There are the people in closed London’s clubs, who often talk about a special boarding school for talented children. The private closed institution, whose patron wished to remain anonymous. Best inventors, politicians and generals come precisely from this school. They don’t join secret clubs, they don’t build alliances. Gossips say that each of them was brought up for a specific purpose!

Bertram Bingham was a born reformer and prominent industrialist of the era of technological revolution. He never talked about the secret school where he studied until his eighteenth birthday. And soon, his own life became one big mystery story.

He built a global empire rather quickly. It covered areas in engineering, radio, electricity, and weapons. Bertram’s engineers, under his own control, designed and built the new “Etherium engine.” That was the birth of the new technology era. For this invention and many other accomplishments, the Queen gave him the title of Lord.

But when the Great Empire claimed its rights on the whole World, Lord Bingham rose against all. He occupied the unique Etherium mine and surrounded it with his battle towers — an outstanding defense that couldn’t be broken by Empire armies.

Soon the Great Empire fell, and Lord Bingham’s influence became global. He became the head of the “Etherium Distribution Council,” the special global organization which controlled mining and deliveries of the valuable mineral.

Europe had not only recovered from the First World War, but increased progress and modernization in all areas of life. After a while, new occurrences of Etherium were found all over the world, and the fragile peace came under threat again. The Council lost its power and split into two sides. Lord Bingham advocated the creation of the “United Nations with Access to Etherium,” and didn’t pay attention to the threat from his former colleagues.

A group of six men from the Council carried out a secret experiment to enrich ordinary Etherium and obtained a new “Black mineral.” That was the creation of the “Black Cult,” the powerful organization which very quickly captured Germany first, and then countries nearby.

Persecution came upon Lord Bingham; his Empire was destroyed part by part, and assassins came for his life. He had to fake his own death. Something went wrong, and he received a hand injury which was almost entirely disabling.

Lord Bingham hid in one of his secret bases. In this shelter he began to build his new powerful weapon — a Big Flying Carrier for the Battle Tower. A Carrier capable of bringing back hope in the war with the Cult. A Carrier capable of correcting mistakes…

Someone says that “riot” drives the best of us. It gives us ambitions to do what we like, gives us ambitions to freedom.

Abigail got to the boarding school for talented children when she was four. She didn’t know her family and always considered herself an orphan. Since childhood, she was a quick learner and gifted inventor. The school gave her the best education in England, but she hated being there! She was a problem child and always dreamed about freedom.

At the age of sixteen, Abigail ran away from the school. She appeared on the street and quickly learned to survive. She became an apprentice at a weaponry master somewhere in London’s ghetto. Soon, the weaponsmith talent, vast knowledge, and her explosive character helped her to open her own gunsmith shop.

She took any job, which inevitably led to relations with the criminal world. The Syndicate supplied her with unique projects and rare materials. But one day, she refused to make an order for two cutlasses for a maniac named Jack. She injured him and killed one of the Syndicate’s men in the scuffle. Life in London became impossible; she had to leave everything and run.

She hid in Gibraltar’s port and was engaged in repairing ships and big steam aerostats. Nonetheless, she was found. A great reward was appointed for Abigail’s head, the hunt was on — but Lord Bingham found her first. He offered her a good job at a secret base, with unlimited resources and advanced technologies, where the Syndicate couldn’t find her. She agreed without hesitation. However, the first project she prepared at her new workplace was… an escape plan!

Loyal people are rare in all times. They need to be brought up; they need time, effort, and resources. But in the search for true loyalty, any investment is justified.

Natalie was born in England, in a small town near London. Her working-class family was able to pay for education at a good school. Intellect, beauty, and an excellent pupil’s drive made her a good contender for Lord Bingham’s grant. That grant could open the doors to England’s best universities and the world’s top companies. She lost it. She failed the exams because of severe anxiety.

Nonetheless, Lord Bingham noticed the girl, added his own money, and she got the grant. The special status of “favorite who passed without exams” created many problems, but Natalie studied well and firmly decided to return her debt completely. She never knew that the entire situation was rigged. Lord Bingham often found ways to make unique people desire to work with him.

