River City History: The Enchanted Dagger

The Enchanted Dagger

Roger Chalmers never lived a normal life. His youngest years were spent in the lap of luxury, the son of industrious explorer and steel heir Henry Chalmers. Henry lived much of his later years deep in Africa, leaving his young son in the hands of tutors and corrupt business partners.

The business would survive the beginning of the depression but when Henry refused to return to take care of his business, his corrupt partner attempted to take over the business. Henry would finally return at the behest of sixteen year old Roger, but it would already be too late. Much of the family’s wealth was gone, never to return.

Henry would remain in the United States for the final five years of his life. He tried to rebuild his business without much of its assets, but by the time of his death the family was already in danger of complete financial collapse. Henry made his son swear a vow to return to Africa no matter what. He promised Roger that he would find a treasure far greater than the Chalmers’ former finances.

Roger would quickly reunite with the small tribe his father first met. There he was given his father’s gift, an enchanted dagger of unknown origin. But it would only take a short while before he would have to test his weapon’s power. He would have to fight off a dozen warriors of another tribe. The dagger paralyzed anyone he threw it near as well as broke down falsehoods. The warriors proved no match for him.

He would return stateside, first to Washington, D.C. and later to his home in River City. He would use his new weapon to expose his father’s former business partner before donning a costume and fighting crime as the Enchanted Dagger.

But even with his powerful weapon, he would face his greatest challenge ever in Yankee Doodle Jones.