The generals of Queen Zydaria felt a new powerful energy arrive in Dragon Valley. General Zi Feng met Prince Puck, a light fairy, and his brother Winter. Zi Feng reported back to Queen Zydaria about meeting Puck and Winter. Queen Zydaria was interested in meeting Puck since he may not be fully royal blood and could potentially be controlled. She ordered Zi Feng to use a Rain of Pure Petals spell to distract the Triad while she meets with Puck. The magical rainstorm of flowers began falling over Dragon Valley.

2. We’ve only been here a few minutes and already my brother is acting strange…what
is this place and why are we here?

3. “Did you feel that? A new surge of energy just arrived.”
“I did, and I do not like how it feels. I will investigate immediately.”
“No…don’t. I have other things for you to do my generals.”

4. “But my queen, we must investigate this new disturbance.”
“General Xianshi, are you questioning me?”

5. General Xianshi: Of course not my queen…I would never presume to know your superior and
royal mind’s plans.
“Good. Now, we’ll let them investigate first. If the new energy is dangerous it will kill them
before you my generals.”

6. “But what should we do in the meantime my queen?”
“You are my best stealth operative General Liu Shang, I want you to continue your surveillance
of this town and its people. I need to know all my new subjects’ weaknesses and strengths if I
am to exploit them for my plan.”

7. “I just want another shot at that purple punk! Let me go kill him my queen, please…”
“My dear General Zi Feng, I do so love your enthusiasm for death and destruction, but that boy
is part of the Triad. We are not ready to engage them yet.”

8. General Xianshi: My queen, Queen Zydaria is our mission just reconnaissance for now?
Queen Zydaria: It is. Let them investigate the new energy source first. I want to study it. It
feels…stronger than the usual plebs in this town to me. I want to know why.

9. Reias had felt the arrival of the same powerful energy, he feared it may be an attack
from these new enemies. Teleporting was a lot more difficult without his godly
powers and it drained him whenever he tried it, but it was still the most effective
and fastest way to get to where the energy was emanating from.

10. Needless to say, he did not expect to find out this way…he knew the energy felt
familiar, it used to be how his son Solan felt before the ambrosia. The power of a
half-god…

11. Winter: You look like a cop. Are you a cop?
Reias: I am…but that’s not why I came here I had to see this for myself.
Winter: See what? Who are you?

12. Reias: My name is Reias Olympian, and I never thought I’d ever feel the power of a half-god
again. It’s been so long since I did.
Winter: What are you talking about? How would you know that? Did you say something Puck?
Prince Puck: I don’t even know this dude, why would I tell him about you?

13. Winter: So are you going to arrest me for that officer? Is being a half-god illegal here?
Reias: No, of course not. I just…had to see you for myself. Who is your godly parent?
Winter: Look, officer, no offence but I just met you. I am not going to tell you all about my family.
It’s not a pretty story.

14. Reias: My son Solan was born a half-god like you. His mother was mortal. I just never
thought there would be any more outside of Hidden City.
Prince Puck: What’s a Hidden City?

15. Reias: Hidden City is my home. It’s far from here, another realm actually.
Prince Puck: So you said your son “was” a half-god, is he dead now or something?
Reias: No, he’s not dead. He was a full god after I gave him ambrosia but not here, here’s he’s just a witch.
Prince Puck: Interesting…my mom…
Winter: Puck, shut your trap. Don’t be talking to this dude as if we’re old friends.

16. Prince Puck: Sorry big brother…
Reias: I’m not the bad guy here. I’m not going to hurt your or your brother.
Winter: Yeah, I’m sure you aren’t Dudley DoRight but again, I. Don’t. Know. You. My little
brother has always had a bad case of Run On Mouth, we’re working on it.

17. Reias: You’re quite protective of him aren’t you?
Winter: Look, man…we’re just getting to know the lay of the land here. We didn’t
ask for, nor do we want, a guided tour of it. You just go your own separate way and
we’ll go ours okay?

