The World of Kung-Fu 1.1: Welcome to the World of Kung Fu
“A journey of a thousand li begins with one leap”—anonymous Shaolin monk, Zhou Dynasty, 7th century.
There is a secret world behind our world. A world of Kung Fu. Righteous monks and lethal assassins, maniacal villains and vigilante heroes walk amongst us unnoticed. The history of this secret world is the history of a war of good against evil; a war as ancient as China. The Kung Fu War. The Kung Fu War is a war against tyranny, a war against crime, and a war against diabolism and the powers of the dark.
Our world is under threat of conquest by an organization devoted to the pure pursuit of power; an organization with its tentacles reaching into every government on Earth; an organization named “Wushu”. Ruling China through its puppet communist regime, Wushu fights for the day when everyone will bow to its will.
Our world is under threat of being engulfed by a rising tide of criminal anarchy, as martial arts gangs prey on civilians for easy money. Worldwide, police are helpless as the infamous Five Venoms syndicate spreads its empire of corruption and violence. In the USA, a homegrown criminal alliance sweeps through the streets, washing them with blood: The Maniac Warrior Empire.
Our world is under threat of consumption by the forces of evil itself. The Laughing Devils, an ancient, degenerate cult, plots our downfall with magic and Kung Fu, martialing a legion of demons, vampires, and more terrible things yet to overwhelm and destroy us.
If our world is going to survive, it’s going to need heroes. And those heroes are going to need some mighty Kung Fu! For as long as there have been those who would subjugate humanity, there have been those with the guts and compassion to stand up and defend us against the armies of evil. Throughout history, the monks of Shaolin and priests of Wudang have championed all that is right. In the face of imperial tyranny and criminal greed, ten thousand martial arts styles bloomed to resist, from Wing Chun revolutionaries rising up against the Manchu, to the Karateka of Japan battling the Ninja menace. In the US, the Vigilante movement gathers martial artists trained in styles from all over the world, united by the will to defend the weak against the strong, and to see freedom and justice reign.
