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 ===Beginnings===
-In the early fall of 1998, there were many "Black Mask" villains from the [[Kiefer Square]] neighborhood, that suddenly turned up dead. The Kiefer Square area was known as a blue collar neighborhood with a lot of blue collar crime; meaning these guys weren't the smartest of criminals, but all dreamed of getting one big score that would allow them to retire and live the easy life.
+In the early fall of 1998, there were many "Black Masks" (crooks, criminals, and minor super-villains from the Kiefer Square neighborhood) that suddenly turned up dead. The [[Kiefer Square]] area is predominately a lower class neighborhood complete with a lot of blue collar crime. A lot of these guys weren't the smartest of criminals, but all dreamed of getting one big score that would allow them to retire and live the easy life.
-With the aid of local "broker" [[Donnelly Ferguson]], the residents and black masks, hired the recently paroled [[Steeljack]] to investigate. While not the brightest, he is durable and strong and could survive the attempts on his life the others could not. Steeljack, breaking his parole agreement, takes the case in order to try to help out his fellow strong men and black masks as well as redeem his own name. Besides, he needed the money.
+With the aid of a local "broker" [[Donnelly Ferguson]], the residents and black masks, hired the recently paroled [[Steeljack]] to investigate and put an end to the Murders. While not the brightest, he is durable, strong, and could survive life threatening situations  the others could not. Lacking work, and little prospects of finding any, he break his parole agreement, takes the case. On an altruist level, he reasoned he could help out his neighbors and friends, as well as redeem his own name. But let's face it, he needed the money.
 Being an investigator wasn't exactly Steeljack's area of expertise, but with the goading of Ferguson, he started the interview process, hoping that some clue would help expose the Black Mask Killer and the motivations behind the killings.
-More that a week past, but Steeljack had made little to no progress. The identity of the Black Mask Killer was still a mystery. Ferguson decided to clear his mind and took him to visit Esteban Rodrigo Suarez Hidalgo, better known as [[El Hombre]]. Hidalgo told Steeljack his cautionary tale of having money, fame as a super hero.  But not having the happiness in his life led to his downfall, when he hired the [[Assemblyman (Villain)|Assemblyman]] to help put him back in the spotlight and wound up double crossing him and costing many lives.
+A week pasts, then two. Steeljack had made little to no progress. The identity of the Black Mask Killer was still a mystery. Ferguson decided to help Steeljack clear his mind and arranged a visit with Esteban Rodrigo Suarez Hidalgo, better known as [[El Hombre]]. Hidalgo told Steeljack his cautionary tale of having money, fame as a super hero.  But a disrupted love relationship, and the realization he was not a very popular super-hero lead him on a depressive laden path that ultimately led to his ultimate downfall.
 Steeljack was curious how Ferguson knew Hidalgo, but naturally Ferguson shied away from any kind of meaningful answer.

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 ===The Plot Revealed===
-By the next day, the Conquistador's actions were set in motion. Black masks and other small time villains staged robberies throughout Astro City simultaneously, while more powerful and well known villains attracted the attention of the major heroes to serve as a diversion.
+By the next day, the Conquistador's actions were set in motion. Black masks and other small time villains staged robberies throughout Astro City. Simultaneously, more powerful, well established villains attracted the attention of the major heroes to serve as a diversion.
-Chaos erupted into the streets, as panicked citizens tried to leave from the looting and apparent flames engulfing the city (Which were later revealed to mostly have been an illusion created [[Smoke]] and [[Mirrors]]). The pandemonium was what Hidalgo had been counting on all along.  Surmising that the Conquistador's base must be near or at the [[Wildenberg Center]] area, Steeljack went there and was proved correct when Hidalgo appeared.
+Chaos erupted into the streets as panicked citizens tried to escape the looting and flames engulfing the city (Which were later revealed to mostly have been an illusion created [[Smoke]] and [[Mirrors]]). The pandemonium was Hidalgo's main objective.  Surmising that the Conquistador's base must be near [[Wildenberg Center]], Steeljack was not surprised when Hidalgo appeared.
-After Steeljack, revealed he knew it was Hidalgo behind the mask, Hidalgo revealed his true plan. When the black masks would return to their meet up point, Hidalgo would emerge in a new identity, El Guerrero and capture all of the criminals when all of the other heroes couldn't. But the other part, was that there would be mysterious electrical charge which would "accidentally kill all of the villains, but would leave the insulated Hidalgo protected. It was then that Steeljack realized that Hidalgo was also the black mask killer, killing any of the underlings he was paranoid was too close to finding out the true plan.
+Steeljack announced he knew it was Hidalgo behind the mask, Hidalgo revealed his true plan. When the black masks would return to their meet up point, Hidalgo would emerge in a new identity, El Guerrero and capture all of the criminals when all of the other heroes couldn't. But the other part, was that there would be mysterious electrical charge which would "accidentally" kill all of the villains, but would leave the insulated Hidalgo protected. It was then that Steeljack realized that Hidalgo was also the black mask killer, killing any of the underlings he was paranoid might be close to finding out the true plan.
 This led to the physical battle between the two and the Conquistador had the upper hand. Finally Donewicz mustered enough power and guts, while physically battered, to make one final run of blows, which cracked Hidalgo's armor. This allowed water to seep in and shorted out his armor.

