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==Plot summary== | ==Plot summary== | ||
[[Image:Begin.png|center|frame|Our story begins | [[Image:Begin.png|center|frame|Our story begins at the Faerie Festival.]] | ||
At the Faerie Festival, [[Hanso]] the Ixi was looking for things to steal. Whatever jewellery the Faeries were wearing was turned to stone with them, but plenty of their possessions were not on their person and were left unaltered. Hanso was not the only visitor to the Festival - shortly after Hanso arrived, King Altador and his guards, and [[Brynn]], who was sent by [[King Hagan]], arrived on the scene to investigate the curse. Hanso revealed himself and tried to sell them information, closely followed by King Jazan, who revealed he had been tailing Hanso after he saw him stealing from the fossilised faeries. Jazan accused Hanso of being involved in the curse. | At the Faerie Festival, [[Hanso]] the Ixi was looking for things to steal. Whatever jewellery the Faeries were wearing was turned to stone with them, but plenty of their possessions were not on their person and were left unaltered. Hanso was not the only visitor to the Festival - shortly after Hanso arrived, King Altador and his guards, and [[Brynn]], who was sent by [[King Hagan]], arrived on the scene to investigate the curse. Hanso revealed himself and tried to sell them information, closely followed by King Jazan, who revealed he had been tailing Hanso after he saw him stealing from the fossilised faeries. Jazan accused Hanso of being involved in the curse. | ||
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As the ritual was completed, the artefact exploded. Hanso picked himself up, and saw Brynn still lying on the ground, while outside of Xandra's magical barrier, the heroes had been turned to stone. The Phantoms closed in on Xandra, who scoured them away with green flames. Hanso seemed horrified as the Xweetok stood with an evil glint in her eye as Faerieland crashed behind them in a shower of fireballs. | As the ritual was completed, the artefact exploded. Hanso picked himself up, and saw Brynn still lying on the ground, while outside of Xandra's magical barrier, the heroes had been turned to stone. The Phantoms closed in on Xandra, who scoured them away with green flames. Hanso seemed horrified as the Xweetok stood with an evil glint in her eye as Faerieland crashed behind them in a shower of fireballs. | ||
[[Image:Tfr_crash.jpg|center|frame| | [[Image:Tfr_crash.jpg|center|frame|Xandra had no intention of ever saving Faerieland.]] | ||
The Faeries had seen young Xandra's magical potential and brought her to their kingdom to study with them. However, she learned that despite all the great power they possess, the faeries chose not to get more involved in the affairs of the Neopians. Their refusal to aid Neopians was an unreasonable injustice to Xandra, and she grew to see the faeries as "winged tyrants", and Faerieland their symbol of power. (As "Nox" had used this wording before, Hanso realized that the Nox he saw casting the spell had been in fact Xandra in disguise.) Xandra plotted to overthrow the faeries and have the world of Neopets ruled by a single Neopet: ''her'', for the supposed good of Neopia. The artefact Hanso had stolen and the sibling they found in the ruin had both served to amplify her magic so she could overwhelm the Faeries. The shadowy wraiths, spectres, and phantoms, who have been plaguing Brightvale and the Haunted Woods, were a side-effect from the petrification spell unintended by Xandra. | The Faeries had seen young Xandra's magical potential and brought her to their kingdom to study with them. However, she learned that despite all the great power they possess, the faeries chose not to get more involved in the affairs of the Neopians. Their refusal to aid Neopians was an unreasonable injustice to Xandra, and she grew to see the faeries as "winged tyrants", and Faerieland their symbol of power. (As "Nox" had used this wording before, Hanso realized that the Nox he saw casting the spell had been in fact Xandra in disguise.) Xandra plotted to overthrow the faeries and have the world of Neopets ruled by a single Neopet: ''her'', for the supposed good of Neopia. The artefact Hanso had stolen and the sibling they found in the ruin had both served to amplify her magic so she could overwhelm the Faeries. The shadowy wraiths, spectres, and phantoms, who have been plaguing Brightvale and the Haunted Woods, were a side-effect from the petrification spell unintended by Xandra. | ||
[[Image:Xanoffer.png|left|thumb|"I've let you live this long because I see potential in you."]] | |||
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Xandra hoped to rebuild Neopia with Neopets and their own strengths, not through the blessings of the faeries. Seeing their potential, she offered Brynn and Hanso a chance to join her: Brynn refused at once, but Hanso listened. Xandra said that if Hanso helped her rebuild, he would be remembered as a hero, not a thief. Recalling the distrust from his fellow heroes - including Brynn - and despite Brynn begging for his help (with a hint of romantic interest), Hanso instead agreed to Xandra's offer. | Xandra hoped to rebuild Neopia with Neopets and their own strengths, not through the blessings of the faeries. Seeing their potential, she offered Brynn and Hanso a chance to join her: Brynn refused at once, but Hanso listened. Xandra said that if Hanso helped her rebuild, he would be remembered as a hero, not a thief. Recalling the distrust from his fellow heroes - including Brynn - and despite Brynn begging for his help (with a hint of romantic interest), Hanso instead agreed to Xandra's offer. | ||