The One

The One is the first installment in the Tales from an Alternate Constant series. This story follows the iconic Wilson as he survives in a strange and dangerous world. For the in-game mission and objective list, click here.

The One starts with the Origin Trailer, the start of Don’t Starve, and the start of TAC. Wilson is tricked into the Constant by a rather dapper wizard and is forced to take shelter in a Pig village after surviving in the wilderness. The Pigs welcomed Wilson and asked him to teach them his vast -but questionable- knowledge of science. He taught them how to build the science machine and how to use it. He taught them how to make spears, fortifications, and more. Not to long after Wilson joined the village, it started to grow. The Pigs used their newfound knowledge of metals and better architecture to expand and advance in technology. They started farming better and growing better crops, they started building walls to defend their village, they started forging weapons out of gold from around the village. The village population increased as well, smaller villages of pigs heard of this great place and made the treacherous journey to be a part of it. Not only did it attract other pigs, it attracted other survivors. The first one to find the village was Webber, who had to live with Wilson because no pig would shelter a spider. Then came Willow, then Wolfgang, and Wickerbottom. Wilson was full of pride because the science that had failed him over and over back at home, had changed the lives of the pigs for the better. This newfound fame and wealth of the village also attracted shadows. Creatures of the night that could drive even the strongest man into insanity. They did the bidding of the dapper wizard and his magical mistress. Some pigs had been kidnapped and taken to a forest four miles south of the village. Wilson knew this was somehow his doing and he was going to fix it. The other survivors opposed the idea of him going alone, but he didn’t want to put anyone else in danger, so he went alone. He trekked the four miles to the forest and then started the journey into the belly of the beast. He had to make camp for the night and was for the first time in months, terrified of the dark. He heard noises, awful sounds, chuckling, screams. Not to mention the shadows that stalked him in his sleep. At daybreak, Wilson continued his trek up the forested mountain until he found an old stone tower overlooking a very flat, almost square area that went on for 100 miles at least. Inside the tower were bunks, chests, statues of creepy armor, and two paintings. One of the paintings was of the wizard with an incredibly massive chin, and the other of a woman whom he had never seen before. On a desk below the paintings was a sealed piece of parchment. Wilson opened it and it read: ”Welcome home.” In scratchy letters. Wilson looked back out over the vast flat and saw a castle in the distance, it was most likely in the very center. Wilson also saw about ten trees slowly creeping through the forest heading toward him, he tried to scare them away with fire, but they snatched him up and put him in a cage. The beasts force fed Wilson something that put him in a deep sleep, because the next thing he knew, he woke up in a cell in an old cobblestone structure. He assumed he was in the castle he saw earlier, and his theory was proven when a group of skeletons walked by and unlocked his cell. They took Wilson through a maze of corridors until they entered a royal-looking chamber and in it was the dapper wizard sitting atop a nightmarish throne.

”Ahhh, so the scientist has finally awoken.” The wizard said with a chuckle.

”Why did you bring me here?!” Wilson shouted in response.

”You have something I need, something that is not easily extracted. I need your vast knowledge of science and magic.”

”I will never tell you anything!”

”I must tell you that I am impressed by how long it took you to learn about the magic of this world. You understood it, and you used it. You made those animalian filth near enough human. I could use your help with my ”project”.”

”I’ll never help you, you tore me and so many others away from their homes. Why do you think I would ever help you?”

”Maybe you would be more lenient with some ‘encouragement’. Bring her out!” The wizard shouted to the skeletons.

Wilson turned around and saw Willow being dragged toward him in shackles.

”Willow!” Wilson shouted as he ran toward her. ”Why are you here?” He asked her as they embraced each other.

”It has been nearly a month since you left, so I came to look for you.”

”A month!? I must have been asleep for two weeks at least.”

”Ahh, now that we are all reacquainted, Wilson, I am going to ask you one more time: join me, help me complete the project I brought you here to complete. If you join me, I will make you more powerful than you could possibly imagine, immortality, magic that could shake the moons, and your friends will be given the same.”

”And if I refuse?”

”I will kill everyone in your little mud pen of a town, and you will rot in that cell you were dragged out of.”

Wilson looked back at Willow then back at the wizard.

”I-I will help you.”

”No, Wilson, you don’t have to do this.” Willow pleaded.

”I’m sorry, but I will do whatever it takes to keep you safe.”

”Rise Wilson, you are no longer a mere mortal, you are the Prince of Darkness!”

The wizard stood up and walked toward Wilson, holding a Dark gem in his hands. He crushed it in his hand and sprinkled it on Wilson’s head.

“Now, what do you want me to do, oh powerful one?” Wilson asked the wizard.

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