Season 9

Now that Windenburg is without a mayor, contenders for the public’s vote are appearing out of thin air. The Alto family finally steps forward into the spotlight and the descendants of the ancient Tesoro Kings have returned to Skydeath Lair. While Matteo tries to start a campaign of his own, Mei-Lin, Max and their families try to move on from the previous war. But that seems impossible when new murders are starting to happen. Mei-Lin suspects Matteo, but is unaware that the killer is someone very dear to her.

## Plot

Election season has begun in Windenburg. Campaign-manager, Tiffany Isaiah, has been charged to be one of the organisers of the event. Besides that she becomes the campaign-manager of Matteo, aiding him in his quest to regain the power his mother had gained, hoping to find a place of power herself as well. Steven Thomassen also moves in with the Idiot Roomies.

Contesting for the public's vote are Vita Alto, housewife of the infamous Alto family; long-time politician Clara Bjergsen; newcomers Thornton Wolff and Brad Iersen; and the returned heir to the Tesoro throne, Diana Tesoro.

Mei-Lin throws a birthday party for her twin-children. During the party, a man claiming to be her grandfather arrives at Landgraab Manor. Believing the man named Gui Preston, Mei-Lin welcomes him with open arms, happy to have found a lost relative.

While Matteo attends a party at Luna Villareal's house on Halloween Night, the Idiot Roomies host their own party. Luya, gives birth to two kittens: April and Sara. Max and Lolita decide to start a family together. As Lolita becomes pregnant, Max proposes to her, to which she accepts.

After a mediocre campaign-event at Hare Square, Tiffany discovers that Matteo is not doing very well in the current polls. She proposes to Matteo that they should team up with one of the other candidates to gain voters. But none of the candidates have any interest in giving up their own campaign to aid Matteo.

Mei-Lin and Gui go out to have diner together at the new restaurant at the location of the destroyed Narwhal Arm's nightclub. At the restaurant she catches a peak of Mortimer Goth, looking extremely different from the days before the civil war and still in mourning over his wife's disappearance.

Matteo starts to develop a romantic relation with Luna, even sharing the bed once. But Luna constantly seems slightly tense when he's around her. She encourages him to not follow his mother's footsteps and step out of the race for Mayor of Windenburg. He doesn't accept directly, but his unsureness about the situation causes him to forget about his campaign.

The contestants of the election attend the first debate at the local library, where they debate about the issues for which they're fighting for. Matteo gets upset when Luna rejects his intimacy in the public place. The Tesoro family finally appear in the public's eye upon their arrival at the debate. While Vita, Clara, Diana and Thornton come up with good arguments for their policies, Matteo's statements are lacking in realism. Brad Iersen makes clear during the debate that he will seek justice for the massacred Fyres family and that his eye is on the remaining Landgraab's and the Clayton family. Yu-Fei gets frightened by this and fears that her family would be in danger if Brad were to become mayor. After the debate she quietly murders Brad in the bathrooms.

Lolita gives birth to Bodil Calridge. During a photoshoot with her newborn in Max' new photo studio set up in the crypts, they discover a secret passage behind a bookshelf, leading to a secret room filled with some of the Landgraab treasury, including a white-and-blue sugar skull: the Landgraab key. With Mei-Lin and Yu-Fei they discuss if they should tell Matteo about it, since the Landgraab key (and the money that can be acquired by having it) belongs to him by right. Although Lolita expresses her doubts about it, they decide to not tell Matteo about the key. Their conversation gets overheard by Steven, who confronts Yu-Fei about it and threatens to tell Matteo about it. Knowing what Matteo might do if he finds out they have been keeping a mayor secret from him, she murders Steven right then and there.

Upon discovering Steven's death, Mei-Lin starts to feel anxious and suspects that Matteo was behind the murders of both Steven and Brad. Yu-Fei overhears a conversation between Matteo and Luna and confronts Luna about her manipulative behavior, warning her that Matteo is still a Landgraab.

While Matteo barely pays any attention at the elections anymore, Tiffany is turning against him and reaches out to the Tesoro's, wanting to become their campaign-manager. But they decline, and Tiffany is left with inevitable loss.

The wedding of Max and Lolita finally takes place at Magnolia Blossom and a great number of friends and neighbors attend. At the end of the party, Mei-Lin and Gui talk about her father. Gui tells her that Wan stole thousands of simoleons when he ran away from home and asks her if she knows anything about the money. Mei-Lin becomes upset with him, believing he just reached out to her to get the money and not because he actually wanted to rekindle his relationship with his son. As she also questions if he really is her grandfather, Yu-Fei interferes and asks about what's up. An emotional Mei-Lin leaves the scene. Hearing about the conversation, Yu-Fei murders Gui, believing him to be a fake.

Election day has come and the contenders prepare for their second and final debate. Many residents of Windenburg have come to watch the debate and to cast their votes. Clara and Vita are clear frontrunners of the race, and Thornton and Diana give everything to convince the public to vote for them. Even though he had turned away from his campaign, Matteo decides to join the debate, still feeling a desire to win. Luna attempts to stop him, and when she again resists to reveal their relationship to the public, Matteo snaps and lashes out to her.

Later that evening, with the library near empty, Luna is recovering from the assault from Matteo. Yu-Fei approaches her and accuses her of manipulating Matteo. Knowing how unstable she has made Matteo, she chokes her to death.

The next morning, Clara Bjergsen is announced as the victor of the elections, having taken 47% of the votes. Luna's body is discovered by the librarian of Quad Manor and the news spreads fast. Rumors that Matteo killed her fly around town and reach Mei-Lin, who is more worried about Matteo's state of mind now than ever before.

After attending Clara's victory speech at the Von Haunt Estate, Mei-Lin visits Jacques Villareal and discusses Luna's death. He reveals his suspicions towards Matteo, causing Mei-Lin to be fully sure that Matteo is the one that murdered her. She travels back home and finds Matteo in the secret Landgraab treasury room, staring at the key. He calmly asks her about it and after a short discussion Mei-Lin takes her chance and stabs him in the guts, watching over the young man as he bleeds to death on the cold basement floor.

Mei-Lin tells Max and Lolita about the murder, and while Max stands behind her, Lolita is disgusted by it. Meanwhile, Lou-Wan confronts Yu-Fei, telling her that he saw her leave Quad Manor around the time Luna was killed, but she simply just brushes it off.

#### Principal cast

* Mei-Lin Preston
* Max Calridge
* Lolita Angara
* Gui Preston
* Tiffany Isaiah
* Yu-Fei Clayton
* Matteo Landgraab
* Steven Thomassen
* Lou-Wan Clayton
* Pal-Lin Clayton
* Bodil Calridge
* Duke
* Luya
* April
* Sara

#### Deaths

Episode 5

* Brad Iersen

Episode 6

* Steven Thomassen

Episode 8

* Gui Preston

Episode 9

* Luna Villareal

Episode 10

* Matteo Landgraab