Season 2: Storming Darkness

**Season 2** of Beyond: Revivals, subtitled **Storming Darkness**, is preceded by Season 1: Into the Wilds and succeeded by Season 3: From the Depths. This season's first part covers events such as: Attack of the Fear-makers, An Unlikely Meeting, Union of Allies, Phobos's Big Day, the Clash Against the Omega and The Dawn of a New Genesis. The second part covers the conflict known as The Elemental-Sorcerer War. The mascot characters of the season are Brando, Ember and Damian along with their new companions in Ezekiel Storm, Brad Williams and Chad Williams. The first half of the season focuses upon the evolution of Damian as he find new lengths of his powers in a trying time where a demon and a criminal mastermind have chosen to invade their world. The second half focuses upon Ember's journey to grow stronger and find self-forgiveness for her past blunders while she faces a powerful opponent from the Realm of Magic. The Wings of Justice serve as the heroic faction for the whole season. Phobos and the Dream Weaver serving as the main antagonists of Part One; their Followers of Fear serving as the villainous faction. Maho serves as the main antagonist of Part Two with his Onryo and other supernatural manifestations serving as the villainous faction. Bodie, the Master of Mind, and Liberty's loyalist captain of a clone play minor roles as the secondary antagonists.

## Overview

### Part One

An enemy with an agenda. A matter of months into their province-liberating business as the Wings of Justice, the team of eleven warriors are called home to the Sanae Province when a new crime organization springs up, even putting the other syndicates on the offensive. The team, led by Brando and Dante, manage to capture and apprehend one of this organizations' loyal supporters, a clone of Liberty Brown like the ones they faced on the Isle of Hades. Using their wits and wagers, the WoJ begin to pick up on signs of this new groups' infestation of oni blood experimentation all across New Genesis City. To follow this event, the Vault of what has been reinstated as Borg Tower is raided and the Oni Mask of Vengeance is taken. Witnesses and victims are tricked and paralyzed by fear leading to unnecessary casualties and unfathomable horrors. Things only get worse when the name of the Dream Weaver is revealed to be behind the cause with an ally of his own from the Oni Empire: The Oni Warlord of Fear, Phobos. In the midst of the chaos caused by fear and eerie omens, the Wings of Justice will get help from unexpected places in their quest to overcome the world's as well as their own fears. But as the storm over Terra brews, Damian and Ember will evolve past their previously known limits to stand up against the darkness. Can the Children of the Night org. and their leaders be stopped by simply justice alone or will other virtues need to be applied to such an enemy?

### Part Two

The darkness of madness. In the aftermath of the Oni Invasion and Dream Weaver's attempt at manipulating the Syndicates, things seem okay on the surface of New Genesis City, but things have gotten heated in the criminal underworld. The Syndicates that ruined the childhoods of Brando and Mara have begun pulling the strings of law enforcement and using them to fill the power vacuum created by the takedown of the Destrevan Dynasty. Despite Brando, Mara and the Dragon Knight's intent to settle their pasts with this enemy, a killer known as Old Scratch has begun tormenting both corrupt and seemingly innocent members of society to display his own twisted form of justice. The three and the allies they make along the way have a series of mysteries to connect, a killer to catch, and a city to purify. Elsewhere, the Wings of Justice face a threat from sorcerers hailing from the Realm of Magic with a goal to destroy the lands like their home was by the Garmadons before the Destrevans wiped them out. Leading this force is Maho, a master of all things supernatural and the Son of Morgan. When his forces overwhelm the heroes, Ember must rise up alongside Damian, Dante and the stranded Shifter to set things right before the world is ended.

## History

### Part One: The Oni Uprising Arc

#### Demons in the Closet

When New Genesis City is suddenly riddled with actvity, the Wings of Justice return to their place of origin to do some investigating and detective work to connect the puzzle. Brando reflects how he first met some of the members of the team, starting off with Ember, who was also a victim of the Syndicates. Dante takes the wheel of leadership when a lead is found.

#### An Infection That Spreads

Upon raiding a warehouse chalk full of experimental Oni Blood supplies, the illegality of the situation is put into the new Police Task Force's hands while the Wings of Justice flock to the shadows of Kryptarium, where they interrogate their new prison: a clone of an individual known as Liberty Brown. Juro's duties as a protector of New Genesis City allow him to see that the warehouse bust has barely put a stop to the movement from this new organization.

#### A Moment of Silence

Brando is left at Kryptarium as he seeks answers from Liberty on why the Dark Order is back on Earth-59 and how they're involved with this new organization, causing both welcome and unwelcome visitors to make their appearance. Ember steps up as second-in-command after seeing that Brando not being with them has put Dante into a unique and surreal position, only for new news to come in an ominous way.

