Pied Piper (Fairy Tale Warriors)

My submission for 's October contest.  This is the Pied Piper of Hamelin as he was in the days of the fairy tales.  He made his name when he agreed to exterminate the rats in Hamelin, playing his pipe to lead them to the Weser River and drown them.  When the mayor didn't meet his demands, he used his pipe to take the children away from the villagers.  His pipe controls all animals from small to large and also works on weak-willed humans.  Fortunately, the warriors selected by the Brothers Grimm managed to end his reign of terror.

In present day, he's made a steady career training tigers and is ready to begin his reign of terror once again.  What he doesn't know is that the reincarnations of the warriors have been called by the crow of the Brothers Grimm to stop him.

This is the villain I'm starting out with in my magical girl series, Fairy Tale Warriors.  The first chapter's still being edited but I did release a few profiles, if you want to check them out.  I've actually been meaning to do this for a while and, with the contest to make a villain, I thought I could kill two birds with one stone.  One more thing, I kind of based the Pied Piper on Once Upon A Time's version of Peter Pan.

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