Arc:Through The Looking-Glass: Return To Wonderland
Chapter One: Follow The White Rabbit
- What's Past Is Prologue
- God Was Never On Your Side
- Survivalism
- Saints And Sinners
- Scary Monsters And Super Creeps
- A Rage The Likes Of Which Should Never Escape
- Terrible Lie
- To Ask A Favor
- To Hear The Call Of Death And Pleasure
- One Night Only
- I Vow
Chapter Two: The Garden Of Live Flowers
- The Killing Type
- Rose Red Violent Blue
- By Your Powers Combined...
- Quintessa vs. Gevurah
- Journey To The Past
- The Devil In I
- Sweet Child O' Mine
- No Bats Here
- Darling, I Want To Destroy You
- Let The Hate Flow Through You
- The Blue-Eyed White Dragon: Part One
- The Complexities Of Courting A Catalian
- Partners In Not-Crime
- The Blue-Eyed White Dragon: Part Two
- The Great Gig In The Sky
- Somewhat Damaged
Chapter Three: Life, What Is It But A Dream?
- A Dance With Duplicity
- The Talking Dead
- Cattle On The Big Bridge
- Objects In Motion
- The Darkness That Binds Us
- Lacrymosa
- Long Hard Road Out Of Hell
- We Should Probably Talk
- Returning Things To "Normal"
The Chessboard
The Red Queen and King
Jessamine and James Juniper: Jessamine and James are creations of the mad alchemist, Caiburne, a Catalian who once served Kahran before his second "death" in Southern Sage Forest. They care only to make the world their own, to corrupt it as they see fit--starting with the Shadow Plane and soon moving on to Lithrydel. Their sole purpose is to be a counter for Khitti and Brand's magicks. Jessamine, a human-dryad hybrid, deals in plant control and anti-paladin abilities, taking great pleasure in torturing Khitti when she gets the chance. Her partner, James, on the other hand uses his anti-mage talents to rip apart the minds of mages to gain information and bend the mage to his will. The human-treant hybrid's most recent victim is Brand, who will be healing from the several weeks of torture for years to come. There's only one thing anyone can do, should they cross paths with this duo: Prepare for trouble... and make it double.
- It looks like Team Plant People is blasting off again! Aka, they're dead. Very dead. Hopefully.
The Rooks
The Prophet Emeritus: From the first day that Khitti set foot in the Shadow Plane, Emeritus has been an ally of sorts. Gifting her with the knowledge of the realm itself, as well as providing transportation in the form of the mysterious felines known as the Tikifhlee for her and Brand, the white treant had always been the neutral sort. He would give assistance, so long as it didn't interfere with anything--especially the prophecies tied to Khitti. The treant came to be during a time of peace within the land, so that neutrality was very much a part of who he was. The neutrality would end up becoming his downfall, however, as he was taken, poisoned, and changed by Jessamine and James Juniper, leaving the realm to provide a new prophet, since Emeritus could no longer tend to his duties. Khitti and Brand have yet to set eyes upon him since their return to the Shadow Plane.
The Prophet Cirice: The newly born treant known as Cirice was created by the Shadow Plane during a time of war, to replace Emeritus upon his disappearance. Awakened by the flames of Ashfall Peak, a volcanic island that represents the Shadow Plane's version of Rynvale, the charred treant burns from the inside out (literally and figuratively), the volcano's shadow-flames Cirice's life spark. She is the embodiment of rage and retribution, a sharp contrast to Emeritus' pacifism. Upon meeting with Khitti in Helshade, she returned Khitti's ability to wield the Black Tides and as well as gave her Embershard, a gladius forged in the fires of Ashfall Peak, made of obsidian and dark steel. But, with the gifts came a warning: Khitti must not use both light and dark magic simultaneously or else there will be dire consequences. Only time will tell if Khitti will heed the prophet's ominous words.