Concept by John Helmer
Art design by Matt Haley
The Leaf (original)
Name: Walter MacSorly
Location: Toronto, Canada
Group Affiliation: The IMPERIALS
Powers: Superhuman strength, Superior reflexes, and the ability to withstand tremendous physical force.
History: Walter was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada in 1915. He was the youngest sibling of three children, all boys. His father was an assistant secretary to the Governor General of Canada. Walter traveled frequently with his father to England during his early teens and his affinity to the crown of England grew with every trip. He studied royal lineages and their abundant history during each visit.
When he reached the enlistment age, his father used his political connections to get his youngest son in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Walter, physically fit and a superior athlete, excelled with the RCMP and became an incredible Mountie. He was stationed in the Northwest Territories in 1935 to a cabin near Yellow Knife. Arresting illegal fur traders and common thieves, he became a name to be reckoned with. Walter was assigned to arrest a man named Claude Bellevue, a ruthless French Canadian criminal attempting to hide in the snow covered peaks and lush green valleys of the Territories. Bellevue the Butcher as he was commonly known by gold miners had murdered a family at their cabin during a snowstorm. Walter tracked the killer to an unfrozen river forging its way through an uncharted river valley. He caught up to the murderer who emptied his revolver at the trusted policeman, one of the shots striking the Mountie’s faithful Alaskan Malamute Crown, killing him instantly. Walter charged at Bellevue, thrusting a Bowie into the neck of the criminal. The two fell into the freezing cold river, thrashing at each other. As the water began to settle, only Walter rose out of the soft moving current just before the rapids. A streak of blood stained the pristine river water, but Bellevue’s body never surfaced. The Mountie's knife was missing as well; Walter swore he embedded it deep into the thief’s torso.
When war broke out, he enlisted in the Canadian Army and was transferred to officers’ school. The 1st battalion Canadian parachute Regiment was being organized and Walter was accepted and promoted to the rank of captain. To drum up Canadian war bonds and promote a national sense of unity, the character of The Leaf, a strong, unconquerable fighting soldier was created with the symbols of the Canadian commonwealth: a red maple leaf. Weeks before his unit was to be shipped to England for training, he was taken to a secret military facility outside Toronto. The General staff recognized his excellent RCMP service history and the positive marks his commanding officer had given him from the parachute regiment. This paved the way for Walter to become the Leaf. He was given the new costume and placed back into his regiment for morale purposes.
During a parachute commando raid into occupied France, the Leaf and his unit attacked a German radar installation that was sending vital information to Berlin, resulting the deaths of hundreds of allied pilots. The Leaf and his men destroyed the facility, but Walter was wounded by rifle fire from a German unit protecting the structure. His brother, a parachute soldier in the unit, pulled him from the grounds and carried him to the extraction site. But their departure was delayed by a group of Vichy spies led by Bellevue. The French traitor singled to his grimy Vichy mountain men who fired upon the retreating paratroopers. Bullets sliced through the Canadian unit, killing two-thirds of its soldiers. Walter’s brother was struck in the shoulder. He collapsed to the ground dropping his taller and more muscular sibling. Bellevue halted his men and told them that he alone would finish off the Canadian symbol of freedom. When the mutilated face of the criminal came into view, Walter yelled out the French Canadian’s name. He in turn recognized the RCMP and pulled out the damaged Bowie knife he had kept for so many years, next to his twisted heart. Bellevue exclaimed he had ended the life of the Mountie’s dog, and now he would end the Mountie’s. He swore vengeance. Bellevue’s face was distorted and disfigured from the repeated thrashing his limp body had endured against the jagged rocks of the river’s rapids. A grisly site even the most strong of stomach could not take. He plunged the Bowie downward, but Walter, managing every last bit of strength, drove his dense black gloved fist into the abdomen of the French Canadian, rendering him unconscious with one thundering blow. The Leaf, wounded himself and bleeding at an accelerated rate, picked up his older brother and ran through the lush grass of the French field. The transport landed and took away the surviving party of the commandoes.
He now fights for Winston Churchill and his band of strong, faithful Commonwealth heroes: The IMPERIALS, ridding the European continent of the Axis scourge and anywhere it infests democracy and freedom.
Description: The Leaf wears a standard Green Commonwealth World War Two battle dress and pants. Flanking his pants from his knees to his hips are two red half leafs, one on each side, jutting out from his wool pant legs. His British “Pancake” helmet is made of advanced composite metal created in a secret Canadian laboratory and fashioned into the standard shape. It can deflect almost any kind of munitions, except those that pierce tank armor. The faded green helmet has a red maple leaf at its front. He wears black gloves made of dense, but malleable fabric; his fists pack a powerful punch. Beneath his battledress, he wears a thin sheet of blue chain mail armor covering his chest, shoulders, and arms. It is made of the same material as his gloves. Most bullets flounder when impacting his upper body.
