Day of Unity

“
Listen. Emperor Belos has been lying to everyone. The Day of Unity isn't about the Titan or magic. It's much scarier than that.
”

—Hunter, "Labyrinth Runners"

The **Day of Unity** is a key event of *The Owl House*. It was Emperor Belos' main goal, meant to destroy the Boiling Isles. The Day of Unity was said to bring "paradise" by Belos, making many witches and demons believe it to be true without knowing the event's true intentions. In reality, Belos was really a human witch hunter and the event was a ruse to kill everyone on the Isles with a massive draining spell.

Due to The Collector being freed and convinced to stop the spell by King, the Day of Unity ultimately failed.

## Description

The Day of Unity was an event instigated by a human witch hunter named Philip Wittebane, with the objective of destroying all witches and demons on the Boiling Isles and returning to the Human Realm. In order for the plans to succeed, Philip required a portal to the Human Realm and all witches and demons on the Boiling Isles to be in a coven. He also required all nine Coven Heads to be alive to serve as "ingreidients" for a mass draining spell. This event would occur on a solar eclipse, when the tide was at its lowest and the moon obscured the sun.

Under the guise of Emperor Belos, Philip claimed that the Day of Unity involved the unification of the Human and Demon Realms, creating a supposed utopia free of wild magic where only the worthy should receive this utopia, and declared it is a good day. At that time, everyone would journey to the head of the Boiling Isles, and those who were worthy should inherit the aforementioned "utopia."

Few were aware of the true purpose of the Day of Unity, though Raine, Darius, and Eberwolf had uncovered the emperor's true machinations. Organizations founded by these select few, like the Bards Against the Throne, and later, Covens Against the Throne, had dedicated themselves to preventing the Day of Unity. Eventually, Luz Noceda and Hunter discovered the true intentions behind the Day of Unity via the emperor's mindscape, attempted to warn everyone, and joined the CATs soon after, but they were too late to spread the truth far enough to stop Philip.

## Background

### Conception

The origins of the Day of Unity can be traced back to the Deadwardian Era. After successfully obtaining a mirror that allowed him to commune with The Collector, Philip made a pinky promise with the magical entity, learning magic and the draining spell in exchange for The Collector's freedom. However, what The Collector didn't know was that Philip never intended on keeping his end of the bargain.

### Preparations

One of the biggest parts of the Day of Unity was the implementation of sigils and brands that restricts the use of magic and serve as a means to drain said magic. Philip, under the guise of the witch Belos, preached to the people of the Boiling Isles, saying that wild magic angered The Titan and proposing the separation of magic into nine distinct covens based on the hues of the "healing light." The implementation of the coven system and the demonization of wild magic ensured that many witches willingly got branded, not knowing that the marks would cause their demise. Though the plans were proceeding slower than anticipated, Belos patiently waited for centuries until the time was right, spreading lies and propaganda about a promised utopia free of wild magic.

The Day of Unity is first mentioned when the emperor broke his promise with Lilith. He claimed that it was the will of The Titan to have all wild witches inducted into a coven or otherwise dealt with before the Day of Unity. The emperor also requires the portal, and although he manages to obtain it from Luz, she destroys the portal with the help of her fire glyphs. However, the destruction of the portal is merely a setback, and the emperor is able to salvage the remains to construct another one. All that remained was to obtain the incredibly scarce Titan's Blood to power the portal.

With the solar eclipse fast approaching, Belos begins to ramp up his efforts for the Day of Unity by cracking down on covenless witches and even ordering brands for high school students against their will. Around this time, the rebel group Covens Against the Throne began to formulate a plan to taint the draining spell by using Eda's curse. Unbeknownst to them, Belos is aware of the CATs' plan and prepared countermeasures. At some point before the event, Odalia Blight somehow found out about the Day of Unity's true purpose but continued to support it under the belief that Belos would spare her family and make them royalty in his new world. Something the emperor promised the coven heads as well but had no intention of keeping his word.

### The Beginning and the End

The Day of Unity starts off with great excitement as Belos prepares to wipe out all wild magic. The emperor ties up a few loose ends by betraying The Collector and prepping the portal for one last activation. As the draining spell begins, horrified witches and demons including the other coven heads discover the truth of the Day of Unity and that Belos had tricked them. They tried to escape, but the Abomatons seal them in and prevented them from escaping. Philip has seemingly succeeded in his plans, but he too gets branded by Luz Noceda in an attempt to force him to stop it early, and the draining spell begins to sap him as well.

Unfortunately, Philip is unable to prevent the draining spell, instead turning into his monstrous form and attacking Luz and her friends when they come to help her. To make matters worse, Belos is then smashed into a wall by The Collector, reducing him to little more than a slimy substance. The Collector then stops the draining spell before its completion by moving the moon in order to stop the eclipse and end the draining spell.

### Aftermath

Despite the Day of Unity's failure, the event still caused future problems for the Boiling Isles and its inhabitants. Shortly after stopping the Draining Spell, The Collector begins to rip apart the skull to create the Archive House for him and King to live in, forcing Luz, her friends, and their respective Palisman to retreat to the Human Realm, with a piece of Belos attaching to Hunter and escaping with them without anybody noticing, while King stays behind to play with The Collector as part of his promise for stopping the spell, resulting in the group becoming stranded there when the portal explodes shortly afterwards.

The Collector then released his spies across the Isles and began turning all its inhabitants, including Lilith, Hooty and Raine, into puppets and storing them in the Archive House to be used for his games, and imprison Eda due to thinking she was still in her Owl Beast form. As a result, most of the Isles was abandoned and damaged by The Collector's games. The only known survivors were the students of Hexside (minus Cat and Amelia), Kikimora (who went to Hexside to try to create her own empire), Terra Snapdragon (who agreed to play with The Collector but was later turned into a puppet after insulting King), Odalia Blight (who joined The Collector in an attempt to manipulate him, only to be ignored and reduced to a mere servant), Tinella Nosa, and at least three Coven Scouts who went underground.

The Emperor's Castle was also abandoned, but some of the survivors took refuge and vandalized the place, even vandalized the statue of Belos which was also destroyed.

## References

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11. ↑ Dana Terrace (writer) and Bridget Underwood (director) (August 7, 2021). "Eclipse Lake". *The Owl House*. Season 2. Episode 9. Disney Channel.