INTERLUDE: So, the underwater ball occurs. Here it is as described by Claaws and Viola?! Oh, and give Viola? a round of applause for her excellent and VERY dedicated summarizing skills, because she's going to finish the home stretch for you! So here's what happened at that underwater ball:

The Power of Fin

Some helpful quotes to set the scene:

"Calling all landlubbers, we invite you and one guest to join us for the Enchantment Above the Sea Ball, the first-ever dry land-themed underwater ball, as we select the next Guardian of Fin!"

"Spira stone provided...for up to 8 hours of oxygen..." (Since the ball was underwater)

"Naturally, the Powers are here in full force. They’re flexing their powerful…do dragons have muscles? They have to, right? They’re looking fabulous in formalwear specially designed by none other than the untouchable CERES AND COMPANY (we’ll hold for applause). And these drama-prone Kyngdomites even seem to be getting along, at least for now." --Actiniaria and Hexacorallia, the sea anenome reporters

"We’d be remiss not to mention the cornerstone of the décor: a giant ice sculpture in the middle of the dance floor, surrounded by tantalizing desserts (salt-water granitas, anyone?). The sculpture is carved into the shape of a massive and very realistic rodeo scene, but instead of a cowgirl, the artist depicted a breathtakingly accurate version of our very own Finny—the heir apparent to the Guardian of Fin. The little dolphin is portrayed so accurately that she looks practically real. In fact, if you glance at the sculpture at just the right moment, you can almost see her eyes move. Magical! At the base of the ice sculpture is a keypad that requires a code, but it’s unclear what it’s meant for. Does anyone have any information? Come find us and spill the deets—we’re all tentacles." --Actiniaria and Hexacroallia

"Having just slipped over to try a bit of the punch, your faithful correspondents are happy to report that the punch is especially tasty this year...There’s something a bit different about it…a certain fizz…a tang on the back of the tongue. Perhaps the celebrity chef is trying out a new seaweed-infused simple syrup? In the interest of full gossipy disclosure, we’ve been hearing rumors that the punch is spiked—but we’d have to try another cup in order to report back for sure." --Actiniaria and Hexacorallia

Power of Fin, part 1, by Viola?
I've added italicized notes and explanations.

Key names to know:

Blazing Star - Alleged equine guardian of the Power of Hoof. No one knows--not even her--that she is guarding a fake instrument.

Laya Diamondtail - A human who was present during the Labyrinth Lands exploration. During the adventure she found a Tome of Spells, which accidentally turned her into a fox.

Laria - A human girl.

Marsha Yearwood - The ex-BIG scientist who summoned Ecio and works for Catastrophe.

So, there's a fancy cowboy-themed underwater ball happening off the east coast of Kyngdom, and nearly everyone is there, including Claaws, Caelani, Ecio, and Blazing Star, Guardian of the Power of Hoof, because the Guardian of the Power of Fin is to be announced there. But the punch is spiked with Brazen Goo, which affects guests in different ways, and the ice sculpture of Finny, the prime candidate for Guardian, is real. Blazing Star runs at the threat of her Power being stolen, and Laya, a being trapped in the body of a fox, types a code into the keypad at the ice sculpture's base, shattering it and freeing Finny. Icy then sets off an underwater firework that breaks the dome surrounding the ball just as Catastrophe shows up, effectively ending the ball. Everyone makes it out okay, but in the confusion, the Power of Fin is stolen and Finny disappears. It's not clear where either of them go. 

The air-breathers manage to put together at least one makeshift raft from floating debris, and spend two days there, accidentally going away from land. On the second evening, Jaaws shows up, and she and Claaws battle in the stormy sky that gathers. Claaws loses, turns back into an instrument, and falls to the bottom of a deep underwater chasm. Jaaws flies off, and the night and most of a day pass before Laria spots a B.I.G. research ship. We all get on the ship to avoid being pulled through its propellers, and another night and day pass. In the middle of the second night, Ronan gets attacked by a girl named Marsha Yearwood.

THE NEXT DAY:

So we were on the ship, and it was night. Zephyra had just shown up, and let's see...Okay, so Zephyra appeared out of the mist, but we quickly realized that it wasn't Zephyra, it was Whist. Whist summons an enormous flock of birds, and they kidnap Ronan. Icy and Trixie try to save him, but they can't, and the birds carry him out of sight. I think Icy and Caelani follow him, but it's not entirely clear. Icy may leave at this point, or she may have left earlier.

...

Ronan gets taken to abandoned inn in a fishing town called Bridging-on-Sea. Catastrophe and Marsha Yearwood and some others are there, and they do an experiment on Ronan, separating his shadow from his body. Icy and Caelani come out of hiding, and Caelani's shadow gets removed, too. 

The ship crashes on a reef and starts to sink. Everyone piles onto lifeboats and heads for land, which is somewhere near the Hardswallow River. Jaaws is on the bank of the Hardswallow River.

The inn is destroyed, and Icy, Ronan, and Caelani escape. Icy may be elsewhere; it isn't clear. Other threads indicate that she has not been with those of us who escaped the ball for a long time; days maybe. But either way, none of them are there anymore.