Natalie indeed became a very talented manager. She quickly got a management position at «Bingham Steam» research company. Her beauty and manners gave her access to high society. However, she wasn’t interested in the secular life — she was a workaholic, who of course, like all other girls, dreamed about true love.

Her time came at the very beginning of the war, when Lord Bingham’s empire was destroyed. She agreed to work at a secret Bingham base without any hesitation. The secret base where nobody would find her, not even her parents… The base where she would continue her duty…

Russian officers are famous for their training, high moral values, and they never give up to the enemy. Russian officers don’t serve the state, but the Homeland — even if the state has turned away from them.

Victor Makarov was born in 1890, in Tula, Russia. He successfully graduated from the Higher Artillery Command Engineering School in Petrograd. He tied his whole life to the army. When he got the major rank, he also received an appointment to the Experimental Artillery forces.

As soon as the Spanish Civil War began, Victor, with his entire platoon and family, was sent to Madrid. Officially, his task was to train Spanish artillerists, but in fact he began the construction of a big powerful gun. The project was so secret that he had to change his surname, learn the language, and live quietly near Madrid.

In 1939, a new organization called the “Black Cult” intervened in the course of the civil war and Victor’s fate. Spain suffered from endless revolts of cultists. Spanish generals chose the Cult’s side. The secret gun was relocated to Portugal. While Victor was saving his life’s work, his wife and children were murdered under the bombardment of the Cult.

The Cult retreated. The Spanish government changed, the project of the big gun lost its funding, and was forgotten somewhere in Portugal. Russia claimed it had never helped “corrupt generals” with special projects. Victor’s squad was simply forgotten, all information classified. Victor lost everything: family, job, hope…

Victor fought in each battle with the Cult as if it were his last. But once, after a battle, fate brought him together with Lord Bingham. He offered to revive the artillery gun project, offered a job and a place in the special team. However, Victor got much more… He found a new purpose in life — to destroy the “Black Cult” forever!

Can theft be an art — and save a man from his conscience? Can theft truly be theft if you steal from the enemy?

Vincent was a wunderkind. He quickly learned several languages and was ahead of the education program at a prestigious London-based institute. He had skills in drawing and radio electronics. He dreamed of entering high society, buying a small island in the Mediterranean, and building a radio beacon on it.

Vincent’s life changed dramatically when his father was jailed for corruption. The road to high society was closed, and education funding ended. He dropped out of the institute and became a freelance artist.

His education and manners didn’t help him on the streets of London, and soon he discovered new talents: theft, lock picking, manipulation, acting, and oratory. He could easily win people’s trust and steal from wealthy citizens.

He became a successful con artist and quickly switched to stealing masterpieces, technology blueprints, and secrets of big corporations. His radio electronics hobby allowed him to develop a network of informants across all of Europe. He became an expert in the field and entered the elite of the con artist world, though only a few people knew him as a criminal. And everything went well… until the war came.

Possessing valuable information, he understood that trading with the Cult was extremely dangerous. He planned to execute one last case — stealing new Tesla technology secrets — and then flee from this terrible war.

Lord Bingham put a lot of effort into catching Vincent, but instead of handing him to the police, offered him a place on the team. Because Lord Bingham, as well as Vincent, understood that if the Cult won, there would be no place, no island to hide, and certainly no free radio station…

Many people argue — what has more influence on a child: breeding or blood? It seems that the balance leans toward breeding, but history knows examples when talent and willpower passed from father to son, or even daughter.

Elizabeth von Brown always grew up in luxury and was never in need. She was proud and arrogant. Elizabeth grew up without a mother — she died when Elizabeth was five. Her father spoiled her by spending big money on her whims.

Mr. Brown was a big industrialist and competitor of Lord Bingham. He supported the “Enrichment Etherium” project and secretly supplied scientists with technologies. He also supported the new organization “Black Cult,” and later paid for that decision first with his mind, and then with his life…

The Brown empire fell very quickly. The Cult seized factories and companies. The board of directors split into warring factions. Elizabeth was only sixteen when she dissolved the board and became the head of the weakened Brown empire, using her birthright.

Many people turned away from the young arrogant lady. She was able to save only a small part of the factories and scientific centers. Through tremendous effort, she reformed the company and turned a profit, which was unbelievable to others. But what was more important — she preserved the proud sound of her surname.

