Manmade Evil

Manmade Evil is a 2013 episode of the Spitzer saga, the most recently released of the seven current ones. It was released on July 13th 2013, more than seven months after the previous episode and without prior warning.

Set directly before Assignment and Massacre at Sarnon, the episode provides a little more information regarding the history of the Shadow, as well as explaining the origin of Santa to instigate the massacre.

Plot
In a darkened corridor, a soldier walks on patrol, guarding a base in which Theophilus Rothwell makes a speech to a small number of soldiers and officials. Rothwell relates the story of the Shadow, who terrorised the population many years ago. He proceeds to explain that one man has acquired what he calls a mirror, which is implied to be the same being. As he does this, the patrolling soldier hears a noise and is attacked by something.

Donny realises, walking through Sarnon, that he's still got his gun. He rushes to return it home, whilst Spitzer, Cora and an unnamed friend head off for the hill. At Rothwell's base, one soldier - Sinton - informs him of the other soldier's death. Rothwell commands Sinton to kill the young man with the mirror. When Sinton argues that this could damage their reputation, he's ordered to kill the public and threatened with his own life.

Sinton arrives at Sarnon and begins killing civilians. On the hill, Spitzer hears and dashes down with his unnamed friend. The friend is shot in the head and killed, and Spitzer dives out of the way, falling unconscious.

Behind the Scenes
There were no plans initially to make the episode. However, during preparations for Dark Eidolon, it was noticed that several gaps in the canon needed to be filled before the new episode's release. Manmade Evil was made specifically to fill in these gaps, and can segue into Massacre at Sarnon or Assignment.

Episode
The episode can be viewed below: