Awakening

Awakening is an ongoing animation series in SapphireFoxx. It currently has 20 episodes, in which 4 of them have uncensored Beyond versions, and it was first released on December 9, 2013. This series is currently the oldest ongoing animation series in SapphireFoxx. The series is currently on hiatus.
It follows the story of Sylvana Huntington, the progenitor of the gender curses. After being broken free from an ancient seal by some explorers, Sylvana tries to exact revenge on her ex-husband Alistair for imprisoning and cursing her into a statue form for centuries.
== Synopsis ==
“Two explorers get more than they bargained for when they uncover a piece of treasure in an ancient underground fortress. What they found was not sealed away to protect it from people, the ancients sealed it away to protect people from it. Little do these explorers realize what they have unleashed on the world.”
== Production ==
* Producer: Sam Mokler
* Writers: Sam Mokler, Paul Sell
* Animators: Sam Mokler, Chris Tucker, Mimi Alves, Hector Amavizca
* Artists: Sam Mokler, Jeremy Pursell, Gabriel Carroll, Fil Romero
* Lead Animator: Mimi Alves
=== Cast ===
==== Main Characters ====
* Sylvana Huntington – Miranda Greene, Mel Heflin
* Miss Reed – Sarah Wiedenheft
* Alistair Huntington – Ricco Fajardo, Sam Mokler
* Isabelle Arrington – Sarah Wiedenheft
* Chris Young – Matt Shipman
* Claire Dupont – Brittany Lauda
* Ashley – Ashley Sahler
* Jessica Young – Leslie Burk
* Sebastian Kaiwi – BJ Hunter, John Swasey
* Norah Arrington – Katelyn Barr
* Zephys – Chelsea Simmons, Krystal LaPorte, Katelyn Barr
* Wayne Skyshadow – Ricco Fajardo
==== Cinder Isle ====
* Gaela Houlton – Leslie Burk
* Zack Houlton – Aaron Dismuke
* Natalie Gardiner – Morgan Laure
* Shane Gardiner – Brandon Winckler
* Jackie Houlton – Yaddle
* Ricky Houlton – Aaron Dismuke
* Sophia Gardiner – Baku Satsu Ho
* Henry Gardiner – Bryson Baugus
==== Side Characters ====
* The Professor – Logan Frost
* Chester – Redd Horrocks, Larissa Frost
* Coworker – "Scorchman"
* Apprentices – Redd Horrocks, Jenni Monday, Megan Linde, Kate P., Katelyn Barr, Brittany Lauda, Chovie Tchotchke
* Drunks – Alastair James Murden, Alex Rigby Bishop
* White Mage – Jake Paque
* Sweet Dreams Girl – Cait-Powers Page
* Roommate – Jordan Cruz
* Shopkeeper – Ricco Fajardo
* SPF Officers – Cait-Powers Page, Daman Mills, Carrie Savage, Emi Lo
* Flamerunner – Bel Rusape, Aaron Dismuke
* Winterstrike – Griffin Puatu
* Amberstrike – Michele Knotz
* Minions – Michele Knotz, Chelsea Simmons
== Characters ==
== Episodes ==
== Plot ==
===== Part 1 =====
===== Part 2 =====
===== Part 3 =====
===== Part 4 =====
===== Part 5 =====
===== Part 6 =====
===== Part 7 =====
===== Part 8 =====
===== Part 9 =====
===== Part 10 =====
===== Part 11 =====
===== Part 12 =====
===== Part 13 =====
===== Part 14 =====
===== Part 15 =====
===== Part 16 =====
===== Part 17 =====
Sylvana has successfully knocked out and partially buried Ashley and Sebastian. She laughs at her victory and the Arcane Explosive she's placed soon to go off. She then teleports away content she will now have her vengeance on Alistair and the others by burying them all, along with the island. Claire and Chris are on the beach nearby with Claire still trying to heal his wounds. In the lower caves Alistair embraces Isabelle as flesh and blood for the first time but due to the situation he must teleport away to face Sylvana. He teleports to the remains of the main hall but finds it a crater in ruins. Alistair reaches out and is quickly able to sense Sylvana has already fled but all his followers are alive but wounded and divided across the island. Alistair is relieved that his friends are alive, but he then looks over to realize the vault has been breached and all the curses are gone. He enters the vault and is brought to tears seeing that Sylvana has succeeded in destroying all his centuries of work and has re-cursed everyone he spent so long in curing. He dreads his failure but is soon to realize the bomb within the vault and sees it is set to detonate in 15 seconds. Forced to act fast, Alistair teleports each individual group of the Sapphire Legion to a familiar and nearby coastline. He first teleports Jessica and Isabelle, warping back immediately to fetch Ashley and Sebastian and finally makes a last trip to save Claire and Chris. As the group reunites on the pier overlooking the ocean Jessica questions where they are and where Sylvana is, but at that moment the bomb detonates, and Alistair's Island is obliterated sending a shock wave to the shore and leaving a glowing red mushroom cloud. The legion is devastated but despite Alistair feeling like he's lost everything he worked so long and so hard for Jessica offers him some words of encouragement pointing out they are all still alive and each have just a much drive to stop Sylvana as he does. Alistair says the best they can do for the moment is to treat the wounded and then plan for their next move. Claire suggests they get healing urbs and such from her apartment, but Isabelle points out Sylvana knows where they all live and it's too dangerous to go back now. However, Alistair says Sylvana doesn't know they would come there to the island he's teleported them to and asks Isabelle to come with him while Claire and Jessica try to heal the others.
