Chapter Summaries

Oaks revived Baldr using Frey's Nature Force, then sensed an unusual aura at the border of Alfheim that seemed to come from another space. Baldr awakened to a joyful reunion with Thor and Loki and immediately demanded a grand party.

• Oaks revived Baldr after three attempts and told Thor and Loki that their brother would wake soon.
• Oaks used Frey's continuing projection of Nature Force to sense across Alfheim and detected an unusual aura at its border.
• Oaks left to investigate the aura while Thor and Loki waited beside Baldr.
• Baldr awakened surrounded by brilliant light and greeted Thor and Loki.
• Baldr declared himself the Party King and called on Heimdall to send everyone for a grand celebration.

Baldr awakened in Hel and reunited with Thor and Loki, then revealed a colossal Spirit Ship that had served as his burial place for two thousand years. After returning to life, he gave the ship to Oaks as thanks for saving him.

• Baldr woke in Hel, mistook the reunion with Thor and Loki for a reason to hold a party, and easily lifted Mjolnir.
• Thor and Loki led Baldr out of the shrinking Great Shield, where he met Oaks and recognized the radiant land as his Spirit Ship.
• Baldr summoned golden armor and flooded Hel with light, driving back the Death Qi.
• Baldr raised the enormous Spirit Ship from underground and gave it to Oaks as his savior.

Oaks received Baldr’s Spirit Ship and left Asgard after Baldr reunited with Odin and Frigga. He followed a trail of Qi through a hidden passage in a mountain on Alfheim and entered a mist-shrouded space dense with life energy, where he encountered an unexpected kind of Qi.

• Odin gave Oaks Baldr’s Spirit Ship as payment for saving Baldr, and Baldr greeted Heimdall and joked with Thor and Loki about throwing a party.
• Oaks declined to join Baldr and his brothers in meeting Odin, asking Heimdall to send him to Alfheim instead.
• Oaks asked Heimdall about the Eternals and learned that they had aided Asgard against the Frost Giants, then asked to be dropped near specific coordinates.
• Oaks followed the Qi he had sensed to a mountain and passed through a hidden boundary into a misty marshland filled with dense life energy.
• Oaks flew through the marsh and reached a vast forest, where he transformed back into human form after sensing an unexpected Qi.

Oaks explored a strange forest where life energy and Death Qi from Hel coexisted, then discovered the space connected to Alfheim, Hel, and Earth. After fighting a soul-filled stone Construct, he recognized the place as Avalon, the legendary center of ancient Druid belief.

• Oaks sensed the forest’s balance of life and death and suspected a connection to the fallen Druust Thornspeakers.
• He examined the ancient trees and cautiously continued toward the center of the space.
• A stone Construct attacked Oaks, and he transformed into a Starlight Bear and knocked it away.
• Oaks sensed that the space had passages to Alfheim, Hel, and Earth, making it a crossroads among the realms.
• He recalled the Sorcerer Supreme, Ancient One, identifying the place where he had sensed the energy as Avalon.

Oaks fought through the ancient guardians of a place he suspected was Avalon and reached its ruined central plain. There, he found a divided Sacred Oak and familiar Divine Beast statues, including one marked with a crescent on its forehead.

• Oaks wondered why the likely Avalon had such a strong effect on his Druidic legacy, then smashed a Construct he had sent flying.
• A horde of Constructs emerged from the forest, and Oaks transformed into a Starlight Bear to fight them.
• After defeating the Constructs, Oaks found no sign of living beings or their creator and continued through the forest in stealth.
• Oaks reached the central plain, killed skeletal beasts, and flew toward the Sacred Oak and the ruins around it.
• Oaks saw that half of the giant oak was verdant and half withered, then spotted statues of a bear, leopard, bird, and a crescent-marked dragon.

Oaks discovered that the Sacred Oak in Avalon had become a death-cursed Tree King and freed it with a Dispel spell. The oak’s recovery revealed the soul projection of Havier, a follower of Ysera who had arrived four thousand years earlier, and he began to explain his story.