Elizabeth grew up very quickly. She became a strict business lady and the hope of the family. She never changed her ways: always with a servant, always impeccably dressed. And each day, at five o’clock, even in the hardest times, she drank her black tea from excellent Chinese porcelain.

Only the moon and pillow knew how hard she cried at night…

Only a few have the courage to proclaim that holding back natural desires and instincts, hiding true motives and unpleasant thoughts — is the true madness itself!

Samantha White was always the “gray mouse.” She was well-mannered and intelligent, but at the same time reserved and unsociable. She didn’t like to stand out and always avoided unnecessary attention.

She got a good education and could have been a great scientist, if women had been allowed such positions. She worked at a big scientific company headed by the well-known scientist Nathaniel Hailey. Soon she became his first assistant. She realized she had reached her career ceiling and was satisfied with it.

Nathaniel was an ambitious and powerful person. Perhaps because of this, she fell in love with him. She was happy to give him her help and support.

Unfortunately, Nathaniel had rather radical views. He destroyed the Council, stepped up against Lord Bingham, and organized the “Enrichment Etherium” experiment.

That was a catastrophe. A powerful explosion of unknown energy took many lives, including Nathaniel himself. Many who were near lost their minds. The World got the “Black Etherium,” and Samantha got a new identity!

After the incident, she changed — became confident, strong, and no longer hid her beauty. The Black Etherium’s influence granted her abilities in hypnosis and suggestion. However, she became obsessed with the idea that her beloved was alive, loved her, and continued to change the World for the better.

All this made her the ideal candidate for the role of representative of the new powerful organization “The Black Cult.” She became known as the “Dark Lady” and “Bride of the Cult’s Leader.” She became the ambassador of the Cult’s will… A perfect, but insane weapon in the impending war for the minds of millions…

Lieutenant General Jean Moreau received the order: invade enemy territory and take control of the factory producing big walking units.

He decided to lead the attack personally. Since doctors had diagnosed him with lung cancer, his only desire was a glorious death in a fair battle.

The attack was going as planned until the main forces faced a battle machine never seen before. A giant walking spider, five stories high with large-caliber guns under its belly, crushed the general’s army without any problems.

Jean realized that intelligence had miscalculated and he had to retreat, but somebody at headquarters decided differently. They were covered with heavy artillery fire… friendly fire.

Bleeding among the wreckage of an infernal machine, he cursed the headquarters generals. They betrayed their soldiers; they took his glorious death. Falling into an endless sleep, he thought only about a second chance…

He woke up in a hospital. From his chest stuck a strange mechanism that brought hellish pain. There was a mask on his face supplying oxygen from special containers. He was covered in tubes and wires, but he was alive.

The “Black Cult” not only rescued him, but cured his cancer. Breathing through the special mechanism in his chest, using oxygen with micro particles of Etherium, he got a new life.

In his new life, he accepted the “Common Desire,” understood the meaning of the Cult Leader’s ideas, and took command of the greatest army on the planet. But most importantly — he got the chance to seek glory in battle against the people who had once betrayed him…

— It doesn’t matter who I am or where I came from! The only thing that matters is what I am going to say! When the Cult reaches its goal, I will leave — because in my place will come the Creator himself! However, to achieve our goals, we need to eradicate all lies in our World.

— A wise man once told me: the bigger the lie, the more easily people will believe it. The whole old world lives in a tremendous lie! But I assure you, if you speak a lie long enough, loud enough, and often enough, people will start to believe! Hiding behind false Gods, doctrines, and titles, they are mired in a greedy desire to accumulate wealth and power!

— But we are different! We know the truth! We hear the Creator’s will! We feel the “Common Desire” which unites us, gives us the purpose of life, and eradicates jealousy, malice, and hate.

— The Creator bestowed upon us the “Black Etherium” — the conductor of his will in our sinful world! Everyone can touch the mineral and feel the Creator’s will. An unprecedented event in our history.

— That’s why I created the “Cult” — we will eliminate those who cannot sense the “Common Desire” and combine all nations. No more war, no more borders. We will produce more “Black Etherium,” and using it we will summon the Creator into our new clean World!

— We know the truth!