Caelani and Ronan fly to the place where the survivors of the shipwreck have set up camp. We have also received a Morse code message saying that Icy and Catastrophe are in Aslahari, a beautiful city in the Southern Deserts, possibly near the sea. We have made plans, and we immediately set out to battle Catastrophe and save both the city and Icy.

Others are also in Aslahari--a human with hawk wings [Her name is Shadow, and was given hawk wings by SOCS] and an anthropomorphic cyborg cat who was brainwashed into believing that she is a general in Catastrophe's army. [This is Mina, and her species is Dolor Felis. Mina is Shadow's best friend.] Also, Eliyana Fur Pawprint, who is an Arctic fox, Jake the spy and ex-B.I.G. researcher, Octavia and her army of Scions [Scions are tameable electronic bugs], and a blue-haired princess of [Mer] named Harbor who also may have an army.

So, there's chaos on the ship, and some characters are kidnapped. A mission forms to rescue those who were kidnapped, and they all head to Aslahari. This mission is what will bring the resistance against Catastrophe to its height, and the organization as we all know it today--the Resistance--will form.

Power of Fin Part II: The Resistance Era

This is the time when the Admins haven't posted the next chapter, so Kyngdomers have a lot of time to develop the lives of their characters without specific plot goals. This is one of the most beautiful ages in Kyngdom's timeline. Key names to know for this summary are as follows:

Shadow of Everywhere - Formerly the Angel of Death, Shadow was given wings by scientists. She was Mina's best friend and a key member & founder of the Resistance. Shadow's real name was Maria. (Shadow was created by the Chatterboxer who went by Nebula, I believe. Sadly, she's left the CB.)

Mina Courageux - A dolor felis with a prosthetic arm; an assassin. She was a founder of the Resistance and was a Resistance General. Shadow was her best friend. At one point she was captured by Catastrophe and brainwashed to hate Shadow, and was renamed Ravage. Mina ended up getting un-brainwashed, dying, and coming back to life with all her body parts, so she is no longer a cyborg. Played by Kyoto.

Poe Allen - A character (possibly a vampire) played by Gared.

Alexander the Bat - A bat played by Gared.

Leva - Mina's younger sister.

Sienna - A person who lives in Aslahari.

Here is the story, beginning from Shadow of Everywhere's introduction. This is how Shadow and Mina become friends, and everything that happens after. It ends with their arrival at Aslahari.  

Out of charrie, shadow introduces herself as shadow of everywhere, a mercenary staying in room 13 of the Bog and Burrow Inn, and invites anyone who feels like it to come visit her.

shadow finds a radio and thinks she may be able to tap into B.I.G.'s transmissions. She doesn't, though, because Mina arrives, introduces herself, and talks with shadow for a while in her room. When Mina leaves, shadow puts up an ad for her services and goes to sleep. When she wakes up, there is a note asking her to come to the kitchens at midnight. She does, and meets a kitsune she refers to as fox-boy, who we later named Nicolai. He gives her 300 lupas, an invitation to an event, a map, and a mission to infiltrate B.I.G. and free the gryphon. [This gryphon is not Caelani.]

Mina recieves orders to go to the Taft Tavern in Northsole to find someone. When she arrives, she meets shadow, who can tell Mina has a dart gun. shadow storms out of the tavern when Mina doesn't deny that it's for killing her, but Mina catches up and explains that she's actually been sent to kill fox-boy. They argue about Mina's job, but become friends and travel east on horseback.

Mina explains her fear of horses to shadow, who tells Mina that she (shadow) might not be entirely human. They make camp, but get ambushed and tranquilized, waking up in a B.I.G. lab. Two scientists, a woman and an intern named Jared, talk and experiment on shadow. When she wakes up, her back hurts like heck, the scientists are taking fervent notes, Mina is staring, and she has wings.

Mina reassures shadow and is taken to be experimented on. 

Eliyana Fur Pawprint (Eli for short) crawls through the ventilation system, on a mission with Icy to rescue shadow, who, once she can't scream anymore, examines her wings and thinks.

Mina wakes up to Eli's appearance through a vent. B.I.G. workers promptly show up, but although Eli and Mina get darted, they manage to escape. Mina disguises herself as a B.I.G. worker, and they go to the kennels. Meanwhile, Jared uses a crowbar to pry apart the bars of shadow's cage. shadow finishes the job just in time for Mina and Eli to show up. Mina nearly kills Jared, but shadow stops her. They leave on Eli's reccomendation, and shadow frees the gryphon on the way out.

The group starts to set up camp and realize the place is where shadow and Mina got ambushed. shadow wants to look for Diana, the horse, but the others convince her they can't. Mina goes off to forage and checks her wound, which turns out to be poisoned, and she collapses, unconscious. The others tend to her, and Catastrophe arrives with a plan to make them join him. 

Mina has a dream/memory about when her family was killed. She wakes up, and a wolf comes and says some vague stuff. It leaves when Catastrophe reveals his presence and catches the arrow that shadow shoots at him when he tries to get her to join him.