• Oaks recognized statues of Ysera, Ursoc, Samantha, and Aviana and realized he was in Avalon.
• The Sacred Oak came alive as Tree King and struck Oaks, but Oaks used his speed and starlight-enhanced magic to keep out of reach.
• Oaks realized Tree King was a Wild Demigod afflicted by a death curse and dispelled it, restoring the Sacred Oak and causing the skeletal beasts to crumble.
• Havier appeared as a soul projection and thanked Oaks for finding Avalon.
• Havier told Oaks that he had once followed Ysera and had arrived in Avalon four thousand years earlier, then invited him to sit and hear his story.

Oaks learned from Havier how the Sacred Oak and the corrupted Druust tradition began, and uncovered the Lady of the Lake’s connection to Arthur. Havier revealed that Oaks’s inheritance needed further soul tempering, then offered to complete it and teach him the balance between life and death.

• Oaks asked Havier about his past, and Havier explained that Ursoc’s fate shattered his faith before he died fighting the Jailer.
• Havier told Oaks that he had arrived in the junction of life and death four thousand years earlier, where the Sacred Oak became the source of the world’s Druidic legacy.
• Havier explained that death corrupted him and the Druust, who sacrificed Light Elves and used their souls to create Constructs.
• Havier described the Lady of the Lake as a long-lived, platinum-blonde being with Astral Energy who gave Arthur a holy sword and later left without him.
• Havier revealed that four Druust Witches returned the dying Arthur to him, and that Oaks’s inheritance had an insufficiently tempered soul that limited his power.
• Havier offered to help Oaks make up for four thousand years of soul tempering and teach him the path of balance between life and death.

Havier passed his soul power and Druidic experience to Oaks before fading away, strengthening Oaks’s connection to nature and life. Oaks returned to Earth, where his power had turned New York green, and visited Carter Slade with two pets from the Divine Realm.

• Havier explained that his long existence had been leading to Oaks’s arrival and gave him pure soul power to strengthen his bond with nature, life, and death.
• Havier faded away, and Oaks sensed that his soul had completely left the Sacred Oak before thanking him and meditating.
• A sudden burst of spring growth transformed New York’s autumn greenery, and the Benevolence Society used the event to promote its environmental campaign.
• Oaks returned to the Benevolence Society’s seaside branch and reunited with Carter Slade, who remarked on the strength of his soul.
• Oaks told Carter Slade that he had brought two pets back from the Divine Realm and needed to deal with them first.

Oaks advanced his connection to Earth's Biosphere and planned to use his influence to restore the ecosystem. After defeating Skoll and Hati, he brought the weakened Sky Wolves to Earth and demanded they help protect it, leaving them protesting that Sky Wolves would never be slaves.

• Oaks realized he could sense Earth's collective consciousness and planned to restore the ecosystem through the Benevolence Society.
• Oaks gave Carter Slade a Fountain of Vitality Potion, which restored the old man's strength and vitality.
• Oaks freed Skoll and Hati from their bindings and showed them the Sun Essence and Moonlight Essence he had taken from them.
• Oaks told the Sky Wolves to help protect Earth's Biosphere and resist external threats in exchange for possibly returning their cores.
• Hati protested Oaks's suggestion that they guard his gate, declaring that Sky Wolves would never be slaves, while Carter Slade laughed at the wolf brothers.

Oaks negotiated with Skoll and Hati, giving them half of the Sun and Moon Essence in exchange for their help, and brought the two wolves back to Benevolence Society headquarters. There, Ancient One appeared through a Portal and invited Oaks for tea after remarking that he seemed different.

• Oaks offered Skoll and Hati room, board, and half of the Sun and Moon Essence in exchange for their help, and they accepted.
• Oaks split the Sun and Moon Essence cores, absorbed half, and gave the remaining halves to Skoll and Hati, warning them he could suppress their abilities.
• Skoll acknowledged Oaks as their master, and he and Hati transformed into a German Shepherd and a Husky so they could move through human society.
• Oaks brought Skoll and Hati to Benevolence Society headquarters, where Moco met the two new dogs and Oaks told them to learn from the wolves.
• Ancient One opened a Portal beside Oaks, observed that he seemed different, and invited him to have tea.

Oaks visited the Ancient One at Kamar-Taj, where they discussed his magic, his companions, and the threat of Ragnarok. The Ancient One warned him that Ragnarok remained inevitable, and Oaks ended by asking whether Asgard’s future Queen might come from Earth.

