One thing was clear: these characters needed to grow and become more complex. As they matured, their characterizations would need to advance. By taking the team back to World War II, we could bring Freedom Force into a conflict where their growing complexity would be drawn into sharp contrast with the nature of that conflict. WWII represents a clear conflict of good vs. evil. As our characters evolve, they become more and more gray. We thought it would be more interesting to have the characters to begin to stray into gray in a world where good and evil are colored in black and white.