Isabelle is confused but follows Alistair to a house inland a bit. Alistair explains it's the home of some non-blood friends he's had since Isabelle was a baby. They knock on the door, and it's answered by an aged Zach Houlton (Cinder Isle) revealing that Alistair must have teleported them to Cinder Isle since it was nearby. Zach is relieved saying he needs help but at first doesn't recognize Alistair as he had only ever seen him in his statue form. Alistair shows him a now darkened and broken shard of his old body to reveal who he is to Zach, and he asks him for help inside. Zach walks them inside where they hear pounding from the other room. Zach explains his wife Gaela is locked in the other room because a short while ago her eyes turned red, and she cut herself before trying to attack him revealing she's been re-cursed like the others and become enslaved to Sylvana's will. Alistair tries to explain this to Isabelle but at that moment Gaela breaks through the door with a hatchet calling out to Zach with lust and anger. Zach begs Alistair to help her, and Alistair stands at the ready as Gaela moves forward to try and infect the others. He quickly casts a curse removal spell and re-cures Gaela removing the now blackened curse orb and returning her to her senses. Gaela collapses in a daze but Zach catches her and stirs her awake with no clear memory of what just happened. Alistair greets her but Gaela is still confused. Zach explains how Alistair has become human and Gaela greets him happily asking if he is really human now or in a construct form. Alistair mentions how he gave her a book on sorcery, and she's clearly been reading it which seems to surprise Isabelle a bit. Alistair then introduces Isabelle to the couple and Gaela says how he's talked a lot about him in the past. Despite the reunion Zach asks what all is going on. Alistair says he'll explain everything later but asks the couple if he and the others can stay with them for a little while so they can recover and come up with a new plan. Zach and Gaela welcome them all into their home and Alistair teleports away to get the others.
===== Part 18 =====
The Sapphire Legion has taken refuge at the home of Zack and Gaela Houlton after the destruction of Alistair's Island. Jessica, Claire, and Alistair heal the wounded as Gaela and Zack do what they can to make them comfortable. Sebastian and Ashley are hurt but are awake and mostly healed of any major damage. Chris however remains unconscious and while Alistair has healed most of his serious wounds, he says he took major damage and will need more time to recover. Ashley says they need to move against Sylvana soon after Alistair has explained what's happening all around the world now that the curses have been unleashed. Gaela and Zack think back and feel that this is very similar to the T1-G1 virus they experienced when they were kids. Alistair points out that its far worse because it's not only the transformation aspects but also the mind control curse that is now spreading on a global scale. Despite Ashley's protests that they need to take action and Sebastian saying they should send Alistair out to face Sylvana the Legion decides it's better to rest and that even with Alistair's strength and human body restored he is unsure he can handle Sylvana alone. Sebastian and Claire take Chris upstairs to put him to bed and prepare somewhere the rest of them can rest as well. Leaving the rest of the legion in the living room with Gaela and Zack discussing if they actually have a plan or not. 
