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

Chp 10: The Death Lord

Flashback: The Enchanted Forest, the forests are filled with mist, a bloodcurdling wail slices open the silence and it is followed by more cries. After the loss of Arawn and Tala's child, Rumplestilskin arrives by trying to escape from a Banshee, but the Banshee followed Rumplestilskin. Than the Banshee blast the Light One and made him unconscious, than the Banshee rips out Tala's heart and crushes it, making Tala die as the Banshee flees. Arawn takes Tala in his arms and weeps as Rumplestilskin wakes up and pays his respects, Arawn blames Rumplestilskin for Tala's death. Years later, the two Fates, Nyx and Fiona, appears to Arawn and Nyx tempting him with an offer to join a group of magicians known as the Coven of Destiny. As Arawn accepted the offer, Nyx only had two spots left while going through a recruiting process. Nyx says she's hidden two strings of Fate somewhere in the forest and whoever brings her the strings will prove themselves worthy of joining the Coven. Nyx tells Arawn that he has to do the task alone, but he instead partners up with another recruit named Gothel. As the two bond over having to deal with the loss of a spouse, with Gothel revealing how her lover Noah had changed after the events of dealing with a harsh Queen but has never been the same since and has taken on a new identity. Both Arawn and Gothel comes across a fork in the road, the two agreed to separate then meet up. During this separation, Nyx appears to Arawn to reveal that the test was actually an elimination that determines eligibility into the Coven. Nyx wants Arawn to kill Gothel with a sai or tekpi type weapon but Arawn decided against it because of Nyx's true intentions. When Gothel returns, Arawn suggest that they form their own Coven in order to get what they wanted, but soon that idea is scratched when Gothel reveals the same weapon that Arawn had. It turns out Nyx had set them both up with orders to kill one another. The magicians soon fight each other but as Gothel was about to kill him, Arawn sends his weapon towards Gothel and he kills her instead. Nyx appears to Arawn, telling him that he has been accepted into the Coven of Destiny, but Arawn turns down of joining the Coven and puffs away in blood red cloud of smoke. End of flashback

Present day Underworld, Hades is summoning Arawn Death-Lord because the Horned King had failed and was defeated. Hades gives commands to Arawn, to get rid of the Light One, When Arawn arrived to the Pawn Shop, he holds a sai or tekpi type weapon, then stabs at what he thought was Rumple but discovers a mannequin instead. He is then confronted by Tala, who now knows he was willing to kill Rumple and believed he still had feelings for her, only to learn that their child was punishment and a constant reminder of why he died. He was also shocked to discover Tala was in imprisonment by Hades, and leaves furious. Tala tells Rumple and made him promise not to hurt Arawn. At the docks, Rumple uses magic to choke Arawn by the throat, ready to send him to the River of Lost Souls, when Tala pulls the dagger and commands him not to hurt Arawn, and he drops Arawn on the ground. However, Arawn forgives and let's his vendetta against Rumple go. At the Crossing, Arawn and Tala discovers their child is on the other side and they walk across together to be reunited with their child, Hades gives a withering daisy flower to his lover, Nyx, as she smiles and kiss him. In the woods, Renee, Liam, Zelena and Dorothy chase down a beast in the woods, Renee uses her magic to stop it. When they reach the creature, they are shocked to find a wolf, only to learn from Dorothy as she put the red cloak on the big bad wolf, it's actually Ruby, who has shown up in the Underworld, but unsure of whether or not she is still alive.

Guest Stars
Greg Germann as Hades
Leah Gibson as Nyx/#1 Fate
Katie McGrath as Fufu/#2 Fate
Jaime Murray as Fiona/Black fairy/#3 Fate
Merrin Dungey as Ursula
Jennifer Garner as Tala
James Franco as Arawn/Lord of Death