The Land of Ooo is a colorful place; full of joyous, happy people and protected by great warriors. Worries cease to exist as all candy people look out amongst the rolling green hills on the outskirts of the Candy Kingdom. In Ooo, just being alive makes it difficult to be upset. Looking at this society, one could argue that somewhere there must exist a contrast. It only makes sense that a world like this must balance somehow. It appears on the surface that there may not be a world to level out the happiness in Ooo, but the surface is not where one should look to find darkness. Darkness can only be found when looking deeper. Almost as deep as looking, not at, but through, a... mirror.
Through the mirrors one can find a world that appears almost identical to his own. However, when he looks away from the mirror, a man can no longer see what occurs on the other side. Looking through these mirrors, we can find a completely different world. In this inverted land, choices have been made quite differently with the outcomes more disparate still. Through the looking glass, we find ooO. A subtle difference in name does not credit the wicked lack of judgment that led to a throne, a military, and a tyrant so bloodthirsty that a revolution itself fears rising against Him.
This tyrant is familiar to many, but loved by none. A hero in the Land of Ooo, it is shocking to see where decisions have led him in this upside-down society. Atop the Royal Tower in the Candy Kingdom sits a throne. The throne of Phantom Finn, the dictator that rules heavily over this militarized region. His title was well earned. A specter on the battlefield, his tactics left him unseen as he progressed. Forward. Around. Behind. He and his armies; they were a phantom. And they were unmatched. Seated at his side, as a royal guard, we find Jake, a merciless hell hound with no mind of his own. He acts without thought or reason at the command of his master. Within the walls of the tower resides the Queen of ooO. Queen Bubblegum, though for a long time hesitant, was forced into marriage at the hand of Phantom Finn himself and finally learned to accept her fate.
These three heads of a war bent society keep the land in a constant state of despair. Candy people work until they are nothing but sugar. Where a hole appears in the presence of death, it is filled by science. Queen Bubblegum works in labs to create candy people with factory-like efficiency. When released into the dank, unforgiving atmosphere at the foot of the Palace, these candy slaves find themselves working a job left behind by a sweet necrotic release. These citizens never grasp the idea of free will and work with one hundred percent of their energy and potential. Though the system is productive, the people along the borders of the Candy Kingdom look across with disgust.
The grounds surrounding this sugary cesspool are tainted by the outcasts of the Kingdom. The ones found unfit to live within the walls were forced out to live in the forests surrounding them. Although the forests seem to be devoid of hope, a project sits in its infant stages. A project conceived for a single purpose leading to the downfall of a power hungry king. This rebellion, though fearful of the seemingly endless control of the oppressor and his armies, is headed by the only one with the power to dethrone him. The only one cast out due to sheer anxiety. On the outskirts of the Kingdom, the former hero of ooO, Billy, brings together anyone with the will to see this empire crumble.