18. Dalen: You okay here Death Boy? Is this gothed up punk giving you shit?
Reias: I got this Dalen, don’t make things worse.
Winter: Friend of yours?

19. Dalen: Please tell me you want to throw down, I NEED to throw down, it’s been far too long
since I’ve given out a good ass whupping. How about you Blue Boy?
Prince Puck: I don’t want to fight with you, you look scary.
Dalen: Still got it. Guess you can take the “god” out of the God of War but not the war out of
the man.

20. Prince Puck: You’re the God of War? You? You look like an ordinary vampire to me.
Dalen: Heh, yeah I’m an ordinary vampire now but that doesn’t mean I don’t still know how to
kick your fairy ass boy. You have NO chance against me in a real battle.

21. Reias: Dalen, no one is kicking anyone’s ass here. Back off. I got this handled.
Winter: Oh do you now? Just how exactly have you got this handled?
Reias: I don’t want to fight you or your brother. I just had to see what the energy I felt was. Now I
know. You don’t have to tell me your name but I will give my word as a god, we will not harm you
or your brother Puck. And Dalen will too, right Dalen?
Dalen: You sure are a buzz kill Death Boy. Fine. I also give my word as a god, no one is getting
their asses beat by me here today or any day henceforth.

22. Winter: Fine. And I won’t have to kill you bloody mosquitoes either. You stay in your lane and
we’ll stay in ours, deal?
Reias: Yes, but will you at least tell me your name? A gentleman’s agreement requires it.
Winter: Winter. Winter Goth. And that’s all you get.
Reias: Nice to meet you finally, Winter Goth.

23. General Zi Feng: My queen did order us to do reconnaissance…and this is where
that energy source is coming from. And what kind of general would I be if I did not
see for myself what this is.

24. General Zi Feng: There is something else here too…something disgusting…I can
SMELL it. *spits* I have to know, is it…that?
Winter’s rough start with Reias and Dalen will soon seem like a walk in the park.

25. General Zi Feng: I knew it!! This rancid smell, this nauseating stench…it’s a LIGHT FAIRY!!
After their encounter with Reias and Dalen in the park, Prince Puck and Winter had to
discuss how best to fit in with the locals in Dragon Valley. Prince Puck was so happy to find
out there was another fairy in this place. Queen Titania will be thrilled to know that their
people aren’t extinct after all!

26. Prince Puck: I can’t tell you how happy I am to find another fairy here! I was worried that
Queen Titania was right about our kind being wiped out.
General Zi Feng: Uhh, yeah. We were hiding…when they came. It was horrible.
Prince Puck: What happened? What happened to our people?

27. General Zi Feng: I can’t believe there were more light fairies out there! Our queen
eradicated them all! HOW DID HE SURVIVE?! Our beloved Queen Zydaria does not
like to hear she missed something!

28. Prince Puck: He reminds me of Finn…talking to whatever, or whoever he’s seeing. I’m not
telepathic but that looks like he’s having an intense conversation with them.
General Zi Feng: Do I kill him now or tell our queen he lives? Would she reward me for killing a
light fairy or punish me for NOT killing one? I didn’t ask you!! I asked YOU!!

29. Prince Puck: So umm…I didn’t quite catch your name friend.
General Zi Feng: Oh, I’m G—Zi Feng. We’re a clan of fae from China. I doubt you
would have heard of us. We’re pretty closed off from other fae.

30. Winter: Puck…what have I told you about being too friendly?
Prince Puck: But big brother, he’s a fairy like me! I came here to find other fairies and I did!
You’re not the only one who has a mission here you know.
General Zi Feng: A mission? These two are on a mission? What kind of mission?

31. Winter: Puck, your case of Run On Mouth will get us killed. We don’t know this guy or those
other guys. We have our own reasons for being here and I would prefer you to NOT broadcast
them everywhere!
Prince Puck: Right…I’m sorry big brother. I’m just…excited that’s all.

