War Has Come While Night Hath Fallen over our Faire Kingdom Chapter 14, a dc superheroes fanfic

War Has Come While Night Hath Fallen Over Our Faire Kingdom –

Chapter 14: Coronation of the King's Future Wife to Be? Signing the Declaration-

Wintergrhen seemed totally hacked to pieces by the King's pacing footwork around his study. Day in and out since the arrest of that banished jester, he'd been spelled into a trance. If only it was by the boy. Yet however their turbulent behavior in the bedroom chabers each and every night since the end of Richard's blood letting, the throne room awaited the two. It would not remain this way, the king had told the two. Boy and dear ally knew it. The king was ready to leave this home to take refuge for when another uprising came about. For it would. As he paced, and paced until his boots wore weary against the sturdy stone work.

"Wintergrhen." The king emerged. In his description of wild things untold, William had a lot to discuss later about how the king had not clean shaven himself by customary decree.

"The babe will be endangered. I cannot have that. Being him, see to it that no one else should know of our meetings."

By mid morning, the boy had woken to see the cursed sigil shining as brass across his navel.

Spring was there, so too would the months hurry along. Months normal to a woman would be nine, yet his were exactly….well, this was dark magic with a murky explanation. So as Richard rose under strict orders to dress and present himself before the king, he did not fuss. Should he be dead and lie here tomorrow, Tim would never see it. Nor either, should his despicable father fir having granted this new king the honor of claiming an unwilling bride to bare his demon spawn.

He was sure the man had magic in his blood, just as he was sure that Wintergrhen was a coward for leaving his fae ancestry in the cold as he had to serve an uncouth sort of madness as a walking cloud. A billowing one, as the doors opened to reveal the marauder in his chair of pelts and precious metal inlay.

Beside him however, was a throne. A second one, or sapphires and gold.

"Sire, why hath –

"It was due time." The king rose and beckoned the boy to the sapphire seat beside him. "Here, you may stay a moment. There is something of an importance to discuss regarding, your future."

Richard swallowed as the steps to the throne felt as alike to braving a blizzard or dragging one's feet through tar as black as raw coals.

Once he was seated, the cushion to his rump as comfortable as it was going to get, the king turned and spoke as one one to their own child. It was demoralizing in the word, and if any, Richard felt weaker than he had in months since the last assassination attempt to this crooked uncle.

"Paam tells me that due to your genetic match with the Romani – ya, the babe may come later. Come winter." He paused; Richard's eyes relaxing. He had time to plot the fall if the king. What luck by the Nyght - God's graceful wings!

"I spoke of a plan, and I intend to make well on it, yet your brothers were foolish. They acted out of our bargain and in this moment, I will have them brought to be executed should they decide to overthrow my rule."

Richard dug his fingers into his lap and hissed at this sorry news. "Whom, who was it, sire? Maybe I could-

"I will not permit you to speak to them, for they are not willing to comply. And even if they are, your brother, Prince Jason…is a murderer. He killed Princess Kom'Ra. In cold blood, according to my squadron's reports."

"Jason??" Richard nearly fell from his seat as he leaned over and tried to search the man's eyes. There was not a fib in plain view as he put a hand to his face and gasped out. "He…his hands have never led to this! You must call it off, maybe he will negotiate-

"My death would satisfy he, for he conspires with the late sibling of Kom'ra, my pet."

Again, with the names.

"Kor'anna seeks vengeance, as doth your brother. For this, I do hope Timothy is wise to drift apart and find a new family. To give up on taking out my men by himself…" The king moved to lean closely as Richard pulled away, his arm too taught as Richard tugged. He found no slice in this guessing game of chance. "Sire! Please!"

"You should be grateful that no real harm has come to your family, your kin are not however thankful for my letting them live. And soon, soon they will come out of the shadows." His fingers dig in as a viper as the boy froze, pale and cold. As if the acid in his body had turned on him in seconds. "S….sire…what magic…."

"I own your body, and the curse is well active inside you. It senses me, and it feeds my control." He squeezed again, the child turning to an iceberg as his shivering only intensified.

