Summary:Dark One Book 1

This page contains a chapter by chapter summary of Dark One Book 1. We hope this summary will make it easier to find specific areas of the book, as well as providing a quick plot refresher for anyone who doesn't want to take the time to reread the entire book.

Prologue: The Heart of the City

Characters

• Rastik
• The Lord

A battle rages in The Black City on Mirandus between the Drull and the Vanguards of the Light. Rastik, a Drull discusses the battle with their Lord, a masked figure in a dark cloak. The Lord comments on how good does not exist, before telling Rastik to clear their thoughts or the bond will be corrupted. Rastik insists it is their choice before the Lord kills them, splattering themselves with the blood. The Lord takes off their mask to show a human face with red eyes.

Chapter 1: The Unsafe Boy

Characters

• Paul Tanasin
• Dr Marcus
• Nikka
• Leonard
• Lin Yang-Tanasin
• Rebecca
• Mr. Caligo
• Anola
• Kraisis
• Gosovic
• Feotora
• Sir Ysla
• Geoff Mitchell
• Trebor (mentioned Only)
• Marcy (mentioned Only)
• Zoran (mentioned Only)

Paul and Dr Marcus discuss Paul's moving out of home, and how Paul doesn't dream and believes himself to be dangerous. Paul seeing the Doctor was part of his agreement with his mother for moving out. Paul sees a ghostly figure, Nikka, that claims to be his sister, but Paul claims to not have a sister and doesn't tell the Doctor. Paul heads home and talks with Nikka about his ideas for making a city organisation video game The game mostly runs itself with input needed from the player to fix small problems that keep cropping up daily, hinting at his personal life problems.

Paul's mother calls him and mistakenly wishes him a happy birthday a week early. To move the conversation on, Paul asks about her new case as an attorney. It turns out her new case is about a serial killer. A meeting with Geoff Mitchell, a partner at the firm, leads to pressure to make a plea deal rather than defend Mr. Caligo, despite most evidence being circumstantial.

Following the meeting, Geoff head to his big office, before transitioning across to The Kingdoms of Light on Mirandus, an alternate world. Here Geoff is a Destined One, who meets with King Gosovic to confirm the next verse of the Narrative has started as he has discovered the next Dark One. King Gosovic wants to wait till the Narrative starts before moving to fight the Dark One, but Geoff, going by the name Illarion here, believes different and sets out with the next Destined One Kraisis, and a loyal knight to strike first.

On Earth, Paul has moments of panic whilst out and quickly calls an emergency session with Dr Marcus. Here Paul comes out with the whole truth, how he sees the world differently and how he sees Nikka. Nikka tries to urge Paul to run, before the knight from Mirandus bursts through the door, killing Dr Marcus with a sweep of his sword. Paul runs before the knight catches up and declares himself as Sir Ysla before trying to kill Paul. Paul embraces a power within him, and a big explosion occurs, killing the knight and moving Paul and Nikka to Mirandus.

Intermission 1: The First Story

Figures chop down some trees and make two masks; one stripped of bark to look pale and human, the other reminiscent of the Dark One's mask. A group sits around a bonfire, before the two with the masks get up and act out a story. The human-like masked figure holds a dagger, and appears to stab themselves, drawing blood whilst the masked person and surrounding people cheer.

Chapter 2: Into the Shadow of the World

Characters

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• Paul Tanasin
• [[Nikka
• Feotora
• Landras (Feotora's horse)
• Lin Yang-Tanasin
• Mr. Caligo
• Gosovic (mentioned Only)
• Illarion (mentioned Only)
• Kraisis (mentioned Only)

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Paul thrumming with power placates an Evermouth (a giant lizard beast) so that he can ride it to traverse the desolate landscape. He meets a mounted knight who first believes Paul to be a drull, before after a short confrontation reveals themselves to be Princess Feotora. Feotora starts to lead Paul out of the drull land before they are attacked by a large pack of Evermouths. Feotora immediately slays the Evermouth Paul was riding before leaping forward to fight the incoming pack. After slaying a few, Paul using some of his power sweeps his sword and bisects the rest of the pack in one strike.

On Earth, Lin goes to the corrections facility that her client, Mister Caligo is being held in. The guards warn her that Caligo is dangerous, and as they enter she demands the remove the face mask they've been making him wear after biting another mans tongue off. Caligo admits to the fifteen murders he is being accused of, plus more the police don't know about. He wishes for the state to give him the death penalty and hopes admitting to more crimes helps with this.

Around a campfire at night, Feotora tells Paul about the Narrative, and the battle between the Destined One and the Dark One. Feotora admits to wanting to be the Destined One as a child, and training to one day become them, before accepting that the Destined One has been found by Illarion, the White Wizard. A bond starts to develop between Paul and Feotora whilst Nikka looks on.

As Paul and Feotora get close to leaving the Warfields of Karkun, and closer to the Kingdoms of Light, they see a drull encampment. Feotora, as Commander of the Long Hunt, believes she must destroy them for the good of the kingdom. They charge in on Landras, Feotora slaying drull, before Paul comes face to face with a drull. He stabs the drull through the chest, unleashing his power, causing the drull to recognise him as the one, the Dark One. Feotora tries to kill Paul now recognising him as the Dark One, but fails as the drull now seek to protect Paul, and thus she retreats gravely injured.

Intermission 2: The Garden of Stone

A series of statues showing the rise of the Dark One, the Destined One gearing up, fighting and then ultimately being victorious for the light.

Notes

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