32. Prince Puck: What do you suggest then?
Winter: It would be a good idea to lay low for a bit. We don’t know this fairy.
Prince Puck: Yes, but how are we ever going to GET to know the people here if you’re always
trying to be a Loner? We need people to help us and learn what’s what in this place.

33. Puck had a point; they did need information and if he continued to be cold and unfriendly
then they would get nowhere. Something was niggling at him though, this fairy felt wrong. And
while Reias may be a bit over friendly and Dalen clearly has anger issues or a broken wire in
his head, they didn’t feel wrong. Somehow, he felt they would need Reias and Dalen for
something later on.

34. General Zi Feng: I should get going, it seems to me that you two have some things to talk
about.
Prince Puck: Perhaps, but maybe we can meet up later in the park or something. I’d really like
to know if there are any more fairies here.

35. General Zi Feng: But before I go, let me give you a tradition blessing of wealth from our fae
clan. It’s how we greet new fae in my clan.
Prince Puck: Umm, okay. I don’t have anything to give you though.
General Zi Feng: No need.

36. Prince Puck: Wow, I feel tingly. What does it do?
General Zi Feng: Every hour on the hour for twelve hours, you will be blessed with fae gold,
one blessing of gold for every zodiac animal in our Chinese zodiac.

37. General Zi Feng: Welcome brother. Blessed be.
Prince Puck: Thank you so much! I’m honoured.

38. General Zi Feng: It was true my queen, that he is the source of that energy. He is
powerful…but his brother is of more interest to us.
Queen Zydaria: Why is that? Who is this brother of his?

39. The general swallowed hard; if he didn’t word this just right his queen will punish him…
“He is the son of the fairy king Oberon my queen, the LIGHT fairy king. We did not get them all.
Prince Puck Summerdream survived.”

40. Queen Zydaria: Are you telling me…our executioners MISSED the king?! And that he was allowed
to breed?!
General Zi Feng was afraid of this… “My queen, he does not feel right…I am not sure that his
mother is Queen Titania.”

41. Queen Zydaria: So his mother is not the queen? Interesting, he may not be as big of a threat
to me as I thought. I must meet this Prince Puck myself, if he is not entirely of royal blood then
perhaps he can be controlled. Our foothold in this world is tentative at most. We need the Fae
Realm under our control if we are to subvert this new Triad. Zylen failed because he
underestimated the gods of Hidden City, I will not fail like he did. The gods and the Triad
cannot see or control the Fae Realm and that is my one advantage over them.

42. General Zi Feng: What should I do my queen?
Queen Zydaria: Create a distraction; find the Weather Stone and use your magic on it. The
Rain of Pure Petals should have enough magic diffusion properties to distract the Triad and
the gods while I find what I need.

43. Despite them being Dark Fae; they still could tap into the ethereal magic of the valley to use its
power to disguise their auras. The Rain of Pure Petals is filled with light magic and when a Dark
Fae uses light magic it will kill them, unless they have a buffer between them and the light
magic. A buffer like the natural magic of the valley for instance. General Zi Feng was the first of
Queen Zydaria’s generals to test the power of the new Triad and they were not impressed with
their pathetic level of power.

44. The buffer worked and General Zi Feng was drained but he was still alive after
using the light magic. The Rain of Pure Petals began to fall all over Dragon Valley.
General Zi Feng: I have done as you asked my queen…and I need to rest.

45. The Rain of Pure Petals showered over the valley and residents were stopped in their
tracks as the scent of them filled the air.

48. Aiden: Is it raining…flowers?!
Morrigan: It IS raining flowers!! How beautiful!!

49. Maeve: The air smells so sweet and beautiful!
Eames Twin 1: It’s a Flower Shower!
Eames Twin 2: My hay fever allergies are acting up ACHOO!! ACHOOO!! *sniffles*

50. Leisure Day Patrons: Raining flowers on Leisure Day? City Hall went all in didn’t
they?
“I’m going to catch some falling flowers!”

