Season 1: Raising Hell

**Season 1** of Beyond: Horizons, subtitled Raising Hell, is preceded by the events of Beyond: The Golden Age's first twelve seasons and is succeeded by Season 2: Blackest Night. This season covers events such as: The Death of the Red Eye, Birth of X, Descent to Blade's Purgatory, Battle of Hell, The Rupture, and X's Warning. Kai Smith of Earth-99, formerly known as the Red Eye, takes up the alias of X to serve justice at his own will along with the graces of angels at his back; serving as the main protagonist and focus of the season. His Team X, comprised of Jodie, Sefu, and Constantine, serve as the heroic faction. Blade serves as the main antagonist with his main vessel, Knightmare, serving as the secondary antagonist. The Order of Lucifer and the Scarlet Collective serve as the villainous factions.

## Overview

With his work on Earth-21 to awaken them to the Cycle of Chaos complete and Jaxon Walker having been put on the right path to find his identity, Kai Smith, formerly known as the Red Eye and now X, sets out to take a more direct route to freeing realities from cycles and giving the corrupt a taste of justice. His quest puts him on the trail of Blade, the Demon Panda that is the core spokesman for the dangerous essence of Scarlet magic. With this trail brings horrors that Kai has seen before and all new wonders for him to observe while he gathers enough strength to oust the beast and his pawns from power.

## History

#### The Red Eye's Story

Kai reflects upon his many visits and clashes with the Defenders of Earth-21 and how he not only changed them but how they changed his outlook upon justice. During his look into the past he narrates to himself and a few other stragglers of the defected 49th Dark Order Division, he gets an insight into the greater struggles of the multiverse around him.

#### Deal With Darkness

In order to deal with the coming threat he must face, the Red Eye journeys into the Keep of the Inferno Demons within an undisclosed reality's Realm of Shadows, however, when he makes the contract there will be conditions that benefit him so he can't be betrayed. Knightmare is called forth by Blade after news of the Kyojin losing an essential host reaches the ears of his supporters.

#### Archs of Promise

Having accessed a previously restricted section of the Final Realm, Kai soon finds himself in the presence of Archangels which have been tasked with guiding, protecting, and inspiring some races' movements. Despite their resentment towards the Dark Order and its members, whether actual or former, the Archs decide that a former loyalist who has played the long game with god-like people before could be useful to their current mission.

#### X

Kai, despite being accepted as the Archs' human candidate to help takedown Blade, is tasked with taking out demons who have integrated into society as a test of faith. On his mission, Kai faces people and creatures from his past, reminding him of Methuselah and Jaxon's outlooks on fear. Knightmare, pushing aside his desires to toy with the Walker bloodline on Earth-21, checks up on a key world of the Collective to make sure its leadership is still strong.

#### The Purgatory

Kai arrives upon a world with a capital city ruled by one of the Scarlet Collective's Big Three and seeks out a local vigilante that can help him learn more about this enemy, only to get something in return that he wasn't expecting. Knightmare, eager to regain a connection to the spokesman of the essence that he controls so he can exploit their partnership, gathers the Collective to find representatives from all the allied or visited realities of the MPC.

#### The Unrighteous

Meeting a fellow demon-hunter, Jodie Howard, Kai gets a lay of Earth-82's history all while he attempts to learn more about her and whether or not she is truly useful to his mission. The Archs watch over Kai's progress from afar and admire his tactics but ultimately struggle with trusting him as even he may not be aware of how much attention he draws as a deserter of the Dark Order. Camael's sixth sense allows her to detect an ambush on them from a long-time enemy from the Oni Empire.

#### Scores

With Camael dead due to Shin's startling display of power gained as a result of Saiko's disappearance, the Archs give her a proper burial before splitting into teams of two: one to find the other two members of their group and the other to find a suitable successor to their longtime friend. Jodie prompts Kai into helping her cut off any extensions of the Collective before they can be used for contingencies of Knightmare and Sienna. Blade learns of Shin's score and decides to make one of his own through supplying Knightmare with enough power to go after a member of the Frost Clan on Earth-92.

#### Foster the People

Kai forms a close bond with Jodie and begins to let go of his past as a loyalist to become a leader to the misguided peoples of Earth-82's Terra Realm, attracting attention from the Collective and making him a target for their higher-ups. Knightmare's tough battle against Jasper Frost reaches an interruption when Jason Walker seemingly arrives to help. Uriel and Gabriel begin their selection for Camael's successor.

#### Prime Karma

With the people of Earth-82 flocking to the graces of Kai's wisdom, protection and knowledge, the Scarlet Collective's influence begins to lessen prompting an action from Sienna to stay on the good side of Knightmare who is busy gathering representatives. Little does her faction know that his mission is close to completion and he has become aware of X's presence. Knightmare's realization that the multiverse is in an age of opportunity prompts him to take drastic measures to ensure the Collective's survival.

#### Acts of Injustice

Ignoring Sienna's pleas to keep her faction's world within the Collective, Knightmare makes a move to sever his weakest link; putting the people Kai has radicalized at risk, prompting X to show the people how to stand up to injustice, with backing from his three allies. Josephine Walker is considered by Gabriel and Uriel for her mastery over the ability to control demons and bend their wills to her own. Raphael and Michael discover what has kept Sara and Remi away from their meetings.

#### Sweet Little Liar

Leaving his disciples and followers to find their own path for their world, Kai, backed by Jodie, Sefu and and Constantine, travels to a core world of the Collective to shatter the syndicate's morale and mission. Knightmare hatches a plan to connect the worlds of the Syndicate through supernatural and metaphysical means. Josie agrees to accepting the offer once she helps clear up a few issues on her home reality; leaving Uriel and Gabriel to assist the others in their efforts against an Elemental Demon horde's uprising.

#### Searing Judgement

The King of Terrors, Knightmare, and the X, Kai, come to blows as the syndicate falls around them; both seeking to exemplify their ideas and visions through blows that can be felt by the world. At the same time, Kai feels a connection to a former foe of his and resonance to someone he barely got to know. The Archangels battle against the Elemental Demon Kings rages on.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### Team X

* Kai Smith/X - Vincent Tong
* Jodie - TBA
* Sefu - TBA
* Constantine - TBA

### Villains

#### Scarlet Collective

* Blade - Sam Witwer
* Knightmare - TBA
* Sienna - TBA

#### Dark Order

* Samara Yokotawaru - Scarlett Johannson
* Clay - TBA
* Sirius Borg/The Caller - Jason Liebrecht
* Methuselah - Adetokumboh M'Cormack

### Miscellaneous

#### Archangels

* Uriel - TBA
* Gabriel - TBA
* Raphael - TBA
* Michael - TBA
* Camael - TBA