Incursion of Unicorn Way

The incursion of Unicorn Way was an attack led by Rattlebones that was the first conflict in the further attack on Wizard City by Malistaire Drake and his Undead forces.
As part of the attack, Unicorn Way was blanketed in Dark Magic, and the Fairies were corrupted via Bone Cages hung across the street that corrupted any Fairy folk that ventured near them, transforming them into Dark Fairies.
The incursion served as a distraction from Rattlebones' theft of a tome from the Unicorn Way Archive, which he would use in order to locate the Order of the Fang and find the Krokonomicon, to revive his dead wife Sylvia.
==Background==
Not long after the death of Sylvia Drake and the subsequent descent of Malistaire Drake, Merle Ambrose and Gamma summoned the Wizard to Wizard City, hoping they could save the Spiral from Malistaire's sinister plans. Soon after the Wizard came to Wizard City, Malistaire Drake arrived at Golem Court inside Golem Tower, and with the help of Merle Ambrose the Wizard overpowered Malistaire's minions, and Malistaire left, exclaiming he had received what he came for.
==Incursion==
Soon after the confrontation, Ambrose summoned the Wizard to his office. He welcomed them to Ravenwood Academy, but informed them that they would not be enrolled and sent to their classes as they normally would as there was a "supernatural incursion" taking place on Unicorn Way that must be immediately dealt with. Since Ambrose believed the Wizard had shown so much potential, he believed practical experience would serve better than lectures.
Ambrose teleported the Wizard to Unicorn Way directly so they could seek out Private Connelly. The Wizard informed Connelly that they had been sent by the Headmaster himself, and Connelly explained that the Wizard City Guard had been doing their best to push the Undead back, however they were no match for their dark magic. To help turn the tide, the Wizard fought some Lost Souls, with the Guard afterwards following the Wizard's lead to start pushing the other ghosts back. Connelly expressed worry that the Wizard City Guard would not be able to drive the Lost Souls away for good without knowing why they were attacking in the first place. Connelly suggested speaking with Ceren Nightchant to see if he had learned something useful.
Ceren Nightchant was impressed by the Wizard's skills, and explained that he had come to Unicorn Way after hearing there was trouble. He expressed fear over the Skeletal Pirates on the street, and had the Wizard battle a few of them to see how tough they were and to give the Wizard City Guards a report on their combat tactics. The Skeletal Pirates called for a parley, but warned the Wizard they were no match for "that which rattles in the Darkness!" The Wizard reported back to Ceren Nightchant, who concluded that some evil magic had emerged on Unicorn Way and that it would take more Guards to stop it.
Believing she could help understand the dark forces plaguing the street, Ceren Nightchant told the Wizard to speak with Lady Oriel, the Warden of the Faeries whom resided at the far end of the street in the Hedge Maze. Oriel revealed to the Wizard that the evil forces that loosed the Undead onto the street also corrupted her Fairies. Bone Cages appeared across Unicorn Way filled with a dark magic that corrupted all Fairy folk that ventured near them. Oriel told them to dispel the Dark Magic from the Bone Cages and collect Fairy Dust from the Dark Fairies in combat.
Oriel examined the Fairy Dust and found that it displayed scars of a dark magic that had been banished from Wizard City long ago. This magic was traced to the ruthless Underworld tyrant Rattlebones. Oriel attempted to focus and sense Rattlebones's location, but the Darkness obscured her vision, only seeing a tower ringed in bones. She gave the Wizard a broom to get back to Ceren Nightchant and ask him if he knew of the tower she saw in her vision. Nightchant identified Oriel's tower as possibly being the Unicorn Way Archive, where the Skeletal Pirate were concentrated.
In the Archives, the Wizard came across Rattlebones himself, who had been searching the building for a tome Malistaire seeked. After fighting and defeating him, Rattlebones warned his Dark Master's plan was already in motion, and that they hadn't heard the last rattle in the Darkness. He dropped the tome he had been searching for in his haste to leave. Walking back onto Unicorn Way, the Dark Magic that had previously been choking the street abated.
==Aftermath==
With Rattlebones defeated, the Wizard City Guard was able to drive away the rest of the Undead horde.
The tome that Rattlebones dropped in the Unicorn Way Archive was eventually taken to Merle Ambrose, where it was identified as On the Trail of the Order of the Fang.
==Behind the scenes==
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==Notes and references==
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