51. O’Connell Patriarch: This is new. Are the Mitherlens up to something? Is this a new
campaign?

53. Parker: I feel…peaceful. What is this?
Eirene: The Rain of Pure Petals; this is light fairy magic. I didn’t think there were any other
fairies capable of this. Reias told us about the fairy boy he met but I don’t think this is his
doing. It’s a pretty high level spell.

54. Fricorith: We don’t know what this fairy is capable of. Reias said that the dark
haired vampire rarely let the fairy talk.
Penelope: It’s so pretty!!! I feel like dancing!

55. Dalen: I met Blue Boy; he didn’t give off any kind of power that I could sense. He seemed like
a wuss actually. Pretty pathetic.
Oriole: Not all strength is overtly felt.
Dalen: Actually it is. A War God like me can sense that strength. This kid didn’t have it.

56. Parker: You don’t think this is done by those other fairies do you? We know there
are at least three of them here, and they were here before these new arrivals.
Oriole: Oh you think it was them?

57. Eirene: No, it wasn’t them. Those were Dark Fae you met, they can’t use light magic
like this because it will kill them.
Parker: So you’re saying if they use light magic they die? Sounds like we might
finally have a lead on how to kill them. We use light magic as the Triad.

58. Reias: It’s the first good lead we’ve had in weeks about our enemies. Puck is a light fairy so
maybe he can use this magic. I didn’t have a chance to really gauge his power level. His
brother Winter was overwhelming me with his half-god aura. I need to figure out who his godly
parent is if I’m going to have any kind of chance to earn his trust.

59. Queen Zydaria: Good. I see Zi Feng is doing a good job of distracting the Triad and
the gods. They will not sense me. I have found what I need to in this place. I have
been searching for this ever since I came to Dragon Valley.

60. Queen Zydaria: The dragon eggs hidden around this valley are quite valuable if you can find
one. And I knew there had to be one in one of the most expensive mansions here. This Leisure
Day, it provided a chance to attend a public party at this mansion and it was most fortunate
indeed. Being a queen has its advantages, Liu Sheng has done well in providing me the intel on
the plebs here.

61. Queen Zydaria: How about you come with me little egg? I could use a powerful
creature on my side here.
The Rain of Pure Petals would be over soon and she needed to get back to her
castle before her magic power could be picked up by the gods or the Triad.

62. General Xianshi: This is the creature you sought my queen?
Queen Zydaria: It is Xianshi, this dragon will become my powerful ally and it will bond me to
the magic of this valley. If I wish to remain undetected by the Triad, I will need it.

63. General Liu Sheng: It’s…moving!! My queen it’s moving!
Queen Zydaria: Yes it is, and I will be the first thing it sees when it hatches.
General Xianshi: To cement that maternal bond my queen?
Queen Zydaria: And to show it who to trust.

64. Queen Zydaria: At last! Welcome to the world my beautiful red jewel!
“Who are you?”
Queen Zydaria: I am Queen Zydaria Blackvane, I hatched you. Who are you?
“I am Xorlud the Great. Are you to be my master?”
Queen Zydaria: Master, or ally whichever your preference Xorlud.

65. Queen Zydaria: Now, I assume your task is completed Xianshi?
General Xianshi: It is my queen. Your “guest” awaits you below the castle.
Queen Zydaria: Excellent, I will go and introduce myself to my guest then.

66. Whatever that rain was, it had a weird effect on Puck and the last thing he
remembered as he was coming back from getting groceries was a light
headedness and then a blurred figure approaching him. When he woke up, he was
in a cell, his clothes had been removed and he was placed in tattered rags. The
aura in the cell made his head ache. He heard someone behind him…

67. Queen Zydaria: So…you are the bastard son of the Light Fairy King Oberon Summerdream…you
certainly have his eyes and hair.
Prince Puck: Where…am…I?
Queen Zydaria: You are in my castle, Castle Blackvane.