Name: Walter MacSorly
Location: Toronto, Canada
Group Affiliation: The IMPERIALS
Powers: Superhuman strength, Superior reflexes, and the ability to withstand tremendous physical force.
History: Walter was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada in 1915. He was the youngest sibling of three children, all boys. His father was an assistant secretary to the Governor General of Canada. Walter traveled frequently with his father to England during his early teens and his affinity to the crown of England grew with every trip. He studied royal lineages and their abundant history during each visit.
When he reached the enlistment age, his father used his political connections to get his youngest son in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Walter, physically fit and a superior athlete, excelled with the RCMP and became an incredible Mountie. He was stationed in the Northwest Territories in 1935 to a cabin near Yellow Knife. Arresting illegal fur traders and common thieves, he became a name to be reckoned with. Walter was assigned to arrest a man named Claude Bellevue, a ruthless French Canadian criminal attempting to hide in the snow covered peaks and lush green valleys of the Territories. Bellevue the Butcher as he was commonly known by gold miners had murdered a family at their cabin during a snowstorm. Walter tracked the killer to an unfrozen river forging its way through an uncharted river valley. He caught up to the murderer who emptied his revolver at the trusted policeman, one of the shots striking the Mountie’s faithful Alaskan Malamute Crown, killing him instantly. Walter charged at Bellevue, thrusting a Bowie into the neck of the criminal. The two fell into the freezing cold river, thrashing at each other. As the water began to settle, only Walter rose out of the soft moving current just before the rapids. A streak of blood stained the pristine river water, but Bellevue’s body never surfaced. The Mountie's knife was missing as well; Walter swore he embedded it deep into the thief’s torso.
When war broke out, he enlisted in the Canadian Army and was transferred to officers’ school. The 1st battalion Canadian parachute Regiment was being organized and Walter was accepted and promoted to the rank of captain. To drum up Canadian war bonds and promote a national sense of unity, the character of The Leaf, a strong, unconquerable fighting soldier was created with the symbols of the Canadian commonwealth: a red maple leaf. Weeks before his unit was to be shipped to England for training, he was taken to a secret military facility outside Toronto. The General staff recognized his excellent RCMP service history and the positive marks his commanding officer had given him from the parachute regiment. This paved the way for Walter to become the Leaf. He was given the new costume and placed back into his regiment for morale purposes.
During a parachute commando raid into occupied France, the Leaf and his unit attacked a German radar installation that was sending vital information to Berlin, resulting the deaths of hundreds of allied pilots. The Leaf and his men destroyed the facility, but Walter was wounded by rifle fire from a German unit protecting the structure. His brother, a parachute soldier in the unit, pulled him from the grounds and carried him to the extraction site. But their departure was delayed by a group of Vichy spies led by Bellevue. The French traitor singled to his grimy Vichy mountain men who fired upon the retreating paratroopers. Bullets sliced through the Canadian unit, killing two-thirds of its soldiers. Walter’s brother was struck in the shoulder. He collapsed to the ground dropping his taller and more muscular sibling. Bellevue halted his men and told them that he alone would finish off the Canadian symbol of freedom. When the mutilated face of the criminal came into view, Walter yelled out the French Canadian’s name. He in turn recognized the RCMP and pulled out the damaged Bowie knife he had kept for so many years, next to his twisted heart. Bellevue exclaimed he had ended the life of the Mountie’s dog, and now he would end the Mountie’s. He swore vengeance. Bellevue’s face was distorted and disfigured from the repeated thrashing his limp body had endured against the jagged rocks of the river’s rapids. A grisly site even the most strong of stomach could not take. He plunged the Bowie downward, but Walter, managing every last bit of strength, drove his dense black gloved fist into the abdomen of the French Canadian, rendering him unconscious with one thundering blow. The Leaf, wounded himself and bleeding at an accelerated rate, picked up his older brother and ran through the lush grass of the French field. The transport landed and took away the surviving party of the commandoes.
He now fights for Winston Churchill and his band of strong, faithful Commonwealth heroes: The IMPERIALS, ridding the European continent of the Axis scourge and anywhere it infests democracy and freedom.
Description: The Leaf wears a standard Green Commonwealth World War Two battle dress and pants. Flanking his pants from his knees to his hips are two red half leafs, one on each side, jutting out from his wool pant legs. His British “Pancake” helmet is made of advanced composite metal created in a secret Canadian laboratory and fashioned into the standard shape. It can deflect almost any kind of munitions, except those that pierce tank armor. The faded green helmet has a red maple leaf at its front. He wears black gloves made of dense, but malleable fabric; his fists pack a powerful punch. Beneath his battledress, he wears a thin sheet of blue chain mail armor covering his chest, shoulders, and arms. It is made of the same material as his gloves. Most bullets flounder when impacting his upper body.
