle was broken it is unclear what the Immortal did though some speculate he may have been St.George or Beowulf or battled Vathek and Abdul Alhazred. He formed a friendship with fellow immortal Ulysses Bloodstone at around this time. The Immortal began aiding the young United States but was vaporized by the Unmaker in 1809. He would be reincarnated, paving the way for his most famous life.

The Immortal was reborn as Abraham Lincoln. The Lincoln Family worked on the planation of Vampire Jack Barts. In 1818, Abraham saw a young African American boy William Johnson being abused and moved to save him. As a result, Thomas was fired and Barts poisoned his wife and Abraham’s mother Nancy. At age 11, Thomas told Abraham that Vampires were real and had killed his grandfather and mother. Lincoln, a year later Abraham tracked down Jack Barts and killed him. In 1825 he was nearly killed and rescued by a Vampire named Henry Sturges, who trained him and supplied him with information. Lincoln discovered a slave auction was in fact a way to feed Southern Vampires and became an abolitionist. While pursuing a political career, Lincoln wed Mary Todd and befriended Vampire hunter Edgar Allen Poe, who Warned of the Vampire plot to enslave humanity. Poe was murdered in 1849. Lincoln and fellow vampire Hunter William Seward learned of the Southern Vampire plot to conquer the North and ran for the Presidency, winning in 1860 and Becoming President of the United States. Lincoln’s son Willie was murdered by Souther Vampires, which hurt him greatly. Lincoln won the war thanks to the use of silver bullets and the Emancipation Proclamation leading the slaves to rise up. While victorious, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford’s Theater in 1865. As he lay dying, Henry chose to bite him and turn him into a Vampire.

Abraham Lincoln declined serving the US Government leaving that to Vampire Nathaniel Cade. Lincoln refused to return to active work until the devastated of the Mollusc Invasion, participating in the invasion of Mars before discovering they were not to blame. He was left behind on Mars by William Hattison, who perceived his actions as a betrayal, remaining there and falling in love with the Red Planet, Lincoln eventually willingly ended his Vampire life by stepping into the Martian Sun.

The Immortal’s next reincarnation led him to be an adult at the dawn of the Golden Age of Heroes, where he willingly found a way to grant himself powers similar to superman due to surviving potentially fatal radiation exposure. The Hero Doctor Fate also restored his memories of his old life. It was at this time he truly took the name of the Immortal. He reunited with Henry at this time. In 1963 he met with President Cassidy and watched John Calvin Sykes’s “I have a Dream” Speech. In 1974, he helped Black Dynamite thwart a scheme from then President Richard Monckton. In 1983, The Immortal assembled a team of “Forgotten Heroes”, Heroes which had largely been forgotten by time. At around this time, his DNA was taken by the government as part of a cloning experiment. In the 1990’s the Immortal became a founding member of the Guardians of the Globe until 2003 when Omni-Man murdered the team, though he was revived. The Immortal would eventually settle on the planet Mars and remain there thousands of years into the future.