Icy appears in the sky with a flock/herd of pegasi, and our group flies away.

shadow tries flying and successfully transfers Jake (Jared) from her pegasus to another. The pegasi give her some tips on flying, and Mina's claws grow frighteningly long. shadow grows suspicious and asks Mina what she's hiding, and what she knows about Catastrophe and the SOCS. Mina explains, and later notices that her fur is growing matted and her teeth are becoming fangs.

shadow and Mina talk about the poison in Mina's wound, and Mina starts to piece together the puzzle around it.

Alexander the bat appears and says hello, but nobody seems to like him. Mina loses control of herself and starts attacking everyone, wounding Alexander, and Eli darts her with a tranquilizer. The group lands and figures out what's going on with Mina, and Icy reveals her familial heritage.

Alexander orders his bats to find Mina, capture her, and bring her to him, which they do. shadow tells Jake and Icy about it. Mina tries to fight the bats, but one of them pressure points her and she passes out. When she wakes up, she and Alexander argue about his wing and Catastrophe, who appears with an explosion and an army. 

Poe Allen shows up at Alexander's cave and chases someone who is probably Catastrophe away. Icy, Jake, shadow and the pegasi follow Alexander's bats to his cave. Mina escapes with some fighting, running straight into Catastrophe's army. She and some vampires who randomly show up attack them. Catastrophe reappears and somehow controls Mina, likely through magic. Our group fights Catastrophe with some unexplained reinforcements. 

Mina gets abducted again, this time by Catastrophe, who drags her to a ship and knocks her out. She wakes up in a weird room, and a scientist tells her she's passed a test when she eventually gets out. Elsewhere, fox boy captures shadow, which the scientist with Mina is interrupted by a radio message about. The scientist tells the radio sender to throw shadow in the dungeon and continues telling Mina about her brain waves, although she's not listening anymore.

Mina fails an escape attempt, and a scientist named Maverly injects her with something that makes her pass out yet again. But when she wakes this time, she doesn't remember anything. Catastrophe tells her that her name is Ravage and to kill shadow and her friends.

shadow, captured, dreams about Sylvia and concludes that she is part Unicorn. Icy, somewhere else, does her hair and sneaks into Catastrophe's camp. She overhears a soldier mention Celesti in Catastrophe's presence, which gets him whipped, and then sees fox-boy with shadow notice her. However, Icy easily rescues shadow and sets the camp on fire.

Mina/Ravage is told of the incident and tracks down Icy and shadow. They don't know what's happened, so it's tragically easy for her to capture them. shadow calls Ravage Mina and a traitor, which Ravage is confused but uncaring about.

shadow sings and draws on the walls of her cell. Mina/Ravage walks up, and shadow asks her if she remembers anything. Mina/Ravage orders that shadow's interrogation begin. It does, despite Maverly's reluctance to bring shadow to the room for it. Maverly is there, too. Anyway, they begin to interrogate and torture shadow, who sings untilshe passes out from the pain.

shadow wakes up, and Maverly tells Ravage about the interrogation, and Ravage has Icy brought in to be killed if shadow won't talk. She doesn't, and neither does Icy. nstead they ask and tell Ravage about her past as Mina, and about Leva [Mina's younger sister], which has an effect. Ravage shakes it off and restates that Icy will die if shadow doesn't talk, so she begins to, but just then an animal rescue team arrives. shadow and Icy escape with their help, and Ravage is knocked out and brought along. 

Ravage wakes up in a cell, unbound, and is soon brought to a restraint chair for interrogation/testing. She escapes it with the help of a spy from Catastrophe, but stops when she runs into Leva. They talk for a while, and the spy tells Ravage to work as a double agent. Ravage is recaptured, and later Leva, who she doesn't consider close to her, tells Ravage her past.

Ravage escapes her cell and overhears/sees Icy reveal the secrets of her wings, powers and heritage to shadow. They nearly expose her, but she says she wants to work with/for them. SOCS attacks, and everyone surrenders. They shoot Leva, and Mina/Ravage shreds the shooter's face in revenge. Icy buys them time to say goodbye, and then the SOCS soldiers take them away and set the place on fire.

Icy, Mina and shadow get loaded into crates and transported by airship. shadow sings, Icy sleeps and Mina cries. The others are quiet. Icy and shadow figure out there's a spy with them.

Some time later, Icy makes the guards pass out so Mina can pick the locks and they and shadow can escape. They do, although Mina lets slip about knowing Icy has wings, landing in the desert near Aslahari. They get through Alia, the guard, and meet Sienna, who brings them to her house. Mina drinks a potion that is supposed to reverse mutations, but instead turns her into a shapeshifter. shadow, when she wakes up, is upset about not getting any potion, but makes the best of it.

Icy and Mina go to the market, leaving her to rest, but she sneaks out and follows. She trades a guantlet for a crossbow and flies back to Sienna's. The four (Icy, Mina, shadow and Sienna) argue about shadow's venture, but resolve it and make a battle plan. Why a battle plan? Because Octavia and Catastrophe have invaded, of course! They bring Scions and carnage.

Icy and Mina go looking for a Power in Aslahari, and shadow fights in the battle that centers around Catastrophe. Waves of reinforcements arrive for both sides, mostly the ones protecting the city, and there's a lot more fighting. Icy, Jake and shadow walk through an airship and meet a rat named Bug when they come out. 

