Leviathan The Beast

Leviathan was born Antoine Sylvain Johnson on the morning of June 29 to Lisa-Rae Jones and Sylvain L. Johnson, in Brooksdale Hospital Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.

Due to some serious arguments and verbal fights between AJ's (Antoine) parents, the two decided to separate. AJ's father, Sylvain, left the household and rarely showed up in his son's life.

Lisa lands a job at a major financial firm in Chicago, IL. She and AJ move to the city and have a very nice lifestyle. AJ grows up to be a very healthy boy, but emotionally, is troubled by the absence of his father at a very young age. He begins schooling at Pope John XXIII Private Academy, but still struggles to make friends and socialize.

On their drive back from their high school prom, AJ and Elle stop at a nearby gas station for some gas. Through a series of events, a group of masked individuals with foreign accents ambush the two and kidnap Elle. During the altercation, the gas station is ignited in a huge fire, killing one of the masked individuals and leaving AJ unconscious. In the aftermath, AJ loses vision in his right eye.

After Elle's mysterious disappearance, AJ disappears from the radar and lives a very low key life with his friends Kendrick, Jeron, and Big Eb. He is now wanted by authorities, but avoids capture. He struggles to discover the truth behind Elle's kidnapping.He inevitably joins Jeron's local gang for protection, and is dragged into the life of crime.

During a quarrel with a rival gang, Kendrick and another young individual exchange hateful words. A fight breaks out between the two gangs, and before anything escalates, Jeron fires a shot in the air, breaking up the fight and scaring away the opposing gang. A day after the scuffle, Jeron is teaching AJ how to use a gun when he is confronted by a member of the rival gang. The armed individual fires two bullets into Jeron's chest before he is gunned down by AJ.

The guilt born from Jeron's death begins to eat away at AJ. He falls into a depression, resulting in him not attending Jeron's funeral. AJ decides that he cannot continue with the gang and must find his own way. He tells his friends of his decision. Kendrick, greatly bothered by AJ's "selfishness", blames him for his brother's death and manifests hate towards him. AJ departs, leaving his friends, family, and city behind.

Weeks after Jeron's murder, an unknown witness identifies AJ as being present during the shooting. The warant for AJ's arrest is issued throughout the state of Illinois and enforced again for the second time. The legal case is assigned to a Detective Anderson. Days after AJ's departure, Anderson appears on Kendrick's doorstep looking for leads on AJ. Meanwhile, AJ arrives in New York City, in search of his father.

A group of both traditional and nontraditional leaders, ranging from drug lords to government officials, come together to form a secret underground alliance to take down a global powerhouse known as Votum Inc. The alliance is named NOIR.