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 While sounding like an incredibly insane thing, Steeljack was only trying to warn them about upcoming plans of the Conquistador and who he really was. But after checking in with his former partner, Ruiz, the group can't accept the facts and turn Steeljack back over to the authorities.
-Steeljack once again managed to overpower the flight jet taking him back to Biro Island and while landing in hundreds of miles off course, he came to the realization it would be up to him to put an end to the Conquistadors Plot.
+Steeljack once again managed to overpower the small jet taking him back to Biro Island. While landing several hundred miles off course, he came to the realization it would be up to him to put an end to the Conquistadors Plot.
 ===The Plot Revealed===
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-A group of the city's prominent flying heroes, arrived after the battle to take Hidalgo in. The Honor Guard couldn't give Steeljack's statements too them about Hidalgo, without doing any investigations of their own, which turned up to collaborate Steeljack's story.
+A group of the city's prominent flying heroes, arrived after the battle to apprehend Hidalgo. Honor Guard couldn't give Steeljack's statements about Hidalgo too much credence without first doing their own investigation, which did corroborate Steeljack's story.
-But without Steeljack's intervention, the heroes wouldn't have arrived in time to have stopped the black masks from being slaughtered. All charges against Steeljack were dropped and Hidalgo was taken away silently, without the general public knowing about him or what he almost pulled off again.
+Without Steeljack's intervention, the heroes wouldn't have arrived in time to prevent the black masks' slaughter. All charges against Steeljack were dropped and Hidalgo was taken away discreetly to prevent public exposure of these terrible deeds from once again tarnishing the past legend of Hidalgo.
-The Kiefer Square community was relieved to have the nightmare behind. Donnelly Ferguson would up fleeing town fearing retaliation for his role as broker in almost getting them all killed and Steeljack managed to settle down in a role of taking care of the local cemetery.
+The Kiefer Square community was relieved to have the nightmare concluded. Donnelly Ferguson, fearing retaliation for his role as a broker in a scheme he wasn't fully aware of happening, fled Astro City.

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+An intricate plot, conceived by the [[Conquistador]] in the Fall of 1998, culminated with a series of organized attacks by villains, large and minor, focused mainly in Astro City, but it spread into other parts of the country as well.
 ===Beginnings===
-In the early fall of 1998, there were many "Black Mask" villains from the [[Kiefer Square]] neighborhood, starting to turn up dead. The Kiefer Square area was known as a blue collar neighborhood with a lot of blue collar crime; meaning these guys weren't the smartest of criminals, but all dreamed of getting the one big score they could retire from.
+In the early fall of 1998, there were many "Black Mask" villains from the [[Kiefer Square]] neighborhood, that suddenly turned up dead. The Kiefer Square area was known as a blue collar neighborhood with a lot of blue collar crime; meaning these guys weren't the smartest of criminals, but all dreamed of getting one big score that would allow them to retire and live the easy life.
-With the aid of local "broker" [[Donnelly Ferguson]], the residents and black masks, hired the recently paroled [[Steeljack]] to investigate. While not the brightest, he is durable and strong and could survive the attempts on his life the others could not. Steeljack, breaking his parole agreement, takes the case in order to try to help out his fellow strong men and black masks as well as redeem his own name.
+With the aid of local "broker" [[Donnelly Ferguson]], the residents and black masks, hired the recently paroled [[Steeljack]] to investigate. While not the brightest, he is durable and strong and could survive the attempts on his life the others could not. Steeljack, breaking his parole agreement, takes the case in order to try to help out his fellow strong men and black masks as well as redeem his own name. Besides, he needed the money.
-Being an investigator wasn't up Steeljack's alley of expertise, but with the goading of Ferguson, he started the interview process trying to make light some clue that would help him figure out the Black Mask Killer and the reason behind the killings.
+Being an investigator wasn't exactly Steeljack's area of expertise, but with the goading of Ferguson, he started the interview process, hoping that some clue would help expose the Black Mask Killer and the motivations behind the killings.
-Even after a week, Steeljack, was lost with no idea of where to turn having done everything in his ability to try and find some kind of lead on the black mask killer. Ferguson decided to clear his mind and took him to visit Esteban Rodrigo Suarez Hidalgo, better known as [[El Hombre]]. Hidalgo told Steeljack his cautionary tale of having money, fame as a super hero.  But not having the happiness in his life led to his downfall, when he hired the [[Assemblyman (Villain)|Assemblyman]] to help put him back in the spotlight and wound up double crossing him and costing many lives.
+More that a week past, but Steeljack had made little to no progress. The identity of the Black Mask Killer was still a mystery. Ferguson decided to clear his mind and took him to visit Esteban Rodrigo Suarez Hidalgo, better known as [[El Hombre]]. Hidalgo told Steeljack his cautionary tale of having money, fame as a super hero.  But not having the happiness in his life led to his downfall, when he hired the [[Assemblyman (Villain)|Assemblyman]] to help put him back in the spotlight and wound up double crossing him and costing many lives.
 Steeljack was curious how Ferguson knew Hidalgo, but naturally Ferguson shied away from any kind of meaningful answer.