A post from shadow announcing that she's died ends the thread.

Power of Fin Part III: The Battle at Aslahari

Octavia arrives to occupy the city using her horde of Scions, those giant mechanical bug things, and a terrible battle begins when Catastrophe shows up as well. It's huge and long, everyone fighting for their lives against at least one army. Icy and shadow get captured and are freed by Jake. But Icy gets kidnapped by a tree monster, and shadow is run down into an alley and shot by Mina/Ravage, who has revealed her loyalty to Catastrophe. Icy is freed, and Ronan arrives. Their side pulls out, leaving Catastrophe to rule the Southern deserts. shadow miraculously revives, sparing Ravage and flying away. 

Ronan and some others gather in a forest and activate Ayearth, the Power of Fin, but he is poisoned by Brazen Goo and comes out of his instrument mutated and evil, possessed by Jaaws. Fortunately, a short wizard appears and cures him with a spell. There is some minor tumult in Aslahari, but it settles down when Catastrophe makes an alliance with Octavia and Elliot.

The Power of Hoof

Yes, things got a little messy there at the end of the Power of Fin. If you're confused at all, don't worry. Just get the gist of it. There was a little bit more 'meandering' of the plot, and then the Power of Hoof chapter began. The bullet point summary is by me and the paragraph summary is by Viola?.

Harbor - Queen of Mer, an ocean/land kingdom.

Ocena - Harbor's young daughter.

Regina - Another alleged guardian of the Power of Hoof. She's an Admin-made charrie who guards another fake instrument.

Luna Rigga - The headmistress of SOCS's boarding school, a place where girl are trained to kill each other.

Alexandria - Shadow's sister, who was raised in SOCS's boarding school to be a ruthless killer. She was used as a bargaining chip between the Resistance and Catastrophe. Alexandria had a long, hard battle between being good or being evil, but eventually decided upon good. In the end, she was caught by Luna Rigga, headmistress of SOCS, and an execution was called, which Jaaws attended. Alexandria died, left some messages for Shadow her beloved sister, and everyone was sad.

Brynn - The new angel of death to replace Shadow of Everywhere.

Baron - A dolor felis of high standing. He was Mina's partner for a while, and also a love interest. However, he died in an attack on SOCS.

Trixie W. - (Beatrice Woods) A human inventor played by Trixie, AKA Impunity Jane.

-The Badger Express discovered a new map fragment leading up into northern Kyngdom.

-Zephyra and Little Crow went up to northern Kyngdom to visit their reindeer friend Regina, the OTHER Power of Hoof guardian, to make sure she was safe from the clutches of BIG and Catastrophe, who were both on the hunt for Powers. Blazing Star and Regina were both apparently Power of Hoof guardians. The plan was to have one hold a fake, to better protect the real one.

-Regina lived in the Decoy Forest, a place filled with pine trees and infected with a powerful magic. This magic could generate any image, toying with a traveler's emotions and causing them to be trapped there forever.

-Zephyra and Little Crow meet Regina and stay at her mansion, called Jökull. But the next morning, Catastrophe has ransacked the mansion! Zephyra and Little Crow escape the mansion and find Regina waiting out front, and Regina helps them escape the forest. They plan to go find backup from FAFA and all the other Resistance agencies. But when they get to the edge of the Decoy Forest, Regina the reindeer disappears...she was a decoy all along.

-Little Crow flies as fast as he can to rally FAFA and the other animals. He flies faster than ever before and earns his name--Flash.

-The animal groups all arrive, but it's more than just FAFA. It's The Animals, the Mutant Army, and even some of the Resistance. Cornelia Hornshaw has agreed to ally with FAFA...because she realizes that Catastrophe will destroy everything if he gets the Power of Hoof.

-But Cornelia chickens out and runs into the Decoy Forest, never to be seen again.

-With Catastrophe in control of Jokull, the good guys invade it and rescue Regina.

-Ronan is kidnapped by Catastrophe and is almost executed, but he is rescued.

-The Powers are kidnapped by Catastrophe and Icy goes in to rescue them all.

-Catastrophe's army crushes BIG's laboratory.

-(It is at this point that the Admins and Editors give CBers the control of Kyngdom's plot.)

With no one around to write for them, the Powers lost their place in the spotlight. The focus instead shifted to the Resistance and their Power-less war on Catastrophe. Ronan explained that the latter had discovered the tale of three ancient, powerful magic relics known as the Sword, the Shield and the Crown. With all three, he would be able to rule Kyngdom forever. But they must be collected in order. He took the Sword easily and set out for the Shield, attending a meeting with several Resistance members on the Oracle's flower [a really giant flower by the river] in Eastern Kyngdom for a prophecy. A decoy was discovered and the flower burned. Catastrophe took the decoy, thinking it the real Shield, and set out for the Crown, which was in the possession of Queen of the Dolor Felis and Resistance General Mina. [Yep, Mina became queen of the dolor felis while all this was going on. Also, the Resistance rose to its epitome of power at this time.] Catastrophe crashed an event she was attending and the whole thing turned into an all-night battle. It is unclear who won. 

