#azephaeus

which one?? D:

But I'll go with Nightworld since I just posted that!

This is Thorn! She is a human! Or.... she used to be! She has the ability to travel between dimensions at will. Beings with this power are called Keys! Keys are unique, and fairly rare - most entities can only travel interdimensionally by way of vehicle capable of such jumps, or by getting clearance from the Universal Watch Committee, the mysterious organization who guards the sanctity of the dimensions from evil forces called Underlings.

Keys bypass this, they themselves being conduit for interdimensional travel. However, learning to master these abilities is difficult. Perhaps moreso than it necessarily has to be, due to the forces trying to regulate it.

Here's what Thorn looked like when she first entered the Nightworld!

Wow! Now that's what I call a Human Child! Those two people behind her are Jasper W. Strawfingers, and Azephaeus. Az is a peccamal - one of the indigenous lifeforms on the Nightworld. Though technically settlers like the rest of the sapient beings on this sunless planet, his kind are the first - and predate any other contact by almost a thousand years! His ancestors cultivated the planet, growing glowing plants to light the planet's surface, and mining for light producing stones and minerals, in order to grow crop and raise families. One thing that helped peccamals survive on the Nightworld is their ability to shapeshift - each peccamal has a unique, animalistic form that they can shift into and back at will!

THowever, a raid on Az's village - a treetop city called Equitrius - left Az extremely traumatized, and an injury sustained mid-shift caused him to be stuck halfway between forms permanently, rendering him disabled due to lack of use of his arms.

Az was the first person to find Thorn, when an accident led to her suddenly discovering her Key powers, getting transported instantly and against her will to the Nightworld. Az, fearing for the safety of this young girl, who was only fourteen at the time, took her in despite his financial and emotionally instability... until he can figure out how to help her get home, of course.

Along the way, they meet friends like Jasper and Boy! Boy being a unique, space faring being! Boy has no gender (like Thorn!) and can travel through dimensions (not like Thorn!) as instead of teleporting, they have to physically fly there. It can take a while....

Jasper is a boisterous, socially awkward young man. Very young. He is only three years old at the start of the series, given that he's a scarecrow that has been brought to life. For his "species," though, that's equivalent to mature adulthood. He sells hotdogs, can't read, and has many dark secrets.

Unfortunately, these secrets put Thorn and her friends, Jasper included, in grave danger. That secret is called Gabriel X. Gabriel is trying to find out how to rule the world - and Jasper used to work for him! Now, after Jasper ditched him due to his extreme bullying and cruelty, Gabriel works with the ominous Mr. Pigeontoe, and a boy named Zavier, who looks exactly like Thorn.

Thorn has to balance facing off this villainous trio, trying to master her abilities and find her way home, a social life, the potential end of the multiverse called Reckoning Day, and finding out who her strange lookalike is!

Here are the Thorn, Jasper, Az, and Zavier from their first appearances in arc 1, through to arc 3!

And that's just the premise of arc 1! Arc 2 focuses on Thorn adjusting to the Nightworld, and meeting another Key, who could be a potential teacher. But his secrets seem even darker than Jasper's.