Book 3: A New Order

**Book Three** of The Shifter, subtitled A New Order, is succeeded by Book Four: Vision of Shadows and preceded by Book Two: Raging Storm. This book covers events such as the Installation of the New Order, Hunt for the Equalists, Discovery of Anti-Matter, Rise of the Masks, Forming of Team Shifter, and the Mask's Endgame. The story focuses upon Ezekiel Storm, Aiyana Storm and their team of friends and family as they also serve as the mascot characters. The Masked Souls serve as the villainous faction while their leaders known by the names of Delta and Ori serve as the main antagonists. The Storm Clan Equalists also return to play a minor role as a secondary villainous faction.

## Overview

The assembling of a team! In the aftermath of the Power Wars, many protectors of realities have found themselves not knowing what to do now that they've gained freedom. Zeke, Aiyana, some of their friends and their new ally Akosua set out to gather some of these heroes to give them the chance to fight again. As they go on this this new adventure to recruit heroes, an old threat from the Storm Clan's past breaks free from its imprisonment to seek revenge on one of Zeke's relatives for something he did. As the heroes are caught off guard from this threat and its dangers, Zeke must teach his sister to find her own voice as the leader and help rally their forces to stop this old but new threat that nearly caused the downfall of the clan about 100 years ago. Will they give these lost heroes a new way? How will Akosua adapt to her new makeshift family? Can Zeke and Aiyana protect their grandfather from a threat he put a stop to over a hundred years ago? Find out as we enter a new age with new a order.

## History

#### Chapter 26 - The Search

In the aftermath of the Power Wars and the Second Demigod Conflict, Zeke and Aiyana Storm rally with their allies and family to consider their options when they hear rumors of realities suffering from their heroes and guardians losing hope in their role as heroes.

#### Chapter 27 - The Ice Breather

Zeke, Aiyana and their new-gained ally Akosua travel to the Never-Realm of Earth-67 where they heard a female Ice Elemental became the Ice Empress and stopped Vex and a group of the Storm Clan Equalists from invading; Titan and his men discover that the Equalists haven't quite died out as a radicalist movement.

#### Chapter 28 - The Demigoddess

When their new team member in Juniper starts asking one too many questions, Akosua shines more light on her own story to keep her distracted while Aiyana and Zeke meet with Titan to discuss an old threat that could still have it out for them.

#### Chapter 29 - The Mercenary

Titan introduces Zeke, Aiyana, Akosua and Juniper to their new associate and ally in Miguel, a self-esteemed and flashy sharpshooter and hunter who has become infamous with many Bounty Hunter guilds over the years.

#### Chapter 30 - The Warning

Upon arriving back on Earth-62 for supplies after evading an Equalist attack, the slowly growing Team Shifter is separated as Zeke and Aiyana are summoned to discuss the emergence of an old threat to the Storm Clan; Akosua and Miguel find themselves joining forces after their disagreement to get Juniper out of trouble when she causes a ruckus with a group of MPC Trainees.

#### Chapter 31 - The Lost Souls

A new radicalist movement known as the Lost Souls make their presence known via an air raid upon Ninjago City which prompts Team Shifter and their allies from the MPC to jump into action to help the city; Obidiah finds himself facing demons from his past as something or someone hacks into the Storm Clan Residency District's comm channel.

#### Chapter 32 - The Past

In a flashback episode, we are taken to the days of the past where Obidiah still owned the Shifter mantle and worked alongside his brothers and cousins to stop the old Masked Souls before their cultist movement caused chaos in the Earth-62 Reality's realms.

#### Chapter 33 - The Meeting

After Juniper prevents an attempt on Obidiah's life, Team Shifter and Obidiah are met by the two leaders of the Masked Souls' newest revival cause; Zeke remembers a story told to him by the late Michael Hayate about mistakes of the past; Brianna contacts Titan to send in support when the Masked Souls' top generals begin unveiling their magical properties.

#### Chapter 34 - Rage

Delta and Ori use their demonic magic against Team Shifter when they block their attacks on Obidiah who is still shell-shocked to see an old threat from his past alive and in front of him; some of Akosua's past trauma springs up in the heat of battle when she finds that one of the Masked Souls' Generals has a familiar tatoo.

#### Chapter 35 - Crash & Burn

In the midst of the aftermath of the attack, everyone seems to be fine until the Storm Clan's best medics are tasked with extracting a dark entity from Akosua's body; a rift is torn between Aiyana and her grandfather as her frustration with his inability to see the wrong in his past actions is unleashed; Zeke gets some advice from an old friend who arrives in the midst of their low point.

#### Chapter 36 - The Quake

To continue their original mission and get their minds off of Obidiah's big mistake, Team Shifter travels to a realm close to their Earth-44 allies where Amber and Liberty gave them details about a former student of the late Cole Brookstone; Miguel gives Akosua some advice on coping with her trauma when her confusion with her predicament begins to leak out.

#### Chapter 37 - The Village

Team Shifter and the Earth Elemental they just met, who goes by the name of Thea O' Daniel, must investigate a series of attacks on the village that she has been living in since her mentor's passing; Miguel history of hunting down dangerous people and things comes to use when Zeke believes that his abilities can help them solve this mysterious case.