Harbor Reinedela Mer (and I do hope I spelled that right) died, leaving behind an heir named Ocean. shadow returned to life, sans wings and on the agreement that she take the lives of five specific people or never enter the afterlife. Brynn, the Angel of Death, also died, and Alexandria turned out to have never died in the first place, escaping SOCS, dyeing her hair and taking the name Marie.

Headmistress Rigga also died at the hands of Mina and her now-also-deceased friend (read: romantic partner) Baron, and the SOCS was largely if not entirely dissolved. The Elites [an organization in opposition to Jaaws; see the glossary] discovered that elf magic, in sufficient quantities, may have an effect against Jaaws. One of [Viola?'s] charries found a magically protected old house in Great Forest (or was it Secret Forest?), and a promising apprentice practitioner of magic from another world will be coming soon. 

The Resistance had a diplomatic meeting with Catastrophe and his officers, after which Mina drained the Crown's power into herself, and Alexandria/Marie took that power into herself, saying she knew how to control/safely dispose of it. Catastrophe was told that the Crown had been drained and that the Shield was being drained and now believes their power to be gone. The whereabouts of the true Shield are only known to Trixie W., a member of the Elites, and possibly her family.

Icy left with the/an Oracle to look for the Powers, and Caelani took Blazing Star's drum. Ayearth is...evil/possessed, and many Sideaffected Powers have allied with [Jaaws.]

Power of Hoof, Part II: After the Diplomatic Meeting, by Sybill

Character Guide:

Kimi Flammori - A raccoon anthro who lived in the Decoy Forest with her tribe. When her tribe died out, conquered by the decoys, she fled the forest, shunning her tribe's foolish lifestyle. She was captured by Catastrophe but was rescued by the Resistance; after this, she roamed Kyngdom learning more about the land. She's a troublemaking character. Played by Hazel C.

Davina Starr - Daughter of the mayor of Sanukaville, a city up in Northeast Kyngdom. She's a gung-ho character who isn't afraid to cause trouble. Played by Sybill.

Sprocket - A founder of the Resistance, Sprocket has a prosthetic arm and is the engineer of the Resistance. She builds automatons that are indistinguishable from humans. Played by Sprocket. Sprocket is only just being mentioned, but she was a key player in the Resistance era.

Nygrune - Viola?'s magic-practicing wizard character.

Master Nova - One of three shapeshifting wolves who guard the Sword, Shield, and Crown, three ancient Artifacts that hold great power (see the glossary for more). Nova is the guardian of the Crown of Kyngdom.

Moonshadow - A wolf played by Leeli. His pack has housed the Power of Howl guardians for centuries, and now, Moonshadow himself is the Guardian of the Power of Howl.

Ocean - The daughter of Harbor, former queen of Mer. Ocean is the heir to Mer's throne.

Iyana & Mitchell - Characters by Lucy B./aFountainPen. One is a young ghost, and the other is her human companion!

Kristjan - Sprocket's love interest. Played by Sprocket.

The Ball of Stars began. The Ball of Stars is an annual ball where the stars all align. Very beautiful. Several Resistance members attended, some of which were Sprocket, Mina and Nygrune. Others who haven't been involved in a lot also attened, like Davina and Kimi.

So before the Ball, Mina and somehow Master Nova found out that the crown's !magic HAD NOT gone into Alexandria/Marie. Mina still had the Crown powee. Moonshadow, a wolf, now posses the Power of Howl.

At the Ball, Master Nova forces the crown's magic out about of Mina and into Ocean. This causes Ocean to pass out, and Mina gets angry at Nova. Fortunately, Ocean awakes and is unharmed.

Later, when the stars align, Ocean climbs onto the roof and looks at them. When climbing off the roof, she falls, and magic golden dust rescues her. This is the Crown inside of her. Moonshadow is the only one to actually see this, but Nygrune feels the powerful magic...somehow.

For a short bit, things are relatively peaceful, but then Master Nova drags Mina into the ladies room. Nova calls Mina an obstacle, and says Kyngdom will only be at peace if Nova ruled it. This causes a fight. Mina is stabbed several times, and kills Nova without meaning to. Mina is aghast, and Ocean walks into the restroom...And screams.

Davina, and Moonshadow hear the scream. They are the first to get there, followed by Iyana, Mitchell, Sprocket, and Kristjan.

Davina looks at the scene, throws up, and realized that Mina had murdered Nova. Moonshadow is distraught. Sprocket grabs Mina, and they have a talk outside the bathroom. Sprocket is worried about Mina. Davina eavesdrops on them, without realizing that sprocket was reading her mind and knew. 

At the same time, Nygrune comes to the rescue of Ocean. He leads her away and comfort her. Davina offers to help Mina because the blood is attracting a crowd. Mina refuses, even though Sprocket and Davina insist.

Mina storms away from them. Sprockey and Davina agree they must help Mina. They turn to help her, and watch as Ocean heals Mina using the crown's power.

Power of Hoof, Part III: In the Shadows, the Sideaffected Powers lurk...

