Failure…it is a bitter and painful thing to have to live with, especially when you realize, that you had everything within your grasp…but it just wasn’t enough; this was the singular thought that rang true among the assembled group of villains, each from their own domain, united…by failure…

But this would be the last time, for with their combined might, perhaps they could accomplish everything that they sought; and so, they did. Around the world, heroes fell before them, their wrath was terrible and swift…and it was quiet…

With the heroes gone, there stands nothing in the way of their goals, whatever they may be; only the beaten, the unwanted, the sidekicks, or even the friends or lovers have the chance to take the place of those that came before them, and bring justice to the wicked, and prevent the falling darkness that threatened to swallow all of Creation…