Maximillian Morton (1871 - 1916) was a British captain and personal assistant of Herbert Kitchener.
Biography[]
Morton was raised in Scotland and at some point during his childhood aristocrats came and took control of his family's mill. He quickly grew to disdain the aristocracy since he was treated like a second-class. He planned to cause a massive war throughout the continent of Europe in order to inspire the common people to rise against the ruling monarchies. He had an especially strong disdain for the English monarchy since they were responsible for oppressing his beloved homeland. Morton joined the British Army and rose through the ranks until he became the aide de camp to British War General Herbert Kitchener.
During the Second Boer War, Morton accompanied the general in a concentration camp in South Africa. He was there to greet Conrad Oxford when he arrived for his secret meeting with General Kitchener. He escorted Oxford to Kitchener's tent and followed along quietly as Kitchener and Oxford continued to discuss matters. Morton survived the attack by a lone sniper who suddenly targeted the camp and attempted to kill Kitchener and his associates.
Maximillian Morton in 1902.
Over the following years, he used his new position in the British government to gather intelligence and sabotage the nation from within. At some point, Morton adopted the alias The Shepherd and gathered an elite network of agents to help him accomplish his plans. He ordered Gavrilo Princip to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand and then had his advisors manipulate the German Kaiser and Russians into declaring war.
Previously, as the mysterious Shepherd, from a secret mountain-top headquarters in Switzerland, have their own network of agents, including the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, a trusted adviser to Tsar Nicholas of Russia. Then, Rasputin, on the orders of the Shepherd, manipulates Tsar Nicholas by poisoning his young son Alexei, and only curing him when Nicholas promises to leave the war.
Morton died in 1916, he was killed by the Duke of Oxford after discovring his true identity. King George V was devastated after hearing the truth about Morton.