Greetings from Underbrooke (5th Book of Heroes and Villains Quintet)

Chp 4: The Horned King

Flashback: Many years ago in the Land of Oz, A Royal couple King Taran and Queen Eilonwy travels through all the realms, trying to defeat the Horned King again, as Taran is known as the Paladin descended from the Heavens. The Horned King plans to find the Black Cauldron again, which has the power to restore the dead to life. At Emerald City, Taran and Eilonwy encounters Dorothy and the Scarecrow in the market, than the Wicked Witch's flying monkeys attacks and they run away to the forest. The Horned King interrupt the Wicked Witch of the West, telling her that he needs to borrow her flying monkeys and he turns them into skeleton soldiers. Later at Emerald city, the Horned King forged the cauldron into a "Holy Sword" with the blood of a Good Witch, Glinda. However, the Horned King tethered himself to the Scarecrow, Zelena appears and offers her assistance to defeat the heroes, but the Horned King, Gabriel, replies that he needs no help and vanishes. Later on, Gabriel forces Glinda to enchant the Holy Sword. They arrive and Eilonwy takes the Holy Sword, while Zelena rips Taran's heart out and crush it, killing him. Then, Eilonwy stabs Gabriel with the Holy Sword, as the Scarecrow dies as while, Dorothy learns that Gabriel tethered himself to the Scarecrow and she buries the Scarecrow under a oak tree in a peaceful meadow. That night, Eilonwy comes to approach Zelena with the sword, but Zelena conjures up a fire ball and throw and it Eilonwy making her burn alive. Than, Zelena conjure the Holy Sword to her hand and place it in her vault. End of flashback

Present day Underworld, The clock hand ticks again, signifying that yet another soul had moved on, while Hades and Nyx develops a romantic relationship. At this point, 14 souls had moved on from the Underworld, since the clock in the Underworld had shifted from 8:19 to 8:30am. At the cemetery, Hades summon with help from Facilier the Horned King from its tomb and gives him orders to get rid of Liam and his allies. Meanwhile, Nyx appears to the butcher shop to visit an old friend, another Fate that is dead, FuFu, she reveals to Fufu that she found away to reunite the Coven of Destiny and promises Fufu that she'll find away to bring her back alive. Meanwhile, Dorothy and Edward discover that they can use a special phone to contact the living through the process of haunting. At the apartment, Grace is feeling less useful even as she tells them about her premonitions that seems to come to her but can't explain it. Later on, Nyx surprises Hades the ruler of the underworld and told him about the portal that brought her to the Underworld. At the Emporium, Glinda visit Facilier again and they kiss, Taran comes in for their help in rescuing Eilonwy from the Horned King at the docks, Meanwhile at the lair, Hades and Nyx has a romantic dinner with wine, Grace also tells Zelena about a premonition, including the time of Eddie hearing his parents, Dorothy and Edward, indicating that Dorothy and Edward succeeded in getting the message to their son. Elsewhere, Glinda, Taran and Facilier goes to the docks, the Horned King has Eilonwy tied up to a chair, Gabriel asks for the Holy Sword but Taran says that they don't have it. Glinda tells Facilier that she loves him and runs towards the Horned King, they fall into the River of Lost Souls as Facilier puffs away in a black cloud of smoke. Dorothy arrives and helps Taran get Eilonwy, at the crossing, Taran and Eilonwy moves on and goes to the Afterlife. That night at Hades' lair, Hades admits to having feelings for Nyx, claiming that he loves her more than even going as far as creating an Underworld version of Storybrooke for them to share together. However, Nyx accepts to continue a romantic relationship with Hades and they kiss.

Guest Stars
Preston Bailey as Taran
Alexa Nikolas as Eilonwy
Willem Dafoe as Gabriel/Horned King
Greg Germann as Hades
Leah Gibson as Nyx/#1 Fate
Katie McGrath as Fufu/#2 Fate