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 Even after a week, Steeljack, was lost with no idea of where to turn having done everything in his ability to try and find some kind of lead on the black mask killer. Ferguson decided to clear his mind and took him to visit Esteban Rodrigo Suarez Hidalgo, better known as [[El Hombre]]. Hidalgo told Steeljack his cautionary tale of having money, fame as a super hero.  But not having the happiness in his life led to his downfall, when he hired the [[Assemblyman (Villain)|Assemblyman]] to help put him back in the spotlight and wound up double crossing him and costing many lives.
-Naturally Steeljack was curious how Ferguson knew Hidalgo, but naturally Ferguson shied away from any kind of meaningful answer.
+Steeljack was curious how Ferguson knew Hidalgo, but naturally Ferguson shied away from any kind of meaningful answer.
 ===Enter The Turtle===
 On that same night, as the visit to Hidalgo, the [[Mock Turtle]] came flying into the Square, with the [[Chessmen]] armor hot on his tail. Unbeknownst to Steeljack, he was being chased by [[Red Queen]]'s [[Red Queen's Men|troops]] from England, who had discovered the armor. Steeljack put two and two together and assumed that whoever was trying to kill the Mock Turtle, was the same one after them.

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 The Conquistador's Plot was an intricate plot of the [[Conquistador]] in the Fall of 1998, culminating with a series of organized attacks by super villains and small time villains, known as Black Masks, in Astro City as well as other parts of the country.
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 Steeljack rallied the citizens of Kiefer Square and dozens of them with high tech weaponry defeated and capture the men wearing the armor. Steeljack sent one back with a message to his boss, to leave the people in the neighborhood alone, thinking he had just put an end to most of the killings.
-But, a few weeks later, the Mock Turtle is found murdered, right in the area of Kiefer Square, putting Steeljack, back at square one as well as being broke financially. <br>
+But, a few weeks later, the Mock Turtle is found murdered, right in the area of Kiefer Square, putting Steeljack, back at square one as well as being broke financially.
 In order to get back on the Black Mask Killers trail, he went to Ferguson asking for a job to help him monetarily as well as for the case. Donewicz noticed Ferguson getting squeamish at the request, especially when Donewicz seemed to imply Ferguson knew the likely identity of who could be doing the killings.
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 ===Aftermath===
-A group of the city's prominent flying heroes, arrived after the battle to take Hidalgo in. The Honor Guard couldn't give Steeljack's statements too them about Hidalgo, without doing any investigations of their own, which turned up to collaborate Steeljack's story.<br>
+A group of the city's prominent flying heroes, arrived after the battle to take Hidalgo in. The Honor Guard couldn't give Steeljack's statements too them about Hidalgo, without doing any investigations of their own, which turned up to collaborate Steeljack's story.
 But without Steeljack's intervention, the heroes wouldn't have arrived in time to have stopped the black masks from being slaughtered. All charges against Steeljack were dropped and Hidalgo was taken away silently, without the general public knowing about him or what he almost pulled off again.
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	This led to the physical battle between the two and the Conquistador had the upper hand. Finally Donewicz mustered enough power and guts, while physically battered, to make one final run of blows, which cracked Hidalgo's armor. This allowed water to seep in and shorted out his armor.		This led to the physical battle between the two and the Conquistador had the upper hand. Finally Donewicz mustered enough power and guts, while physically battered, to make one final run of blows, which cracked Hidalgo's armor. This allowed water to seep in and shorted out his armor.

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	===Aftermath===		===Aftermath===

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	This led to the physical battle between the two and the Conquistador had the upper hand. Finally Donewicz mustered enough power and guts, while physically battered, to make one final run of blows, which cracked Hidalgo's armor. This allowed water to seep in and shorted out his armor.		This led to the physical battle between the two and the Conquistador had the upper hand. Finally Donewicz mustered enough power and guts, while physically battered, to make one final run of blows, which cracked Hidalgo's armor. This allowed water to seep in and shorted out his armor.

		+	File:The Angels.jpg

	===Aftermath===		===Aftermath===