#### Chapter 38 - The Monster

With an old threat that Thea's mentor once put a stop to efficiently somehow reanimated, Team Shifter must find a way to stop it from causing catastrophic damage while Zeke looks for the source of its origin; the Masked Souls decide to turn their attention to stalking Team Shifter after realizing how much they matter to Obidiah.

#### Chapter 39 - Shattered Silence

Team Shifter arrives on Earth-92 after hearing from a little bird that someone there might be able to help them with how to combat Demonic Magic such as the Masked Souls' abilities; Zeke reminisces upon memories of his own mentor when he sees Thea telling her own adventures to Miguel and Juniper.

#### Chapter 40 - Return to Joji

After getting some advice from their Frost Clan allies on Earth-92, Team Shifter arrives at Kryptarium on their reality to confront an old foe for what he knows about the Masked Souls' cultist history and what entity or entities they worship; Zeke has flashbacks of his time in training as the Shifter and how he helped his grandparents raise Aiyana in the midst of the rising Equalist threat.

#### Chapter 41 - Secrets of the Forbidden

The team travels to Primeval's Eye to visit the Old Oni Temple where they believe the Masked Souls are hiding out; Zeke remembers the Oni Conflicts from the Power Wars; Miguel senses that their group's activity is being watched carefully; Akosua and Juniper get a surpise when the Iron Mistress ambushes them on their patrol of their camp.

#### Chapter 42 - The Outcasts

Thea learns about the origins of the new Masked Souls from the Iron Mistress whom she has somehow freed from her corruption; Zeke and Aiyana use a mystic ability of their power and an MPC gadget to decipher the foreign text left in the Oni Temple; Miguel fights off another general sent to sabotage their mission but the Equalists also make their presence known.

#### Chapter 43 - Preparations

After getting help from Joji Storm with stopping the Equalists, Team Shifter works alongside the Iron Mistress to make preparations for both their home and themselves to be protected for the inevitable attack from Delta and Ori; The Masked Souls make their own preparations to release the dark enitities that they so worship on to Earth-62's Ninjago Realm.

#### Chapter 44 - Mask

Thea and Akosua infiltrate the Masked Souls ranks after the Iron Mistress claims that Ori and Delta's mission is to unleash three Oni spirits that once controlled three primary elements; Zeke and Aiyana attempt convince the remaining Equalists to help them stop the Demon Titans; Akosua has flashbacks of a certain demon that possessed her not to long ago.

#### Chapter 45 - Heart

The Night of the Elemental Oni begins as the ritual conducted by Ori and Delta was a total success and Team Shifter, the Storm Clan Divisions and their allies prepare for the worst; Obidiah tries to plead with Ori and Delta via the Iron Mistress's old comm after realizing the wrong in his actions; the MPC is alerted to the anomaly but is told by a friend of Miguel to stay out of the personal conflict.

#### Chapter 46 - The Team

The Elemental Oni Titan trio arrives on the outskirts of the city from three sides prompting the Shifter Alliance to split into three groups to take them down; Ori and Aiyana have a rematch as she discovers theri hiding spot during the attack; Juniper and Thea tap into their True Potentials to help their groups put a stop to the Titans.

#### Chapter 47 - The Darkness

After getting with a strange ray from Delta, Zeke, Miguel and some of their group must battle their way through the Realm of Shadows to get back to the city before the Titans succeed in destroying it; Aiyana must take the lead to help stop the Masked Souls from succeeding with their plans; Delta and ori make the final effort to exact vengeance upon Obidiah.

#### Chapter 48 - The Bitter End

After Zeke, Miguel and their remaining troops reunite with their allies, Akosua, Thea, Hal, Bach, Juniper, Aiyana and Zeke utilize their powers to create an Elemental Beast avatar large enough to combat the Titans; the Shifter Allaince finds that the Ice Titan is beggining to weaken; Zeke must make a necessary sacrifice to help his allies.

#### Chapter 49 - Arrival

Another team of heroes join the fight to help Team Shifter finish off the final Oni Titan while Aiyana herself faces down Ori and Delta to avenge her grandfather in an alternative way; Juniper and Hal work to heal Zeke's wound after he blew his arm off to stop the Earth Titan.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### Team Shifter

* Ezekiel Storm -
* Aiyana Storm -
* Miguel -
* Akosua -
* Thea O' Daniel -
* Juniper -
* Hal -
* Bach -

#### Allies

* Obidiah Storm -
* Brianna Storm -
* Wilma -
* Freddy Storm -

### Villains

#### Masked Souls

* Delta -
* Ori -
* Krell -
* Iron Mistress -
* Mari -
* Dynamo -

#### Storm Clan Equalists

* General Malfax -
* General Loba -
* General Reaper -

## Sets

* 74550 Subway Ambush
* 74553 Storm Clan Swamp Speeder
* 74554 Oni Ice Titan
* 74555 Shifter Tower Residence
* 74556 Rampage of the Titans