• The Ancient One showed Oaks around Kamar-Taj and learned that he had discovered Avalon and used Nature Magic.
• Oaks introduced Skoll and Hati in their Magic Wolf forms and promised to keep them from causing trouble.
• The Ancient One told Oaks that Odin had maneuvered him into helping resurrect Baldr and warned that Ragnarok was still inevitable.
• Skoll and Hati confirmed that Ragnarok’s aura had left them but could not say whether Baldr’s resurrection had caused it.
• The Ancient One said the war across the Nine Realms was not over, and Oaks asked whether Asgard’s future Queen might be from Earth.

Oaks discussed Jane Foster’s uncertain future and her place in Asgard’s succession with Ancient One, who sensed that Jane’s fate would change twice but could not see how. The conversation ended with Oaks asking Ancient One to examine a magical artifact he had obtained.

• Oaks explained why Jane Foster’s relationship with Thor might become complicated depending on who inherited Asgard’s throne.
• Oaks shared his concerns about Odin’s attitude toward Jane and the consequences of Earth interfering in Asgardian affairs.
• Ancient One said Oaks’s intuition might have grown stronger and confirmed that Jane’s fate would undergo two changes she could not see clearly.
• Ancient One advised Oaks to wait and see rather than rely on foresight to resolve the matter.
• Oaks asked Ancient One to examine a magical artifact he had obtained.

Oaks negotiated with Ancient One to add two Permanent Portals to Baldr's Spirit Ship in exchange for potions and magical landscaping. While Oaks worked at Kamar-Taj, Mordo praised his Nature Magic and mentioned a United Nations Environment Programme award that Oaks had not heard about.

• Ancient One inspected Baldr's Spirit Ship, confirmed it was safe, and returned it to Oaks.
• Oaks traded one hundred bottles of Fountain of Vitality Potion and magical greenery for Kamar-Taj and the three great Sanctums in exchange for two Permanent Portals crafted by Ancient One.
• Oaks stayed at Kamar-Taj to install magical greenery and supplied Drink Acorns to the Masters of the Mystic Arts.
• Mordo assisted Oaks with the landscaping and praised the strength of his Nature Magic and the Benevolence Society's work.
• Mordo told Oaks that the Benevolence Society had received a United Nations Environment Programme award, and Oaks admitted he did not know what honor it was.

Oaks learned that the Benevolence Society and Oak Environmental Technology Company had received United Nations environmental awards, then discovered that hundreds of young self-described Druids planned to travel from Europe to join the Society. As Ancient One completed the Spirit Ship, Oaks prepared to relocate the Society and company to it and to make arrangements for the newcomers.

• Mordo told Oaks that the Benevolence Society and Oak Environmental Technology Company had received different categories of the 2012 Earth Guardian Award.
• A message from the London Sanctum revealed that hundreds of young people calling themselves New Druidism planned to travel to New York and join the Benevolence Society.
• Oaks worried about housing and screening the newcomers, then emailed Zhang and Banner to prepare for the Society and company to relocate to the Spirit Ship.
• Oaks sent Tony information about something that might help with his post-traumatic stress disorder and planned to expand the Little Rainforest into an urban rainforest.
• Ancient One arrived with the completed Spirit Ship, and Oaks took it from her and promised to arrange the supplies he owed her.

Oaks met with Benevolence Society leaders to finalize their relocation and celebrated Zhang Shuren’s graduation and plans to study agricultural engineering. After giving Zhang a powerful Acorn Necklace to support his ambitions, Oaks opened a Portal to show everyone the new headquarters.

• Oaks gathered Benevolence Society leaders, Banner, and Yinsen to finalize the relocation plan, while Steve continued as an unaffiliated S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and Benevolence Society Security Director.
• Oaks congratulated Zhang Shuren on completing his environmental science master's degree and asked about his plans.
• Zhang told Oaks he intended to pursue a Ph.D. in environmental science and study agricultural engineering to help combine the Society’s restoration methods with Yuan Jiujiang’s rice research.
• Oaks gave Zhang an Acorn Necklace, whose stronger effects convinced Zhang he could continue his studies with confidence.
• Oaks opened a Portal and offered to take everyone to the new headquarters.

