Her parents, although billionaires, were ultra-superstitious and
were active in the American Psychic movement. While still a
baby; Marguerite was blamed by a gypsy for the tragic February
19th, 1884 tornado outbreak that killed 800 people from Canada
to the Gulf Coast.
Her grandfather whisked her away to his plantation in the Boer Republic of Orange Free State in what is now South Africa. This was to save Marguerite's life.
She was taught to shoot revolver, rifle, and automatic. Her skill
with firearms was such that she killed thirty Xhosa raiders in one battle alone. On another occasion, she personally executed
an Arab slave raiding band's ENTIRE royal family as an example to those who raided the black Zulu Tribesmen; who were her loyal
friends and frequent hunting companions.
A private tutor was her schooling. In 1896, a U.S. law court declared her natural parents to be criminally insane and ordered that Marguerite alone be given her parents' vast fortune. Her parents died in a private mental facility in 1907.
Marguerite proved to be a whiz at financial stocks. She also
set up free modern medical clinics for the local poor of all races-as well as giving Mausers and auto-pistols to the poor
locals so that they could better defend themselves against outlaws of all kinds.
Amidst this happy life came the Boer War of 1899-1902. Marguerite
had just married a local Afrikaner, Willem DeBoer, when a band of renegade English settlers attacked her grandfather's plantation.
Her husband and family were slaughtered and the plantation was torched. Bad mistake. Her wealth was intact. With it, her vengeance against the British Empire was wrought. Her activities
here included the dynamiting of a troop train that killed 1200
British regulars of the elite "Black Watch" unit.
Marguerite even put a contract out on Queen Victoria's life. Only
her 1901 death prevented Her Majesy's assassination.
In 1902, the Boers surrendered. Marguerite simply shot a British messenger and stole his motorcycle and rode it to German Southwest Africa; where she allied herself with General Lettow Von Vorbeck.
Her plan was simple: A superwar with Germany and the United States vs. the Allies. To that end she played a double role: using her vast fortune; she establihed free medical clinics all over the British, Russian, Japanese, and French Empires. She also monitored, with Hans Dressler posing as her husband, the colonial
military activities of these empires and reported them to German Intelligence.
But the Kaiser's stupidity caused war to erupt prematurely in 1914. Marguerite was an adept spy and terrorist... However, the Easter Uprising of 1916 in Ireland back-fired badly. Hans Dressler
escaped by hopping a frieghter to then neutral Spain where he caught a train to Switzerland and then back to Germany. He transferred to the German Flying Corps where he served as a fighter pilot until the war ended. He then joined a secret German faction in the Azores dedicated to a new Reich.
Marguerite, meanwhile, moved to the neutral America. When the U.S.
entered WWI; she raised money for the war effort and won much praise for fighting for veterans' medical benefits.
Marguerite paid off the British with $500 million to avoid prosecution for her various misdeeds. The cash-strapped U.K. accepted.
On December 5th, 1918, Marguerite was granted a full pardon.
To rebuild her fortune-still very vast-Marguerite joined the Challenger-Summerlee expidition to find a "Lost World"...
Well, what do you think?