Summary

The villainous organization at the center DC / Vertigo’s100 Bulletsknown asthe Trustcemented its power through a substantial - spirit event that stay on a mystery to this mean solar day . The principal focus of the mega - series is on the red , blood - dowse efforts ofAgent Graves and the Minutemento accurate revenge for their sacking by the Trust . Despite their grandness to the history , however , detail about the Trust stay murky and indecipherable for most of the first half of the saga . While the whodunit surround the Trust total an interesting element to the overall storyline , it also tote up a degree of confusedness to an already complicated plot . Fortunately , at the midway point of the tarradiddle , the creators provide an essential and interesting revelation about the Trust that brings to life some of the query circumvent its purpose .

Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso ’s award - winning opus100 Bulletsostensibly tells the tale of a smattering of people suddenly apply the chance to get vengeance on the citizenry who " did them dirty " in the past . That prospect is pop the question by the deep Agent Graves , a orphic figure who look out of nowhere in the chosen few ’s lifespan to offer them the ultimate retribution .

Soon enough , however , the reader learns thatGraves is no " Good Samaritan , " but rather a Palpatine - esque mastermind . The selection of people he chooses to exact revenge fit into his ultimate goal of bring down the Trust , an all - herculean , shadowy organization who once use Graves and his squad of " above the law " killers to do their bidding .

100 Bullets

Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso ’s 100 Bullets is an heroic deconstructionism of America ’s sexual love of offense fiction , beginning from an irresistible premiss .

The Phantom Menace Responsible For The Nation’s First Mass Murder

As revealed in100 Bullets#50 , the Trust is not just a standard felonious camarilla . Its history goes back to the early days of the country before it was a nation . Its rank include 13 of the most brawny family in ancient Europe - sept who were not royalty but rather facilitated the imperial sign of Europe to uphold and expand their control . But with the discovery of the New World , the Trust saw a golden opportunity . stock of their " back terrace " status in Europe but cognizant of the troubles and responsibilities that being " the government " entailed , the 13 class do upon the idea of starting over in the New World . They saw the New World as a place where they could refashion a world in their own image . They wanted it to operate with them in absolute ascendency of the wealth it generated and the behind - the - scenes influence and prestigiousness that God - level wealth commanded .

The Trust ascertain the New World as the means to have the business leader of European royalty without the trappings and responsibility of actually run a authorities . unluckily , England also see the benefit of accessing the gold and glory that come from possess its own piece of the New World . Consequently , it refused to accept the Trust ’s marriage offer by greenlighting the establishment of a colony on Roanoke Island . In real history , the colonists at Roanoke disappeared around 1590 , and the grounds for this fade are still debated by historians to this day . In100 Bullets , it ’s revealed that the Trust organized the Minutemen to impress upon the British Crown and other European royalty that the New World belong to the Trust . They underscored this point with the slaughter of the Roanoke colony .

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Feature Image: 100 Bullets, Agent Graves sitting in front of a sniper crosshairs

The Trust Was More Powerful Than The Free Masons and The Illuminati

As the Trust saw it , the New World was dripping with the opportunity of a lifetime - a chance to rewrite their script from the offset without interference from their majestic guest , the political sympathies of governments , or the idiosyncracies of a society that was beyond their control . To actualize this goal , the 13 families pop the question to give up their possession , status , and influence in Europe for a gratuitous hand of all " unclaimed district " in the New World .

After their slaughter of the Roanoke colony , an upshot history books inaccurately surmise was due to a disease outbreak or an attack by Native American tribes , the Minutemen cut up the actor’s line " Croatoan " into a wooden post in the resolution . To this solar day , the substance of the word stay on a mystery to most of the man . But to the powers that be in Europe - its message is crystal clear . Indeed , as100 Bulletsreveals , the wipeout of the Roanoke settlement bythe Trustwas the catalyst for the organisation of the " American Crimeocracy " that we are living in today .

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100 Bullets_Agent Graves and the Trust

100 Bullets the Original Minutemen Crew

100 Bullets_The First Trust Group