68. Prince Puck: Where’s my brother?
Queen Zydaria: No need to worry about him; he cannot find you here. I thought we had
eradicated the royal blood line, how did the king and queen escape?!
Prince Puck: What? Escape?

69. Queen Zydaria: So Zi Feng was right, you are not pure royal blood. You’re a half-breed. You only have half of
your father’s power and half of…witchcraft? Interesting. You’re half mortal. Is that quite interesting to you
my dear Xorlud?
Xorlud: Indeed.
Prince Puck: How do you know that? Who are you? What do you want with me?
Queen Zydaria: How rude of me, I am Queen Zydaria Blackvane, and you my dear prince, are my key to
controlling the Fae Realm. Your royal blood, while only half as powerful, will still be quite useful to me.

70. Queen Zydaria: To be useful to me, you must be marked. Xorlud, my precious, will you
mark him with your Dragon Fire please? He needs to remain here and as long as he
bears the Dragon Fire mark, he will.
Prince Puck: Wait! You don’t have to burn me! I’m not going anywhere! I swear!

71. Prince Puck: AHHH!! IT BURNS!! STOP PLEASE!!
Queen Zydaria: I think you understand now Prince Puck. You bear the Dragon Fire mark and
now you cannot leave. I will need you later on. So until then, enjoy your cell.
Prince Puck: WILL THIS PAIN EVER GO AWAY!?
Queen Zydaria: Not entirely; but it will remind you of who you belong to.

72. Reias: I must say, when you said you wanted to talk to me I was surprised. We didn’t exactly
get off on the right foot before. What’s wrong?
Winter: I wouldn’t do this if I had any choice for the record but as much as I don’t trust you,
you are the only one I know here sort of…my brother is missing. He never came home from
getting groceries two days ago. I’m worried about him.

73. Eirene: My name is Eirene Reed-Tricou and I am very pleased to meet you Winter.
Winter: So you’re a light fairy too then?
Eirene: Light fairy, witch, Goddess of Peace, former Wielder of the Triad. I am many things.
When did you say you saw your brother last?

74. Winter: Two days ago, he was getting groceries and never came home. The day of that flower shower
actually.
Eirene: I see. Is there anything you can tell us about him?
Winter: He’s a fairy prince if that means anything, our mother is the same but we have different fathers.
His father was Oberon, King of the Fairies.
Winter was not sure why he was telling Eirene that, it just slipped out…and he mentally berated himself for
his slip up.

75. Vionit, Eirene’s dragon paid attention to what he just heard. The son of the king of
the fairies was indeed something he had been worried about. Dragon Valley was a
nexus point between the Fae Realm and the mortal world and having a royal
blooded fairy here would definitely shift that veil between them…

76. Vionit: Boy! Boy! Come here, pick me up.
Winter: You talk?! Eirene, this dragon is talking!
Eirene: Yes, that is Vionit, Protector of Life, he is my dragon.

77. Vionit: I have sensed your brother, he is a lynch pin for the nexus here in Dragon Valley. His
royal blood is the key to opening the nexus and if evil gains control of it, this valley and
everyone in it is doomed. The damage will not just be limited to this valley either. I am telling
you this boy because you are the Fourth we have been waiting for.
That made Winter’s blood run cold…his father said he was the Fourth they needed too…

78. Winter: What…did you just say?
Vionit: You are the Fourth they need; the Wielder of the Triad.
Eirene gasped as she heard that; no wonder she felt such a strong kinship with Winter…he
was like her, a Wielder of the Triad.

79. Dalen: Oh hell no! Why are you in my house?!
Winter: Ask the dragon here, he says I’m the Wielder of the Triad. I HOPE that
doesn’t mean I have to look at your ugly mug all the time now.

80. Dalen: Damnit…that means we’re stuck with YOU now. Gabriel sure likes to fuck things up for
us doesn’t he? Damn him and his Powers of Fate.
Winter: I don’t know who that is but I’m not happy about this either.
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