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Near the beginning of the English witch trials, Cornelius Walker was the first man accused of being a witch. This was due to people noticing that he didn't sleep, grow crops, keep animals, or ever go to the market to get supplies. Within a couple of days, the news had spread throughout the town, and he was put up for trial by fire. He burned, but he was still alive. He felt the heat and the pain, but to everyone's shock and fear, he lived. He broke free from the rope and escaped into the nearby forest, never to return to that town.

Cornelius had found refuge in a small hut, not in but close enough to a small town that he could hunt at night and take unsuspecting people from the town. But one night, he took the wrong person. He killed the town's priest, and he was hunted down but to no avail. He escaped them and carried on his hunt, but not before he had been given a name by the town, Bloodfell.

One winter morning, snow was on the ground, kids were playing, the town was serene. Cornelius was looking out and saw a child that had run off from the group. He was a bit shorter than the rest and would be an easy target. He sprung running up to him and staring him deep in the eyes, ready to feed when he saw the fear in that boy, the terror that he once felt as a child, the kind of fear he had when he was bitten. He dropped the child and ran. After that day, Cornelius had never taken the life of anyone who was healthy. He went for the weak, the sick, and the elderly, the ones whose days were numbered. The towns and cities that he had travelled through slowly learned of who was being targeted, and as much as they hated the fact that he was killing their people, they gave him the name that would stick with him. They named him after his killings and who he targeted. He was forever named Mercy.

In order to escape an abusive home situation, Rachel runs away and soon finds herself in The Railyard.

Sick of begging for scraps and headstrong enough to make up her mind, Rachel decides to enter into The Railyard underground fighting league under the name Suplex.

After being caught stealing from one of his employees, Rue is brought before Aloysius Creel, who has something of a proposition for them.

Given their first mission for The Spider, Rue makes their way over to a house party in the middle of the day to give Tara's new squeeze an unwanted gift.

Willingly placing themselves back in The Spider's web, Rue receives a phone from her new employer and their first real mission. One that brings them into the sphere of The Railyard's two most erstwhile protectors; Suplex and Jasmine Walker.

An unusual request from The Spider sees Rue joining Doug at the Bathala City docks for an information drop and an unlikely visitation with one of the city's greatest heroes.

Called by their new friend Doug to help him in his moment of need, Rue quickly finds themselves having to think on their feet as a Detective from the BCPD comes by to ask some questions.

Given their new task by The Spider, Rue follows Alec Upton and Suplex into The Railyard , where they come face-to-face with a burnt-out shell of their past.

On mission for The Spider, Rue finds themself following Blue and Suplex into the Seafaring District, where they get embroiled in yet more superhero drama.

The New Year rolls around and Rue is once more called into the office of The Spider, having apparently received just what he wanted for Christmas and having a new task for the young superhuman. One that makes them question how far they'll go to prove their loyalty to the villain.

As Rue returns from the mansion of The Machinist, they overhear a conversation between The Spider and a man named 'Marcus', who's apparently been spying on them.

As Rue's life begins to go back to some sort of normality in the weeks approaching Valentine's day, Doug interrupts their day off with what could possibly be their most difficult mission yet.

In an attempt to make their life a little better, Rue enrols with a local maths tutor for some private lessons, but they quickly come to worry that there may be more to their new teacher than at first meets the eye.

The lifeless body of Jasmine Walker is brought in to the Bathala City Morgue and cause of death is ruled as an overdose of Sting.

After some resistance, Blue, Transonic and the rest of the Vigil finally manage to convince Rachel to take a sabbatical from heroing for the duration of her pregnancy.

After having defeated the The Drug Lords  , Rue is feeling conflicted about their place in the system and goes to see their old friend, Arthur Chapman.

Following the death of his faithful feline companion at the hands of Plague, Frank DeTroy has fallen into a deep depression, but Rue thinks they may have just the thing to cheer him up.

In the immediate aftermath of Harmony's sacrifice, Rue and Warp discuss what might have been.

Caring for little more at this moment than keeping their promise to Allyson, Rue meets with an unexpected ally to arrange for the Green family's protection.

Following the events of their last visit  to the Century Holding Facility, Mercy and the rest of the B-team are in disarray, each heading in their own direction with different ideas of what should be done to deal with Discord. Mercy quickly finds himself back in the facility to meet with someone he thinks might be able to help him.

With all that's been going on for both of them, Rue finally thinks it's time to tell Rachel about the most recent addition to her ghostly entourage, and thanks to a recent trip  to the Century Holding Facility's armoury, they have just the method to do so, though they may not remain undisturbed for long.

With an idea in mind for going back to Zaebos' hellscape, Rue Harlin meets with Blaze to make an uncomfortable request.

Awakening from their blackout a few hours prior  , Rue finds themself back home, safe but missing something very important to them.

Now they've done it. In burning the candle at both ends to try and rescue Harmony from the clutches of Discord, Rue has finally gone too far, and now their mind itself is pushing back against them. Will Rue learn from this, or fall back on old patterns?

Becoming increasingly concerned about the hypnotic trigger phrase implanted into his mind by Schurk Industries, Warp contacts the only person he knows who might be able to remove it for him.

The date Rachel Stephens is due to give birth to her first child.