Reckoning



The Reckoning refers to what began as a legend of the last stand of the last Slayer in the 21st century, but ultimately the event that defined the course of history up to the 23rd century.

The legend
"That’s the legend, anyway. Vague and unreliable, as legends are."

- Unidentified sorcerer

According to the tale of the Reckoning, the last Slayer and her allies face and apocalypic army of demons; by the time it was done, so were they. The demons were banished to a hell dimension, while vampires were all but wiped up, devolving into the 23rd century lurks. The Slayer herself was also gone, and no other called until Melaka Fray.

As this Slayer did not inherited the psychic link from her title, she did not know what really happened; instead, only her twin brother, the vampire Harth Fray, had the memories of the battle. The demon Urkonn of the D'Avvrus attempted to guide Melaka about her destiny, and told her the origins and history of the Slayer line. When she asked him what happened with the previous Slayer, he said he didn’t know, except the tale of a battle in the 21st century resulting in the banishment of demons and magic from the Earth dimension. He also did not know if the Slayer lived, but, with the demons gone, she was the last to be called.

The line of Potential Slayers did continue, but these girls were not called nor trained. This caused the Watchers Council to fall in ruins, held together only by fanatics, after centuries of useless, obsessive waiting for the demons to return. Indeed, when the demons returned and Melaka was identified as the Chosen One, her assigned Watcher met her just to immolate himself, claiming not to be “worthy” of the presence of the one who would “end the scourge” and “cleanse us all”.

The crisis
An unidentified sorcerer of the 23rd century desired to use the Scepter of the Veils go back to the Reckoning and take advantage of it, making himself all powerful and rule in his own era. His plans were ruined when Harth revealed to have infiltrated his group siring the sorcerer’s minions, and took the scepter for his own use. He went back in time to the 21st century and assembled a number of demons ready to attack Willow's empowerment center. When questioned about this decision, he simply answered it was because this was how he remembered it happening.

Meanwhile, Angel had heard from his sources that dark forces were merging in San Francisco, while Wolfram & Hart was coordinating an attack against Willow’s empowerment center and its Slayers. These attackers included both demons and humans, who saw the increasing power and influence of this movement as a threat, and were getting intel from a vampire from the future. Buffy Summers recognized the vampire from a previous encounter, and organized with the Scooby Gang a confront against Harth and his army at Wolfram & Hart Silicon Valley branch. Overpowered, the Scoobies had to run away from the battle, and regrouped to plan how to face someone who already knows what’s going to happen. Buffy remembered the resources of the Watchers Diaries in Fray's library, so, uniting Willow Rosenberg’s magical knowledge, Illyria’s time travelling powers, and Dawn Summers’ portal abilities as the Key, the Scoobies sough Melaka in the 23rd century for help.

Appearances

 * Ready, Steady...
 * One Year Later
 * Future Shock
 * The Reckoning
 * Finale