Charlie IX: The Forgotten Ones

Also known as: Charlie IX: Recalling the Blossoms of Yesteryear

Characters: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the Feathered Adventurers, the DODO Adventurers...

Tags: Charlie IX fanfiction, ensemble cast, no pairings, childhood universe, Cthulhu Mythos-inspired system

Timeline: Memories: from after World War II to one year before the main Charlie IX storyline

Present day: A few months after the Babel Tower incident

Synopsis: (Who needs a synopsis? I’ve never written one seriously.)

I have four close friends.

One was trapped in the agony of war, came to his senses in his twilight years, and lost himself in eternal time.

One bloomed amid a world in chaos, was overgrown with white silk, and fell to golden silk fungus.

(Grandpa Mo hasn’t figured this one out yet. I’ll get to it when I reach that part of the story.)

One endured the curse of immortality, never lost their childlike innocence, and sank into the vast sea of human nature.

My name is Arthur von Montgomery. This is my memoir, and also... the legend that belongs to all of us.

Volume One: [The Beginning of the Adventure] Not long after the Babel Tower incident, Grandpa Mo sent a letter from Tang Xiaoyi. An adventure through time was about to begin...

Volume Two: [The Ivy Harbor Incident] Mutated fish with human faces, a city besieged by zombies, research documents left behind by NZ, Karl’s revenge, and the clown detective’s resolve...

Volume Three: [The Ship of the Underworld] Ghostly flames at sea, terrifying fish with human faces, the perilous island of stone human figures, and siblings whose origins are shrouded in mystery...

Volume Four: [The Lost Undersea City] Fishermen at sea tell of a city beneath the waves, deep in the mysterious Sargasso Sea, a hidden realm of the giants...