If the Mummy needs an army of skeletal warriors, if Dracula's reign cannot continue without a legion of the undead, they turn to one place - Darksmith Manor. For generations, the Darksmith family has constructed, concocted, or otherwise created the minions of the world's most wicked foes. Be they armies of undead warriors or hordes of the most vicious beasts, they all know Darksmith Manor as their birthplace. But one creature, born by the sum of all fears, wanted more than to serve any master. After declaring himself as the rightful heir as the maker of monsters, the creature known as Fear soon found that the Duke and Duchess of Darksmith Manor were about to have their first child.