After a moment the doorbell rings and it's revealed to be Natalie and Shane who have arrived with both of their kids Sophia and Henry as well as Gaela and Zack's kids whom they were looking after, Ricky and Jackie. The Houlton's already called Natalie and Shane about Alistair's visit and filled them in as best they could. The Quad is reunited, but the kids are left oblivious to the existence of magic and are left in the dark of the real situation. After catching up with their parents a bit Jackie questions them on who the others are. They introduce them as "Al" and his family who are staying with them for a few days because their house is "flooded". While the kids stay with Natalie and Shane the Legion will stay in the kid's rooms. While the kids are curious and a bit confused, they agree to grab a couple things and then head out with the Gardeners. Alistair has a brief reunion with the Quad who are happy to see him in flesh and blood.
Later that night Jessica is still healing Chris who has yet to wake up and the others plan to rotate healing him throughout the night until he regains enough strength. While Ashley, Jessica, and Isabelle focus on Chris, Alistair is off to the side when he hears Sylvana's voice in his mind. Sylvana begins to speak to him through their soul bond they formed on their wedding night. While she can't tell where he and the others are she can sense they are alive. Alistair says they shouldn't abuse their bond like that, but Sylvana just retorts him saying even if he is the only one who can hear and see her in spectral form, she can still make things difficult for him. Sylvana's projection then brushes her hand over Alistair's right eye and causes a Ruby Mana Mark identical to hers to appear. Ashly is quick to notice this, and the three girls confront him on it. Sylvana laughs seeing that she's stirred up more trouble for Alistair before her specter disappears. Alistair claims he lost control of his mark for a moment, but Isabelle confronts him on the fact it's ruby colored and on the wrong eye. With no alternative Alistair begins to explain the truth he's held back from them all. He explains that centuries ago he and Sylvana experimented with extensive blood magic to increase their own power. Alistair has a duplicate of Sylvana's Mana Mark and she has a copy of his. This is why the two of them are so incredibly powerful compared to so many other sorcerers even in their cursed forms. The girls then question him on why he would use blood magic so carelessly considering the corruption side effects are the reason Sylvana is as mad as she is and what drove her to create the Gender Curse to begin with. Alistair then admits that the story he's told them was only half the truth and in reality, he helped Sylvana create the very curse he has spent centuries trying to stop. Isabelle and the others are left shocked that their master was partially responsible for such a thing.
===== Part 19 =====
Forced to come clean about his past and all the details he's hidden from the rest of the Legion Alistair confronts Ashley, Isabelle, and Jessica on his second Mana Mark and how the story he's told them was only half the truth. He tells them how he had in fact helped Sylvana create the gender curse in an attempt to wipe out the Non-Bloods of the world all those years ago because he felt the same anger towards them. He was consumed by rage and hatred after his village was attacked by Non-bloods who feared Sorcerer Kind. He tells the girls about his eldest Daughter Amber and how she had been killed in the attack. He says how his infant son Noah had also been mutilated and lost his arm and legs at such a young age. Alistair is brought to tears as he tells the story crying for the first time in 500 years. He goes on to tell them that seeing their children die and wounded drove both Sylvana and Alistair mad with rage and they turned to forbidden blood magics to create the Gender Curse to prevent the Non-Bloods from breeding and forcing them to die off. But after he saw what his curse was doing to the world he knew that he had lost himself to grief and rage and the world he and Sylvana were creating was not what Amber would have wanted. The Blood magic had turned them into monsters. To end it before things went too far he betrayed Sylvana and stopped her from spreading the curse further. Ever since then Alistair has chosen to live as a statue in isolation taking the burden of curing those born with the Gender Curse on himself and living isolated from others as a kind of self punishment for his misdeeds and has lived that way for 500 years. While Ashely and Jessica are somewhat understanding and sympathetic to Alistair, seeing he's genuinely sorry and ashamed, Isabelle is less accepting. She is upset he's kept this truth from him for all these years she's served as his apprentice. While Jessica and Ashley tell her he's apologizing she still doesn't like the fact it took him getting caught with his second Mana Mark for him to finally come clean. Alistair swears he won't hide anything from them from now on but Isabelle says she needs time to think and leaves the room for a bit. Alistair agrees her anger is justified and the others say she'll just need a bit of time but that he did the right thing by telling them the truth.
