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| Wilhelm Kantor was born in Germany
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| in the early 1900s. A dashing, athletic,
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| and intellectual young man, he found
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| his way into certain esoteric circles
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| around the same time the Nazi Party was gaining prominence
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| in his homeland. Eventually,
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| Kantor was initiated into the
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| Thule Society, a secretive lodge of
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| mystics who embraced the ideal
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| of an Aryan past, and wielded
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| ancient Teutonic magic.
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| Kantor’s experiences in the Thule
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| Society awakened him to numerous past
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| lives, in particular a previous incarnation
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| in ancient Egypt when he was the sorcerer Tan-
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| Aktor, who betrayed and attempted to overthrow
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| the Prince Heru-Ra. He learned that his soul, his ka, and that of Heru-Ra had
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| reincarnated throughout history to carry out their age-old conflict.
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| The awakening of his ka made Kantor a formidable magician, quickly
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| exceeding his mentors and rising to prominence within the Society. Coupled
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| with her perfect Aryan looks and cold ambition, Kantor earned the favor
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| of the Nazis and the Füehrer himself. He became a key occult advisor to
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| Hitler and was placed in charge of various secret Nazi programs to create
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| übersoldaten: super-soldiers for the Fatherland. Kantor used the
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| opportunity to ensure many of these Nazi super-agents were loyal
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| to him, foreseeing the day when he would topple Hitler and
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| claim the Third Reich for himself.
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| During the Second World War, Kantor was a shadowy
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| mastermind behind numerous Nazi schemes. His rituals
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| granted Nacht-Krieger and others their powers,
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| and he maintained something of a rivalry with
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| Übermensch, Hitler’s favored champion, as they
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| both plotted to eliminate the Füehrer for their
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| own reasons. Kantor knew Übermensch was
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| a rogue Ultiman, but was never able to use
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| the information to his advantage, although
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| he did manage to acquire many technological
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| secrets of the Ultima.
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| When the Third Reich collapsed in defeat,
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| Kantor fled Germany, along with a cache of gold
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| and occult artifacts. For years, he schemed to
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| regain the power he’d lost. Eventually, he used
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| a combination of occult lore and Ultima and
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| Preserver technology to clone himself; replacing
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| his aging body is a young, healthy, physically
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| perfect form. He also created clones in his own
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| image as ideal followers: programmed for
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| loyalty and obedience. From this grew the organization
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| known as SHADOW, with Kantor as
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| its supreme leader, the Overshadow.
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| Since then, the Overshadow
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| has largely abandoned pretenses of
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| Aryan superiority and focuses solely
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| on his superiority. He wants nothing
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| less than complete world
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| domination and he’s come close
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| to getting it on a number of
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| occasions. His old foe Heru-Ra
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| returned for a number of years
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| as the Scarab to oppose him,
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| but he has been removed
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| from the picture for the time
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| being. Likewise, the champions
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| of Light have not found
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| a successor, while Kantor
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| has reclaimed the services of
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| Nacht-Krieger. The time is growing ripe for the rise of SHADOW and for
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| the Overshadow to lord over the world!
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| [[NECESSARY EVIL in FREEDOM CITY]] | | [[NECESSARY EVIL in FREEDOM CITY]] |
