KAGEUMBRAKAGEUMBRA
Type: Dimensional realm
Environment: Earth-like
Usual means of access: Interdimensional portal
technology
Dominant Life Form: Animals, humans
Significant Inhabitants: Dr. Michael Carling, Rose Carling, Jhet (deceased), Kimora, Kimora's armies, Kimora's Elite Guard, monks, Oracle, Shadow Dancer, Shadow Walker
First Appearance: Logan: Path of the Warlord
(February, 1996)
History: (Logan: Path
of
the Warlord (fb) - BTS) - The superhumanly strong warlord Kimora ruled
the otherdimensional realm of Kageumbra unopposed for several years.
After designing machinery capable of traversing other dimensions in the
1940s, Earth scientist Dr. Michael Carling completed his first passage
into Kageumbra, where he spent years and met a woman, Jhet, who
ultimately bore him a daughter, which Carling and his wife named Rose.
During his time in Kageumbra, Carling continued his experiments into
interdimensional travel but eventually, Kimora took notice of Carling's
work and began craving Carling's technology for his own in an effort to
expand his rule into other dimensions. After resisting Kimora, Carling
found his wife killed by Kimora and fled back to Earth with his
daughter Rose. Just before Carling's portal to Earth closed, Kimora
also slipped through but found himself stunned by his first
interdimensional travel, a distraction which allowed the Carlings to
escape. While Kimora remained trapped on Earth, his rule of Kageumbra
held steady in his absence.
(Logan: Path of the Warlord) - Years after Kimora had
caught up to Dr. Carling and was apparently decapitated by Carling
during the mid-1950s, Landau, Luckman and Lake learned that Kimora
still lived and had been utilizing a small rift between Earth and
Kageumbra to travel between the two realms. Landau, Luckman and Lake
then recruited the then-retired Logan to aid against Kimora.
Reluctantly agreeing as his ally Chang informed him of the situation,
Logan traveled to Kageumbra alongside Chang using LL&L's technology
as Kimora met with his oracle to hear the oracle's visions of the
future. The oracle announced the impending arrival of two off-worlders,
one who would see Kimora dead. Deducing that man to be his old enemy
Logan, Kimora proclaimed that Logan would fail to kill him and that it
was his destiny to rule over Kageumbra and many other worlds. Shortly
after Chang and Logan arrived in Kageumbra, Kimora sent his agents
Shadow Dancer and Shadow Walker after the pair. Chang immediately fled
and Logan was quickly overwhelmed by the superpowered Shadow Dancer and
Shadow Walker. Rescued by the now-grown Rose Carling, Logan aided Rose
in fighting back against Shadow Dancer and Shadow Walker, who faded
into the shadows upon their defeat. Rose then revealed her metamorphic
abilities before Logan passed out. When he awoke, he found himself
still in the company of Rose and a returned Chang, who informed Logan
that he had been out for almost a day. Rose then remarked that Logan
shouldn't be alive at all, as she had seen bigger men fall dead after
merely touching one of Shadow Dancer's poisoned blades. Announcing
himself a quick healer, Logan questioned Rose's metamorphic abilities
and demanded to know who she was, to which Rose finally explained her
identity as Michael Carling's daughter and announced that Kimora would
fall by her hand. Kimora himself saw to the torture of Dr. Carling,
commenting that Oracle had taken the interdimensional travel research
from Carling's mind but Kimora wanted to break Carling's strong will.
After Kimora agreed to end Carling's pain and spare Rose if Carling
agreed to supervise the opening of an interdimensional portal, Kimora's
torture was interrupted when Shadow Walker appeared with the corpse of
Shadow Dancer and requested permission to kill Logan for what he had
done to Shadow Dancer. Kimora denied the plea just as Oracle arrived to
inform Kimora that Logan and his allies had entered Kimora's citadel
walls. Kimora then ordered Shadow Walker to acquire Rose Carling and do
what he wanted with Logan and Chang, as he had no time to indulge his
personal pleasures. Oracle announced that Shadow Walker would fail to
kill Logan, ultimately leading to a battle between Kimora and Logan.
When Kimora asked who the victor would be, Oracle admitted he could not
tell. Kimora then returned to torturing Dr. Carling as Logan, Chang and
Rose found the interdimensional rift in Kimora's citadel. Deducing that
Kimora must have a mind-reader to create such machinery, as Dr. Carling
would never have given up his knowledge willingly, the trio were
noticed by a monk, who announced their status as off-worlders and that
Kimora's portal was evil. Despite knowing the monk to be speaking the
truth, Chang denied the accusations in order to remain inconspicuous
among Kimora's armies and Logan accused the monk of blasphemy, knocking
the monk out with a strike to the face. Logan then offered for anyone
who believed the monk's words to step forward and be struck down in the
name of Kimora. The trio then headed for the gates of Kimora's tower,
with Chang taking down several guards to get through the gates.
Immediately attacked by Kimora's Elite Guard, Logan battled the guards
as Chang and Rose closed the gates behind them. The cowardly Chang
remained out of the fight while Rose took on a guard able to project
quills and Logan took down the larger guard. Shadow Walker then made
his presence known by sneaking up and grabbing Rose from behind. As
Shadow Walker merged back into the shadows, Chang kept the shadows
open, allowing Logan and himself to follow into Kimora's tower. Kimora
retreated, claiming that he had greater interests to attend to and
ordered Shadow Walker to kill Rose if Logan tried to follow. Chang
telepathically battled Oracle as Logan went into a berserker rage,
savagely beating Shadow Walker then battling Kimora's armies. Fighting
his way to Kimora, Logan was told he was too late, as the
interdimensional rift between Kageumbra and Earth was opening. With the
portal open, Kimora killed Dr. Carling, who asked that the portal be
shut down with his dying breath. Rose asked that Logan not kill Kimora
and not follow Kimora's own path so Logan instead kicked Kimora into
the portal then hurled his wooden sword into the machinery, destroying
the portal and trapping Kimora between Kageumbra and Earth. The trio
then returned to Earth themselves, where Rose Carling decided to stay
on with Landau, Luckman and Lake and offered Logan a place there. Logan
admitted he would consider the offer, as it was time he start changing
the way he looked at the world.
Comments: Created by Howard Mackie, John Paul Leon and Shawn Martinbrough.
Profile by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Kageumbra has no known connections to:
images: (without ads)
Logan: Path of the Warlord, p20, pan3 (Kageumbra,
main image)
Logan: Path of the Warlord, p32-33, pan2 (Kageumbra-entrance to
Kimora's tower & the interdimensional portal)
Appearances:
Logan:
Path of the Warlord (February, 1996) - Howard Mackie (writer),
John Paul Leon (pencils), Shawn Martinbrough (inks), Mark Powers
(editor)
Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.
First Posted: 11/06/2016
Last Updated: 11/06/2016
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