-Jaaws and Whist have allied. They have discovered a NEW form of Brazen Goo that affect's a Power's MIND instead of their BODY, allowing them to TAKE CONTROL of the Powers.

-Caelani wants to activate Sylvia, so he hunts down Blazing Star and steals her Power of Hoof instrument.

-Jaaws and Whist, in control of all the other Sideaffected Powers (except Enyo) AND Ayearth, ambush Caelani and use the new Brazen Goo to overtake his mind. They take the drum in hopes of being able to brainwash Sylvia herself, but the drum turns out to be a fake!

-You remember from the beginning summary that Sylvia had been activated long ago. Well, this is where that comes into play. None of the drums are real! Sylvia has actually been out all this time...and now, safely tucked away from the grasp of the SAPs, she gives birth to a foal...

-Is the foal truly her son/daughter, or is the foal going to be a sideaffected power? Will he/she be evil, or good?

-Mercifully, the SAPs don't know about Sylvia having been summoned. They keep searching for the Power of Hoof and grow clsoer to Sylvia by the second...

-But in the midst of this all, a startling poster has begun to spread across Kyngdom! It's advertising for the ANNUAL MER FLEA MARKET...and it claims that someone will be selling the Power of Hoof there!

-And that's what comes next...

Power of Hoof IV: The Flea Market

-So, characters begin to flood the flea market. Some want a look at the so-called Power of Hoof drum, and others arrive because it's on the way to wherever they're going.

-A pirate by the name of Selena Evadere (Captain Phantasma) has set up a booth. She and her crew are auctioning the drum off, but of course it's fake.

-Kimi and Davina decide to steal the drum.

-There's a big commotion of lasers and the two escape on a flying carriage, fighting with two of the pirates.

-Meanwhile, Rose and Sybill seek out the group known as The Animals. They plan to take over this group for their own gain.

Various Loose Ends: As of Right Now

As of right now, these things are happening:

-Sylvia's foal is growing up.

-At a place called the Olive Den, characters are enjoying a meal and discovering new things about each other. They are plotting an attack on Catastrophe.

-Catastrophe is visiting his old castle, and in the  meantime, at his base in Jokull, many new recruits are learning the ropes of what it means to be in Catastrophe's army.

-Enyo (Caelani's sideaffected Power) is posing as Catastrophe's pet to glean information from him. Enyo is working with Jaaws and Whist.

-Kimi and Davina have crash-landed at Jokull. The aforementioned new recruits have kidnapped them and they are now being questioned about the drum.

-Jaaws and Whist have been approached by a mysterious monster who wants to 'help' them.

-FaFA is allied with a newly-arisen group called The Red Paw. They have found a false Power of Fang instrument and may or may not begin a search for Sylvia.

And that's where we leave off. There you have it--everything to happen in Kyngdom...all in one place.

The summary is bound to grow longer and longer. New segments will be added to this thread as time goes on.

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS (The Ever-Growing Glossary)

Groups and Places and Things--

BIG - Stands for the Brazen Inquiry Guild, affectionately referred to as BIG. BIG experimented on animals, viewing them on inferior. Their enemies were FAFA and others. BIG's base was on a place called Bleak Peak, and was destroyed multiple times by angry creatures.

FAFA - The acronym for Fur and Feathers Association. A group of animal spies that fight for the justice of animals. There enemies are BIG. Their leader is Silverpaw the silver snow leopard.

Bog & Burrow Inn - This is a popular meeting place for spies of FAFA. No humans work here. It's a place for animals to lodge, eat, and drink. It's underground, right under the Jolly Rancher, an inn for humans, which is located at the base of Bleak Peak.

Power - The term used to describe one of the six ancient creatures that caused Kyngdom to exist. Powers are magical entities that cannot die unless afflicted with Brazen Goo. The Powers include a dragon, a gryphon, a winged wolf, a unicorn, a clawed serpent, and a sea serpent. (You can find more specifics in their origin story.) Each Power has a title relating to the specific thing they created in Kyngdom--there's the Power of Claw, who created the earth; the Power of Wing, who made the sky and winged things, etc. If/when a Power does die, it is trapped within a magical instrument. To resummon a Power, the instrument must be played.

Brazen Goo - This substance, which is amber in color, was originally discovered in ancient Kyngdom by Catastrophe (see him down below). It was rediscovered by BIG, and was named Brazen Goo. It's the only substance that can kill a Power. To them, it's like deadly acid, and it's what caused the Powers to be trapped in their instruments in the first place.

Sideaffected Power - A Sideaffected Power was created by one of the Powers and is usually the result of a mistake or bad decision on the Power's part. When they misuse their abilities, a Sideaffected Power can be created. There are seven sideaffected powers currently in Kyngdom, and each one is evil.

Labyrinth Lands - A maze of tunnels in southeast Kyngdom. They were created to house the Power of Claw, but have long since become neglected, and are no longer used for that purpose.

The Resistance - This is an organization bent on resisting the rise of Catastrophe (see him below). It was founded by the characters Mina, Shadow, Sprocket, Icy, Ronan, Trillian, and Alexander R.

Capto Abolere - Affectionately referred to as Captn' O. This is another agency founded by Capense (an owl played by Rose bud). They're allied with FAFA.