The Next Morning Alistair is sitting on the back porch alone having gotten no sleep that night since he's practically forgotten how after living as a statue for centuries. Jessica brings him some breakfast and talks with him a bit. They talk about how though Alistair has missed enjoying food over the centuries he tried to make his own breakfast but had no idea how to use the appliances in the kitchen since he hasn't needed to eat or sleep for 500 years. Jessica laughs a bit and says she'd be happy to make his meals and teach him how to cook and care for himself again. Alistair then asks if she spoke to Isabelle any further last night but Jessica just tells him she's still angry. Alistair feels he deserves it and mentions how he had a chance to tell her years ago when she repaired his Fractured body and thinks he now should have. Jessica comforts him a bit and says she doesn't think any less of him and that she's there if he needs to talk. The two of them embrace but Alistair is still learning to control his physical emotions. He does however admit he feels better with Jessica there.
At that moment a small group of sorcerer soldiers teleport to the back yard at the ready. The other two notice but before any of them act Director Zephys Arrives and addresses Alistair. While neither of them is exactly happy to see the other they both agree their common enemy is more of an issue that their past disagreements. Zephys tells them how they've kept tabs on Alistair and the Legion ever since his Heist of the DSC headquarters to be sure he didn't get into too much trouble. They detected the fight and destruction of the Island the day before but they were too busy trying to contain the outbreak of curses around the world. Jessica asks how the efforts against Sylvana are going but Zephys only brings bad news. The curses are spreading too quickly and their agents are having difficulty removing them. While there is still hostility between them Alistair and Zephys agree to a truce and discuss their options. Alistair admits that killing Sylvana will allow her followers to regain their freewill but not reverse their transformations. Zephys thinks that its best to take Sylvana out and worry about changing everyone back once she's defeated. She says how at 5 tomorrow the combined forces of the DSC and SPF will attack Sylvana at her new base of operations. The burned remains of the village where she and Alistair once lived. Alistair agrees to join them and Zephys teleports away to prepare.
===== Part 20 =====
Director Zephis informs Alistair about Sylvana massing her forces in the ruins of their old village and suggests that he stay away until their attack tomorrow. She and her aides teleport away and Alistair and Jessica agree its best to join the DSC to defeat Sylvana.
Meanwhile up in the bedroom Ashley and Clair are using Mana Transfer to try and restore Isabell's powers faster now that she no longer needs to donate blood for the ritual. While it may weaken them at least until tomorrow it seems to work and Izzy begins to get her magic back. Just as the transfer completes Chris at last stirs awake much to Izzy's joy. While he's still ashamed he let Sylvana trick him and find the island Izzy swears never to hold that against him and is just happy he's okay. As the four of them talk Chris says how he may not have been fully conscious but he did overhear most of what happened last night and he already knows about the destruction of Fox Island as well as the truth of Alistair and Izzy being mad at him for his secrets. While she remains hurt and conflicted Chris and the others point our how life's been so hard on Alistair in isolation and how he's been punishing himself for his past mistakes out of shame ever since. Izzy begins to see their point and think things over about her master.
Out in the backyard Jessica asks Alistair if he's honestly prepared to finally end this and kill Sylvana. While Alistair knows he has to stop her by any means he also holds onto hope that there's still a part of the uncorrupted Sylvana still in there and maybe a chance to save her. Jessica suggests Alistair try one last time to reach her through their soul bond like she did and maybe get through to the women he loves. Alistair musters his power and links with her.
In her newly established fortress Sylvana is informed by one of her followers of more forces flocking to her armies and she praises herself on the success of her new curse. At that moment Alistair links with her. Sylvana asks if his apprentices now see the truth of who he is but Alistair says this is between the two of them. He pleads with Sylvana to end this madness and let go of the past. He says how he went through the same pain of loosing Amber but the Nonbloods who killed her are long dead and the world has changed so much since that time. For a brief moment Sylvana seems conflicted but as Alistair tries to plead with her to end the hate and think of their children she is angered that he sealed her away and she never got to see them again. Despite Alistair's pleas Sylvana refuses to back down and expresses only hate for him now. The link ends and Sylvana welcomes Alistair's coming retaliation.
Back on Cinder Isle Alistair awakens from his meditation and Jessica asks how it went. He informs her that unfortunately the women he once loved is lost to him and he sees no choice but to kill her and end this madness. Jessica understands that must be hard but that she'll stand by him. At that moment Izzy comes out and agrees that its time to leave the past behind and focus on saving the future. With her powers returning she forgives Alistair for his lies and is ready to prepare for the final battle. Alistair praises both her and Jessica saying how he'll need both of their help to end this and kill Sylvana. Izzy is glad he's committed to that goal and asks what their next move is.