Oaks established the Spirit Ship as the Benevolence Society’s headquarters, outfitting it with portals and Astral Energy while planning further survival upgrades. He gave Steve a Fountain of Vitality Potion for Peggy and prepared to visit Tony for an energy core.

• Oaks positioned the Spirit Ship above the Atlantic and set up its portals, with renovation supplies passing through a gate to the Little Rainforest.
• Oaks replaced the ship’s light magic with his own and adapted it to gather Astral Energy for power.
• Banner teased Oaks about his Druid inheritance and lamented that Hulk could not be replicated or give him privacy.
• Steve praised the Spirit Ship and discussed Tony’s plans to turn Stark Tower into Avengers Tower; Oaks decided to ask Tony about a powerful energy core.
• Oaks gave Steve a Fountain of Vitality Potion so Peggy could remain youthful and move out of the Little Rainforest, then told Steve to train two dogs while he handled someone else’s psychological problems.

Oaks visited Tony at his Malibu villa and found him drinking heavily and struggling with the trauma of the New York battle. After calming Tony, Oaks gave him a potion personally tested by Odin, hoping it would help restore him.

• Pepper welcomed Oaks and asked him to help Tony, who had been drinking too much and sleeping poorly since New York.
• Oaks found Tony testing a system that let his Battle Suit components fly to him, but one component struck Tony in the forehead.
• Oaks healed Tony’s bump, then Tony demonstrated his Laser-Guided Tracking Rapid Deployment System and the Mark 42, codenamed Prodigal.
• Oaks asked Tony about going through the wormhole, prompting Tony to relive the experience and panic over the memory of New York.
• Oaks used a calming spell to steady Tony and gave him an Asgard-certified potion personally tested by Odin.

Oaks brought Tony a vitality potion that eased his exhaustion and helped steady his mind, then opened a portal to show him an Asgardian treasure he wanted Tony to modify. While Tony explored it with Bruce, Oaks advised Jarvis to contact him if Tony was ever in danger.

• The vitality potion left Tony feeling unusually energetic, and Oaks explained that it could ease his PTSD symptoms but could not cure the condition.
• Oaks opened a portal to the Spirit Ship and asked Tony to help modify the Asgardian treasure beyond it.
• Tony stepped through the portal, excited to inspect the treasure and find Bruce.
• Jarvis told Oaks that Tony had stopped consulting for S.H.I.E.L.D. and planned to fund Avengers Alliance activities through a foundation.
• Oaks suggested that Jarvis send him a distress signal and Tony's location if Jarvis was about to fail while Tony was in danger, and Jarvis agreed.

Oaks welcomed visitors from New Druidism to the Benevolence Society and explained that prospective members had to pass an assessment focused on environmental protection. Dane Whitman, who hoped to learn paleontology and asked whether Oaks could teach him to turn into a giraffe, decided to stay and take the assessment.

• Oaks moved the Benevolence Society's core members onto the Spirit Ship and hosted the young visitors from New Druidism.
• More than half of the visitors asked to join, so Oaks had Blaze explain the assessment and arranged to send home those who had only come to visit.
• Dane Whitman approached Oaks, asked if he could turn into a giraffe, and requested to study paleontology with him.
• Oaks welcomed Dane as a potential Benevolence Society member and called Jack Wood to register him for the assessment and show him to his accommodations.
• Jack told Oaks that at least a third of the visitors were minors who had left home without permission and would need to be sent back.

Oaks returned from Asgard with Skoll and Hati, then met with Nick Fury, who asked him for intelligence. The chapter ended with Oaks agreeing to talk only on his own terms.

• Oaks took Skoll and Hati back from Steve, and the wolves transformed into their oversized Magic Wolf forms and licked Steve.
• Steve received a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission and left after telling Oaks he would act according to his principles.
• Oaks returned to Little Rainforest and received a call from Nick Fury, who soon arrived in person.
• Hati and Skoll insulted Nick Fury, and Oaks introduced them as Magic Wolves from Alfheim whom Odin had allowed him to bring to Earth.
• Nick Fury asked to speak with Oaks and said he needed his intelligence; Oaks sat down but warned that the conversation would end if anyone else appeared.