#### Into the Eye

With the Oni Mask of Vengeance having been taken by an unknown person from The Vault, the Wings of Justice feel drawn to Primeval's Eye as the source of this presence is within that region, or so Liberty says. A new Elemental Master pops up only to be shown not to have interest in joining the heroes' band but rather the enemy's mission. Brando and his two new friends rush to the Jade Palace to get the Mask of Deception, only to met by one of its heirs.

#### Hail of the Oni

With the demon known as Phobos having begun his ritual to indent his mark on to the Terra Realm, the team fights to prevent him from plunging the world into darkness but are held back by Bodie's overwhelming powers. Juro comes to the aid of Brando, Brad and Chad in their fight against the Mask of Deception's recipitent. Damian feels a connection to the darkness of Phobos's powers unlike anything he's ever felt and looks back upon his past.

#### The Fall

The team is divided as Dante, Toru and Hudson go to find where Bodie took Ember away to after her fall from the Ark. The Mask of Deception is within the hands of the Children of the Night, helping the Dream Weaver and Phobos's missions on this world. Brad and Chad are introduced to the rest of the team by Brando and share their experience with Oni and the Dream Weaver.

#### World of Fear

New Genesis City is plunged into chaos as Bodie and Phobos's combined powers cause the people to have nightmares in real time and hallucinate each other for monsters, causing the Dragon Knight and Police Force to witness carnage like never before. The Wings of Justice realize that time is on their side and use Damian's new link to the shadows to do the only logical thing left: find and destroy the third mask. Dante, Toru and Hudson fight to get Ember's Book of Spells back from the Children of the Night, only to realize what their real problem is going to be.

#### Divine Powers

Phobos's headstrong and prideful nature gets the best of him as he ignores the Dream Weaver and deforms the Jade Palace into his own vision of a fortress. Elsewhere, Bodie and the Children of the Night, alongside the Vengeance and Deception Users, intercept the Wings of Justice to get the last mask before it is destroyed. Ember has been possessed and put under Phobos's influence, forcing her to bring forth Hudson and Toru as new subjects for Phobos's corruption. Brad and Chad show off what they know to get answers out of any of their attackers on the location of the other Outsiders.

#### Enter the Palace

The Wings of Justice, led by Dante, Brando and Damian, formulate a plan to raid the Jade Palace to stop the full takeover of their reality from unfolding, having realized that the Book of Spells can provide as a good stand-in for the destroyed Mask of Hatred. Qing is tormented by the Dream Weaver, who has a history of his own with Genesis essence users. Liberty meets with Phobos to get in on his team after her near death at the hand of Dante.

#### The Lost Ones

Brando and Damian lead the team against the Children of the Night and corrupted Elemental Masters, who have all become half-demon no thanks to the experimentation of Phobos and the Dream Weaver. Little does Brando know, his co-leader has gained a new sense of potential in his connection to the forming storm that Phobos has brewing. Dante's search for Ember leads him and Shizuka to have a two-way battle with Liberty and a fear-blinded Hudson.

#### He Who Rules With Fear, Those Who Walk With Courage

Damian's new "Zeus's Paths" form and power he unlocked through his overcoming of his fear of abandonment and isolation gives him, Brando, Chad, Brad and Qing an edge against the combined might of Phobos and the Dream Weaver. Shizuka must tap into the Elemental Power of Light to go past her limits and help end this half-demon uprising before she and the remaining heroes become slaves to the darkness.

### Part Two: Monarchs of the Monsters Arc

#### After the Storm

With the Outsiders having returned to their reality, Liberty being imprisoned and the people who were tricked by Phobos being given fair punishments for their crimes, the peace in the Sanae Province is restored. Shizuka trains to get her powers to work alongside each other all while the team establishes a new home base. Ember seeks redemption despite the others' attempts at persuading her that she never actually wronged them as the demon that possessed her has been eliminated. In the Realm of Magic, a new threat seeks to establish his own foothold upon the Terra Realm.

#### Monsters

Returning to Shizuka's hometown, the Wings of Justice discover that supernatural entities have descended upon the lands and trace them back to a backwater area of the Realm of Magic. Brando trains to get stronger as a means to catching up to Damian but finds that Mara and Juro have requested his aid in a rising conflict with the corrupt police and justice system of New Genesis City.

#### Masters of the Monsters

Accidentally stepping into the bee's nest of these entities, the Wings of Justice chart a form of escape from the Realm of Magic by repairing the Book of Spells's Realm Portal page. Maho shows interest in the madness forming in Ember as she tries to balance her internal and external struggles. Brando, Mara and Juro discover hints of a mastermind pulling the strings of the corrupt cops and other government figures of the city.