"W…A…. WAIT –

"You will proclaim us in union, and YOU shall profess to your father's council that the one left to your country will rile it while we…"

The king's grip loosened as a pooling warmth flushed over the boy's icy corpse. "We, shall return to Defencia… Happily, wed, or…until your father tries to send his last resort and measure to win back his kingdom's pride. He shan't."

Slade let go as Richard curled his fingers carefully to be sure they were not broken.

"I KNOW, Richard." The man watched as the color left the child's face once more at his threat. "I know of your lies and why Harlin had to be tried. You know where he is, boy….and yet, so do I."

Richard stammered, dead silent as the king reached his chin in his hands to turn and not look away. "Since day one, I waited to see it. Your despair. Your misery in my hands. Now that I have it, what can you do to keep me satisfied once that child is born?"

"Born…. not till ….till the snow hath stopped falling. It still isn't time! -

"It could be." The man released the teen as he put his head down and shook, hands round his sides to wake from what seemed an unlivable lifetime. "If I so wished it, Selene and Paam could speed along the process. I would see your in labor by the day of your exact birth if it can be done."

"So soon??" The boy panicked, his head shaking as if to beg truly this time. "Sire…I am still sore, and sick every morning that I wake. It is not right to force a natural-

"You are not a natural mother!" Shouted the king. "None if this is done by a midwife, none of it by a father and traditionally, it should be a curse to try…. but. Ah, you've allowed in this pox of a family to put up their walls to what I desire the most." Slade leered back. "Either you decree that Defencia will become your new nest, or else I will have every ally in your father's home castrated and branded as I have you! Do you understand?? This is not negotiable by a concubine, for that is all you are… until you pledge everything to your future king."

Richard cocked his head up, ears hearing too much. "I am sold already…. then, why? What more do you expect me to give??"

"That should the babe come to be a success, another is possible. That Rose shall have a teacher, that Grandl will not touch you or his hands will never touch another so as long as he stands. If YOU." The king barked in the boy's direction until he could not look away. "If you pledge it, believe it all to save your family, you will say goodbye to them. In the time I'm to discover if my queen's pregnancy might be advanced a bit, you shall. Then. Are we in agreement?"

He waited, and Richard might have fainted into a comatose place had he not wanted to stay alive to know of his brother's disgust. Or his sisters and their little plan to overthrow any capital rulers. If only….

"I…. As I said, you have me." The boy liked his lips and unlike the first time, he showed a different side to what he was. How he feared this man in voice and face.

"I am your bride, forever and true. They cannot intervene, sire. It must be settled then." Slade moved an arm as it rose and out of the wall, were a few of his father's own political party. LUC FELIX, (Luke Fox) a man from the inside who knew of Wayne's departure far earlier than most. He had stayed behind to manage the sons, but still that too had failed. Another was Harrison Dyrn. (Harvey Dent before two face.) "Decide, they will send word and report it to the council for us."

"I agree to this change, and I allow it as the acting…. son of exiled…. King Wayne. Do not delay this." Richard turned his face from Luc, who could not believe his ears. Tears were brushed away with a smooth blink.

"You heard then my future queen, so, go." Slade put his foot down as his soldiers became ridged on the sidelines. "Report only what you must." Slade pushed them along as Luc gave no notice to where Harrison was headed off to.

Luc moved as a fox in the shrubs and to his aim he saw the one road his feet needed to take. "I must make haste." He puffed as the male began to run up a slope with s dangerous letter to have another see before he could send it off.

Sent off, as the boy was about to become untraceable to anyone that knew him at all.

At the door to their dwelling in the rock, came a knock.

Duke and Alf both looked up as Damian gurgle down his last meal, a bubbling boy without a care. "My fears might come to light…. Duke. if you would, boy."

Duke put the babe to his cradle amd hurried, fussing less by the time the knocks had grown frantic. To it, he sighed and looked up with wide eyes as the door cracked for them to see; Luc.

"YOU MUST LEAVE." Luc hissed a warning through the wooden gateway. "This plane in unsafe and the son has proclaimed that…. that he can no longer abdicate for his father –

"Brother??" Duke gulped. "Luc, what of your father and the council!"