The Sword, Shield, and Crown - These are ancient artifacts from centuries ago. Legend has it that the holder will be given extreme power and become the ruler of Kyngdom. Right now, Catastrophe is on the hunt for them (see him below.)

The Elites - A group of people trying to find Jaaws (Sideaffected Power of the Power of Fang) and discover her weaknesses to make the job of The Resistance easier.

Power Guardian - An animal tasked with the job of protecting a Power's instrument from being stolen or summoned. Zephyra was one of them.

SOCS - "The Society of Concerned Scientists" is BIG's rival laboratory. It's worse than BIG because they did terrible animal experimentation as WELL AS human experimentation. It also doubled as a boarding school for girls, but trained them to grow up and become ruthless killers.

Decoy Forest - A mystical forest filled with mirages and illusions that can lead a person astray and trap you forever.

Mer  - A city in southwest Kyngdom by the water. It was ruled by Harbor, but she died. Her daughter Ocean is now the ruler. Mer has two governments; one above the sea and one below.

Aslahari - A desert town.

Characters and People and Creatures--

Claaws - The name of the Power of Fang. Claaws is a black dragon, female. Her Sideaffected Power is Jaaws, a dragon. Created darkness, the instinct for animals to kill, the ability for them to bite and hunt to eat, but also greed and badness.

Ayearth - The Power of Fin. He is a sea serpent whose Sideaffected Power is named Xiayou. Made the ocean, water, streams, and rain.

Ecio - Power of Claw. He's a clawed serpent whose Sideaffected Power is Grondor, the Megatherium. Created the grass, the ground, the fertility of the soil; all the things that grow in the ground and dig.

Lunee - A winged wolf; Power of Howl. She made music, the moon, the night sky; gave animals their voices. No Sideaffected Powers.

Sylvia - A unicorn. One of Celesti's favorites. She made flowers, the magic of the land, and life itself. Sideaffected Power: Whist.

Caelani - Firstborn of the Powers. A majestic gryphon. Power of Wing. Sideaffected Powers: Aya, Leptomoris, Enyo. Created the sky, sun, clouds, and joy of flight; ruler of the birds.

Celesti - PowerFriend and served as the mother to the Powers. She fell in love with Catastrophe and they had a child. Icy and Anwen are her only known descendants.

Song of War Bird - A rare species of bird which cries at the brink of war. Whether in anticipation or sorrow nobody knows.

Megatherium - A species of giant ground sloth.

Dolor Felis - A species of cats which walk on two legs and are human-sized. Think anthro, but keep in mind they are NOT anthros. They were created by Mina AKA Kyoto.

Homo Aquarius - A species created by SOCS; a hybrid of water creature and human. Sybill is the founder of this species.

Homo Avian - Another creation of SOCS, homo avians have been genetically modified to have wings. I believe they were introduced/invented by Connie.

Catastrophe - This is the name you'll hear the most nowadays. Catastrophe (formerly known as Samson) was born in ancient Kyngdom, when the Powers were still around. His family was killed by Claaws, the Power of Fang. In his sadness and anger, he was found by Claaws's sinister Sideaffected Power, Jaaws, who turned him evil. Catastrophe conquered Kyngdom despite only being a boy. Afterwards, he discovered Brazen Goo and killed all the Powers. He saved the Power of Fang for last, but in this final battle, Claaws the dragon struck Catastrophe down. They were BOTH sucked into the instrument, and when Claaws was summoned hundreds of years later, Catastrophe came back to life. He's now raising an army to overtake Kyngdom again.

Jaaws - She is a female black dragon, Sideaffected Power to Claaws, the Power of Fang. She is the embodiment of evil and her purpose is to destroy Claaws and Kyngdom. Jaaws is responsible for the rise of Catastrophe and works with him to help him conquer it.

Icy - A girl raised by animals. She's a descendant of Celesti.

Ronan - Catastrophe's son. It's a long story, one you'll read soon enough. He's a key member of the Resistance.

Little Crow - Zephyra's nephew. His name is now Flash, because he's had his naming ceremony! Admin-made charrie. Species; crow.

Zephyra - A crow, member of FAFA. Admin-made charrie.

Cornelia Hornshaw - CEO of BIG. She's the one responsible for all the chaos with the Power of Wing, and all that followed. Admin-made charrie. Human.

Bob and Gog - Hornshaw's two minions. Neither is very smart. Admin-made charries. Humans.

Charlie W. - The helpful human boy who organized all the 'good guys' of Kyngdom. Admin-made charrie. He posted all the FAFA/rescue mission threads, while Hornshaw posted all the BIG-related threads.

Silverpaw - Leader of FAFA. Admin-made charrie. Silver snow leopard.

Bigwig - The rabbit cook at the Bog and Burrow inn. Member of FAFA. Admin-made charrie.

Moonshadow - A wolf played by Leeli; guardian of the Power of Howl. 

YOUR GUIDE TO KYNGDOM

It's time for a tour of Kyngdom's online aspect.

To get to Kyngdom, you click on the button that says "ENTER THE WORLD OF KYNGDOM" underneath the Inkwell's "CREATE NEW THREAD" sign.