#### Behind the Curtains

Through a partnership with a non-corrupt detective, Brando, Mara and Juro discover that Bodie has caused troubles from within the criminal underworld, causing the syndicates and a killer known as Old Scratch to make big moves to secure power and authority. A home invasion upon the Wings of Justice is helmed by Maho as he is paving the way for another threat.

#### The Condemned

Having captured Ember and Dante and taken them to the same ghost town Juro faced the Council of Hades in almost a year earlier, Maho prepares to use the Ice Elemental's grief to his advantage but is thrown off by the arrival of an unexpected ally of the other two. Brando, Mara and Lieu. Adams look into the series of killings by Old Scratch to figure out why they are against the Syndicates' corruption of law enforcement. Damian takes charge of the Wings of Justice as he and Shizuka must get them out of their wrecked base.

#### Dragons & Demons

With assistance from the Shifter, Ember and Dante escape the clutches of Maho but now know that he's trying to save his father from a prison in the Realm of Madness. Juro goes after one of the bosses of the syndicates to learn what they know about Old Scratch and the plan the syndicates have for the future of the city. Using the new tactical vehicle built to replace the Earth Driller, the Wings of Justice set out to meet with Ember and Dante but are intercepted by some entities from The Veil.

#### Corpses to the Fires

Ember is forced to reflect upon the vindication and genocide of her clan which was carried out by the Destrevans as well as how she developed her powers. Zeke helps Mugen and Damian fend off against the monsters sent by The Veil all while Ember decides to take one detour to gain a powerful asset against Maho so they can stop him from unlesahing his father. Brando and Mara witness the collapse of a syndicate through the terror and killings of Old Scratch all while Juro comes close to the truth.

#### The Perfect Game

Having seen him flee from the site of Old Scratch's most recent massacre, Brando and Mara pursue Bodie into the depths of the Undercity to get the answers they seek and learn of everything he's done. Lieu. Adams and Juro lead a non-corrupt cops after Old Scratch as he is caught fleeing but not turning himself in. The Wings of Justice arrive in the Realm of Madness after getting Ember's asset and head to the Palace of Madness to stop things from going any further south.

#### Brando & Mara

Having lead them into a nuclear waste facility, Bodie use his trick cards up his sleeves to attempt to throw the determined Mara and Brando off his tail but soon finds that their quest for the truth is hard to stop. Maho attempts to keep the Wings of Justice away from the palace with his pawns but is quickly shocked when Ember and Damian get through the waves of monsters all in a last effort to prevent the coming chaos. Adams and Juro are lead to a dead end in what seems to be a coordinated scheme by Old Scratch.

#### Redemption For a Cold Soul

With herself and the Wings of Justice now trapped in the dungeons of the Palace of Madness and the Book of Spells in the hands of Maho and Morgan, Ember reaches out through the staff that can call to an entity associated with the user's experience to get her out of her internal and external cages through some much needed support. Bodie is down and Brando fiercely interrogates him, all the while Mara feels something is off about the whole ordeal. Old Scratch brings a final reckoning down upon the syndicates' leaders with the Dragon Knight and Police Force attempting to clear the area of the city in which he is attacking.

#### If You Are Justice...

Maho and Morgan use their magic and the element of Madness to bring the Endless Sea crashing down upon New Genesis City, forcing the freed Wings of Justice and Police Force to help get the people above the flood zone. Ember, Damian, Zeke and Shizuka face down the sorcerers and their ultimate spirit beast all while Brando, Mara, Old Scratch and the Dragon Knight have a final battle with the Syndicate remnants; one of both the fist and the mind.

## Cast

### Heroes

#### Wings of Justice

* Brando Lee - Matt Lanter
* Damian - Steve Blum
* Ember Harris - Christy Carlson Romano
* Qing - Johnny Yong Bosch
* Dante - Keith Silverstein
* Hudson - Donald Glover
* Mara - Kari Wahlgren
* Shizuka Shinobu - Catherine Taber
* Toru - Phil LaMarr
* Mugen - Cherami Leigh
* Sara Satomi - TBA

#### Allies

* Juro/The Dragon Knight - Robin Atkin Downes
* Katsuo/The Demon Assassin - TBA
* Nobu - Corey Burton

### Villains

#### Oni Empire

* Saiko - Neil Kaplan
* Shin - Peter Laurie
* Phobos - TBA

#### The Veil

* Maho - TBA
* Morgan - TBA

#### Miscellaneous

* Dream Weaver - TBA
* Liberty Y. Brown (CU-47) - Erica Lindbeck
* Bodie - TBA
* Old Scratch - TBA

## Season Intro

**Opening 1:** Holding Poison - Foo Fighters

**Opening 2:** A Good Song Never Dies - Saint Motel