"Underfoot, he's silenced them all." Grumbled the messenger. "Tell Sir Pennywurt; Leslie has arranged transport. To a new land –

"This is our home! AL –

"That is all we can do, Duke." Alfred rose and went to gather what he could, the boy's as well as Damian gave a sweet yawn and drifted off to escape what might be later.

"Duke, think of yourselves and the throne. Wherever there is a prince, it may rise again. That castle is now overrun with demons and officials that would maim lives. They've even impregnated the standing prince."

Alfred was soon faint, thankfully not having gotten to Damian yet by his cradle. "There must be some error. There would only be a curse –

"What it is." Luc enunciated through the door. "Leave, we can only fight the marauder for so long. Wallace set Timothy free with his sisters, but I fear…. for so much more."

"You speak of the kingdom, are there more enemies, brother." Luc was not related to Duke, yet their bond of family was one that outweighed everything else. "Katarina was explicit, she is still seeing to the coup in time. You must leave whilst there still is time." Luc looked behind him, but none such…he was safe. The babe was alright.

Should none be well to hear, yet…. he'd forgotten about magic.

Selene was not present for this reason for ste kept watch for her dear creator to hold sway. That was, until as a cat, she saw a hooded woman moving quickly to scurry below another slab of rock.

~ A meeting? Why was I never given the invitation? ~ Purring, the cat crawled into a crevice and pushed through until her slender body did the rest. There, the lights lit the strip of rock. Underground, and it led back to the castle. She'd have to tell her sisters later; and one more was…. hooting?

A man with green eyes, hair, and skin white as ash found a step of shale and made it his pedestal a while. Bane, Copplepoir, Even Dyrn himself were all present as Selene watched.

A rebellious war would form under this world, should she allow? She did, and wanted to see who had orchestrated this event under her snout.

"People of the country to thee lowly bat!" The man had the woman ditch her cloak and to her shock, Harlin was the one. She was not in this for Paam, but to start a riot up top.

"My dear sister has told me of your woes and your blatant disgust with the new king's rule! I have heard and as the one to have stopped the rumors by force in my power and Dyrn's as well…we intend to take BACK our home from the marauder king and his bitch bride. Any objections?"

Selene morphed in the quiet to that of a character they all knew. "Ah, the guest of honor…."

Grandl??

She reverted and went quiet.

Oh, this was news to bite down on!

"I have nothing against ye, and for this I must talk."

"Allow the child his piece. His father makes my stomach angry…" Bane growled out, his body stemming of drugs and rage contained for now. None opposed it.

"Thank you, Ban'e. Yes, my father will leave thos place before the fall of it. His intent was to leave another to oversee the city. My sister cannot rule here amd that only leaves –

"Yet would you respect us id we told you that kings can be toppled??" Jaime wondered aloud. "Your father ruined what Wayne protected. As you saw it, I thought even my way would be fun under the barbarian, but he tossed his words back into our shallow faces!"

The crowd all hollere this was the truth, and Grandl calmly raised his palm up.

"I know, but I don't want this kingdom, you do and I can give it to you to do what you like. Do well as you let me be free of the process. I want to be known as a hero, a victim so you might make of this your castle as you want of it. He wants Defencia, never this. He wanted to boil the bat in oil. Yet he will return. Father sold off the man to Lord Ra's as a peace offering. If he doth forget his children, we have nothing to fear, yet should he come to his senses and ask a question too many…" Grandl's anger showed as Selene hid in the shadows a bit longer.

"You think my Jaime has the capacity to rule when you leave the throne bare?" Harlin tossed her head at the kid.

"Why him??" Oswalt snorted, tossing his beak at the squawking squawks of the group. "His rule will get us buried in history! I could –

"Be a part of the council that runs this slum city." Jaime grinned. "I would have no other before Dyrn help the people to know it."

"My mousse – lovely is so bold!" Shivered the lust filled woman that actually was Harlin. Well…a bit of latter development. (PUDDIN.)

"What of the cat and the seer? The one all of those villagers speak of?" Ban'e suddenly crossed his arms to consider, muscles slowly deflating a tad. "I've heard of…Sirens, and they are quite loud –

"All myth to we, nothing but a fairytale." Jaime waved it off, yet Grandl was not so certain. "I know of one thing, my enemy is not my father alone, but those working beside him to ring in the new order they wish. I've rejected that proposal, it suits no one."

Selene grinned. If that was true, why was he among thieves?

"To this, I wish you the luck of the gods. My time is nigh."

"As is ours,dear royal. For you have helped to assert your role quickly into our circle. Without, we'd have not a leg to stand!" Grinned Jaime as he bowed in a mock fashion to the prince. "I bid you goodbye then, sir."

Grandl left with a nod. He had his pawns.

He smiled, only a single way to believe it so.

Now, to topple the queen.

Selene slunk by as Grandl went up through the passages to seek out Rosalie. She was using her sword as a boy would, and to Selene's guess…

His eyes changed.

"Sister, would you not try so hard?"

She gawked at his face and pulled her blade back. "Brother! You came at such a time – this is…"

"You make the gods shine, yet to father, this is not all. I need you to keep your blade. Until it is time." With that, he returned to his quarters and left her to practice a bit quieter than before.

Selene moved like smoke down the halls, her eyes on the door he'd passed through. "Oh, he does need his beauty rest, doth he?"

The blade to her beck was expected. "You killed him, and her." Smiled the witch. "They were father's puppets. These are mine. You saw?"

"Every word is in memory, my prince."

"So, it should remain." The prince stayed his blade. "Gods be it…I'm going to storm the halls as a traitor! You know? The Bat will –

"The bat won't get here in time, dear royal." Jer fingers ran over his cupped face. "Slade isn't the only one who knows magic, my boy. I chose you to become my muse. He won't have the throne. That is your rite."

"Is it." Grandl pushed off her grip. "If you make me a king, kingmaker, I may just live you more than I have."

"Show me." She dropped her robes to expose her breasts. His own armor coming off slowly. Then quick, as the pheromones from Paam were easy to manipulate. "Whatever you grant, make me as large as he….I want what you can give. I'll have nothing else-

"But of course." She dragged him in to her skirts as he suckled her warming nubs to harden. "Are you ready to prove your gall, son of Wirlon?"

He just took her in his mouth as she allowed the kiss to go on, until they were both naked and still upon the son's large mattress pile. "Father…. ruined us!" He saw her change and it was of Richard. Then of Barbenthal. How she could manipulate his pain like that.

Even his father's face and naked body, which really put a dire under the prince's kettle.

And Grandl fucked them all, letting his load go as she made sure to imitate each unrequited lover in that brat's arms.

"Long…. live this king….as his aim true. Death to the traitors…." He panted into the chest of Selene again as she continued to enthrall him by her power of seduction.

"DEATH…." He panted away, eyes going green with jealousy. Her favorite snack for a siren to indulge.

Selene is manipulating everyone. Holy – but that's not all! Why, you ask? Ask the ….

No spoilers!

We already sort of know: There are multiple secret societies in this world. The Sirens, the muses.

The council and the underground baddies you just saw, corruption at its literal core.

The alchemists and the magi.

The cult of Ra's is obvious.

The rebels and the dejected of society.

Ah, and of course…. the gods have their own thang. That is explained later.

This is fun, so let's keep at it!

Characters thus far….

Richard Wayne: child of Romani- ya blood who was adopted after being found after a raid by King Wayne. Eldest son on Wayne. Now unwilling bride to King Slade and with child through a dark curse.

Jason Wayne: tough orphan adopted by Wayne in same city as story. Second eldest and most athletic of the children. Firey temper, but still loyal as all hell. Live triangle (now square) with Barbenthal, Kor'anna, and Arte. May become King if Wayne never returns and if his elder brother with the king for real.

Timothy Wayne: fourth eldest after Duke, adopted son of King Bruce. Wiz kid of the family and strategist in later story. A bit of a wimp but on a quest to free his family and people. Hates liars and loves science and Philosophy. Mildly superstitious.

Stefania Wayne: same but a few months apart from Timothy by age, she is the energy of the group and a bit slick in comparison to the studious Timothy. She has a tsundere personality and cries when bad things happen before cutting to the chase of any situation. She has a crush on Oliver, but won't tell anyone that.

Cassandra Wayne: Fifth child adopted as a possible child of assassins from the east – her father was a well-known killer and she was taken in as a way to better her understanding of the world and to protect her siblings as a bodyguard of sorts which….kind of backfired. She is the kudere of the group and a stealth expert who always runs off on a limb. Very air headed to everyone but gets along with guys twice her muscle. Roy has a crush on her sister, even if she simply wants to find this Lady of the Crescent before the others to save their kingdom.

Royland : An apprentice to Oliver who was a retired knight due to his too many times of drinking and getting into fights. His desire is to save the kingdom and have Stefania fall head over heels but…he's a bit younger than her sadly. Aged down to 12.

Oliver Queensland: Didn't add that but leader of the rebel army and old ally to King Bruce. Knows many who would aid in overthrowing the new king. Ladies' man and drinks too much.

Dinah: Oliver's soul mate who runs the inn where the rebels meet. Has a tendency to keep things hush hush in her residence and is good with kids, to an extent. Aww … ~

King Slade Wirlon( Wilson): Somehow immortal Norse style king from Defencia who made a pact with the goddess of War to never lose a battle. If he does not flee, he may retain the ability to be stronger than any fighter on this plane. Has a risky fixation on Prince Richard and is prone to a temper and threats. Not much of his past is known on great detail but the goddess very well may have been his wife long ago which explains why his children have powers of their own.

Prince Grandl : Envious eighteen-year-old son of Slade who thinks his father is losing it. He is a bit of a foul mouthed, egocentric playboy with a complex that demonizes women he relates to his only mother. He sees that Richard cannot replace her and gets angry about this, defining him and trying to act as if he's the evil step brother to make Richard feel worse about gaining a new fate as the barer of Slade's next child. Grandl is now trying to overthrow his father by using the dejected of the social circle of this country to usurp the warrior off of his throne. This in truth is actually his animosity in firm towards Richard, as seen in the scene where Selene turns into different people that Grandl loathsome to keep him on her side.

Princess Rosalie: Fresh but still frustrated at her father, second eldest child to king Slade and his second in command should Grandl make the wrong move. She can rule in Defencia, according to standard laws there. However, in this country Slade is trying to pull a nepotism act and we all know how bad that sounds…. she dies not care for Richard but she loves her father and is loyal to him. Grandl may confront her later about their choices.

Prince Juel: now deceased youngest son of Slade, he had the power of esp and may even show a vision later to one of the royals to help stop what's to come. Recall the connection to Amaranth and Raven being the possible seer that everyone is looking for? This story goes on so stay tuned to find out. He was more docile and not aware of the animosity from the start, which allowed Tim to kill the boy and escape quickly. Rosalie was promised to Jason, yet now she knows that she hates the Wayne's and would do anything to keep her family on that throne. Even kill to make the hurt go away. Juel was in a way her best friend, and he was also mute in this so signing was a thing. Richard was not happy about the death, but to him the memory was forgotten too soon which shows how the Defencia family is compared to others mourning him in his own family.

Selene, the Witch : Selene is part of a coven of muses or Sirens and her God is actually a bird – not the owl! She instead wants to see to the throne being owned by those worthy so as a king maker for generations to every legacy, she is there to watch it topple and to discern the outcome if Wayne should meet her expectations or not. Richard was only kept alive because his blood was the blood of their God. You'd see the familiar "Nyhgt – Hauk" Nightwing in this, and how the death of Barbenthal isn't over. I say this because she is turning gears over to Grandl to punish him as well. No spoilers! She set a curse onto Richard's new womb to have a baby born of his DNA and Slade's, however, she hates Slade and has a secret held by the Wayne's that we won't reveal yet. She is mysterious, a seductive stereotype of an anti-hero and holds a few secrets of her own. Can't want for the big twist!

Alfred Pennywurt: Half elven aid and long time ally to the Wayne home that he is a part of their lives for now. And that includes hiding the blood son of Bruce, Damian. He is a mentor and guide to the children and a voice of reason to the king. Age as the comics say? Unknown, so elf.

Will Wintergrhen: longtime companion and war buddy, Will is not up for or not against the things his king has done, but he's along for the ride because of that loyalty nonetheless. His polar opposite interpretation will be fixed in later chapters of having known the clan where Alfred is from as well. Anyway, for now he's here to watch the madness at every angle.

Nora and Dora: Witches and sisters of the same coven of Sirens as Selene and her posse. They want to only help Selene as a kingmaker and to unjold their duty to their unknown goddess. Dora can duplicate her body when she is pleased about something* while Norra

She is - Norra from Freeze and DC comics so ice is her weapon. Basic magical metas. Dora is based off of triplicate girl I think but not sure.

Princess Kom'Ra: (Blackfire is Kommand'r.) Deceased but elder Dragon ruling sister of her now lost home world.

She is evil to the max and was also envious if how everyone loved her sister and brother more because of her complexion being an omen of great disaster at birth. So not evil until her time came. She was willing to use Sion, ( Sionas) to double cross him and steal his role as overseer to the mines and the city of Steele. She and her sister have the power to bond and overtake the forms of dragons based on their own inner good or evil, so naturally this is shown in their battle to free the citizens.

Princess and dragon tamer im exile, Kor'anna: younger sibling and looking for a way to avenge her kingdom, this princess is a sun not meant to burn out. She now has a relationship blooming with Prince Jason, but what happens when she finds out about Richard's curse and all of what this new quest means to the brothers? She has wanted to half Kom'Ra for a long time, yet so many times the rest was left that she had no real power until the rebels changed her way of thinking. The truth was, Kom'Ra was the one who sent Kor'anna away and she wants to find her brother Wilfrer (Wildfire) (fix earlier chapter.) She is seen as a tribal princess from a place not one recognizes, yet her heart is nothing but good and she would gladly give up her crown to save the lives of many more in the process.

Oswalt Copplepoir: a washed up noble that knew the Wayne's in his family's past and wants a piece of the pie they'll offer now that he's lost to the kingdom. Slade promises a great way of life for the terrors in this city, yet his real desire is to do away with it and have his child one day return to rebuild cities like this one with the blood of Wayne and Wirlon is its veins. Oswalt is greedy, selfish and a bit sextet as any immature male might be in written media bit he resembles more so the Batman 2004 face than anything. An imp to be precise.

Ban'e: Angry and disappointed executioner of the Wayne family who is fed up with being unheard. He was easy on Slade, yet he'd chip him up to get his point across. An anti establishment kind of brute, he was left there as a child due to his appearance which is why he wears a mask or cloth over his face. He goes along with Jaime's ploy, but doesn't trust a soul regardless. Smartest of the group it seems.

Harlin Quintet: Supposed sister or half sibling to Jaime (no last name included) who had her rep established as a fool who followed around others for gossip. She was brought in before the new king took charge and is a sneaky one of the bunch. She has all adoration for her brother and even idolized Paam until she was dumped. This is really her revenge against the alchemist and king to be sure they never say another thing against her again. She is the yandere type of Character and knows how to win over her supporters by "playing the fool."

Jaime (Quintet): Supposed older brother of the twins and a sly trickster with a silver forked tongue. He wants the throne and Grandl us just handing it over – yet trickster know this lesson well. Will he do as he's told or start his own council to bash at the old? Same features as Joker and Harlin, but he still has some sanity left to be sociopathic instead on the side.

Princess Talia Al – Ghul: Favorite child to her father, she was once rejected by Bruce and now he's borne her own son out of wedlock. She tells him this eventually, yet je believes it a plot only by Ra's who wanted Bruce to learn all he knew and take the man's right arm, only to be decided by a false lover made real. She wants her son and love to stay and leave the other world behind, while her father overtakes it and dies what Bruce could never hope to do while in power. He is either presumably dead or kissing to the world, and that may soon change…

Prince Duke: Adopted son of Wayne and same age as Jason, he is more like Tim and has the power to manipulate dark and light if ever provoked. He dies not fear the bat god yet knows very little of its history so he looks up to Alfred to guide him. From a family he no longer remembers at a young age, Duke stays as a big brother to Tim and the others and to Damian whom he helps to protect with his family's support. His role models are Katarina Kanaire (renaming it) and Luc from the council of their country and son to the only man who knows the truth besides Wayne about the king's legacy.