Once there, you'll notice four pictures at the top of the page labeled Power of Wing, Claw, Fin, and Hoof. Those are the chapters of the plot! If you click on each of those, they'll take you to specific threads involved in each chapter. Some of the more recent threads are currently active, but most of them are not.

You'll also notice the KYNGDOM ARCHIVE on the top left of the page. If you're interested in seeing the jumbled threads of Kyngdom's past, that's where they are. You won't be able to comment on any of the threads there.

The only thing left to point out here is the list of threads underneath the row of Power pictures. These threads include a few roleplays, a Q & A thread, an outdated Story so Far thread (but you don't need that anymore), a map thread, an art thread, a character introduction thread, and at the very bottom you'll see two links with NO comments and NO thread authors!

Those aren't actually threads! One is called Kyngdom Groups and the other is the Kyngdom RP board. The Groups section has all sorts of threads inside, like the HQ for the Resistance or FAFA's meeting thread. Your characters can hang out here for meetings, roleplays, or more, but you can't create new groups--only an Admin can.

The Roleplay Board is below the groups link. This is the ONLY place in Kyngdom where you can make new threads, and there are only five threads per page. Don't be afraid to check the second and third pages! This small format makes things less confusing for roleplayers.

And that's that. Once you click around, things get a lot less confusing.

OUT OF CHARRIE GUIDELINES -- HOW TO JOIN & MORE

Hey, we hope you do join! Sadly, a lot of people do come in and try to roleplay, only to get confused by what's happening and leave due to confusion or a feeling of neglect. We hope to erase all that potential confusion in this guide!

THE WAY THINGS WORK

The way things work is pretty simple. You introduce your character on the Who's Here? thread. Charlie W. has provided you with a charrie sheet template, which you can modify to your wishes.

Once you've made your character, you can roleplay. Will you make an animal, human, or a creature of your own design? Depending on your character, you can roleplay in a multitude of places. You can find an already-existing thread and jump right in...Or, you can make your own RP on the RP board and start out there. Perhaps you'd like to roleplay on one of the Groups threads--that's fine too!

If you have questions, a team of experienced Kyngdomers is ready and waiting for you on the Q & A thread. If you have a question, we have an answer.

The Art Thread is our art-swapping and chat place. It's also a great place to get a character picturing.

The Live Chat thread was once home to an incredible live chat, but is now simply a non-live chat thread. We talk about various things there.

The Tale: Two Kyngdoms, A Travel Guide, and the Hornshaw Travel Diaries are all old roleplays from northern Kyngdom. Some of them have been revived as Catastrophe roleplays or Decoy Forest RPs.

The Map Fragment thread shows a map of northern Kyngdom. Icy has posted a full map on this thread, so you can use it to navigate Kyngdom's universe. Each individual map fragment can be found by clicking each Power picture. Scroll through the pages until you find the map fragment.

The Story So Far thread is outdated. You can't comment on it either.

The Power Origins thread was where we voted on the Powers. You can't make new Powers now, but at the end of the thread, the Power origin story that won the contest has been posted so you can read it.

The Myths and Legends thread is where legends and stories are posted. If you invent a new species you can post it here. You can also tell legends of the past.

The Bog and Burrow Inn thread is another roleplay thread and it's one of my favorites! You can apply to perform there, become a waitress, etc! Keep in mind that only animals work here!

The Mission at BIG is the new BIG roleplay.

The threads on the RP board are constantly subject to change. If you find one that interests you, you can ask someone for a summary if you need one.

On the Groups Section, there's a place for FAFA, BIG, the Resistance, and many other agencies & groups. You can join any of these organizations if you want to! However, some of them are no longer active.

DO'S AND DON'Ts

*The rules/FAQs can be found on the left sidebar of Kyngdom's front page.

General Kyngdom guidelines are as follows~

-The number of Powers is set; there can't be any more Powers

-Animals, unless they have powers to, can't speak to humans unless through a cypher (although, this rule is more lax in present day)

-DO ask any questions you have! We don't find them annoying at all. I love answering questions.

-DO feel free to collaborate with other people! Be outgoing! Be creative!

-DON'T feel badly about corrections. As you can see, there's a lot to keep track of in Kyngdom! We all get mixed up sometimes.

IN-STORY GUIDELINES AND MORE!

Here's the information that will make your time roleplaying the best it can be! (Kyngdom's geography, maps, etc.)

-There's a map to all of Kyngdom at: http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/kyngdom-hoof/node/284773?page=1 

-Northwest Kyngdom (1st Map, Power of Wing) - http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/kyngdom-wing/node/201131

-Southeast Kyngdom (2nd Map, Power of Claw) - http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/kyngdom-claw/node/213758

-Southwest Kyngdom (3rd Map, Power of Fin) - http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/kyngdom-fin/node/234650

-Northwest Kyngdom (4th Map, Power of Hoof) - http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/kyngdom-hoof/node/284773

It's me, from Kyngdom. Guess I just popped in to check out the guide and say hi, heh. By the way, the guide is really well made. Thank you, Hazel, for spending literal months making this. It's actually amazing!