Luc : Son of a former council head and spy to the rebellion to save the kingdom like his brothers. He is a fighter and a strategist who hates the idea that all of this is happening so fast. His role may be to stay behind if the family has to flee, yet his loyalty is great as Katarina's or Alf's own. He treats Duke like hid little brother and even makes sure the family is safe in his spare time. He dies not trust Slade and Richard's transformation frightens him most of all.

Katarina : She will be a rebel head in the city and makes sure that the fighters are ready for anything. Cass and Stefania see her as a hero, while she is aged up like Luc to act as big sister in this story. She is currently gaining warships from another land and hopes to have another shot at taking back their home.

Arte or Artemis from Red Hood Comics: A warrior maiden with a sharp mind and a big heart, she is the rebel leader of Steele and also a former love one night stand of Jason (that won't last) once she sees him with Kor'anna. She is the one who keeps the people from going mad, and she can also use a magic sword from her family's past. She is actually the daughter of a tribe to the south and that will be revealed later.

The Scarecrow as an omen of change: The scarecrow only shows when Tim is starting to question his own abilities and he appears as a laughing relic that Tim believes is an omen of what he must do. The fact he appears and is burned to a crisis in Tim's hallucination is the possibility of other worlds outside of their own and that will be explained also later. He is an omen of change and that Tim will have to fight to regain the honor of his entire family – or he can try to survive on his own and reject the security of others.

The Goddess of War in Defencia: Adeline to be exact and the goddess who both gifted and cursed Slade with his abilities. She is the reason he even fights at all, and in his bride, he seems a way to break the spell finally with a child and a new legacy. (Them two be crazy.)

The Bat God: Based on The Doom that Came to Gotham, no one knows that the real Bat god is actually related to the vessel itself and he is not in the castle to stop this war. When Bruce is finally able to recognize his real power over Ra's and his fate, he will return.

The Bat God is symbolically is the Bat Man and it is true; Bruce's ancestors made a pact with it to do just as Kor'anna and her dragon. To become it as long as it is appeased. That, also is a fun one plot to play on.

So? What is Selene's real plan? I'll tell you this first for now.

The Romani- ya had their own God, the "Nyhgt – Hauk" where Grandl sees Richard one night praying to it instead of the bat god. This is because Richard knows who the bat really is and will not tell even the king, who has power over him. However, Wayne's true disappearance was no tragedy, but a trick.

Ra's gets his heir and grandson, and Slade has his bride, and Wayne's last legacy comes to a stop. He was the one who sold off Wayne's kingdom even as thirst king Wayne came to Talia for aid in fighting the warrior king in earlier chapters. He was injured in his escape and Talia nursed him back to health.

It turns out Ra's own methods are not as his daughter who wants to shield Bruce from losing his mind. Ra's wants him to never go back and to forget, so he uses Talia and lies that they will help Wayne recover very soon. In truth, Ra's put a spell onto Bruce so that he cannot leave or he shall perish and be burned alive. It's pretty sad at this point so how will he go about it?

Slade originally told Richard that if Damian was found, then he would have won every right to kill the boy's family and take him away. Now, he's speeding up the process slowly while hunting down the children on the side and arranging for he and his future wife to live forever in Defencia while the rest of the world burns away. Richard may have tried to kill the king once, but now he's losing his fire and at the same time is afraid that the others are too late to stop the king from going back on his word not to harm them.

With this, something is being done but if they catch the heir and something from Richard's nightmares comes true…. well, end of the line.

As for the end, already planned it. Visual learner so it's as easy as I sees it. This was a slow chapter to build up to. Yet last pages eventually will be intense. Also! Selene is going to double cross EVERYONE.

NO MORE HINTS! READ ON TO FIND OUT! ~