Volkonir, season 1

Synopsis
Prince Volkonir is now assuming the civilian identity of "Vinny Mason." It has been several years since he was freed from the toy spell by Cassie Helm, and he has befriended the Cortascian-culture-curious billionaire industrialist Fred Hanom. He poses as an employee in HanomCorp R&D's "Elite Security Detail" - a designation that Hanom sets up solely for Vinny to maintain his cover with.

When not focusing on the company, the two of them plot how to locate the Trinket of Morlikus and restore the King to power - effectively bringing the Mighty Kingdom on Cortascius back to life. However, the return of the evil King Gwirmalesh and his generals Hiktomoph and Mogabir - along with Gwirdon Treaders frequently harassing HanomCorp employees and random civilians alike - suggests that Gwirmalesh returned from hibernation in an attempt to steal HanomCorp inventions. His next step could only be to use these inventions to enable his plans to conquer the multiverse, which Abrujanian legends passed down to him would have made him aware of.

HanomCorp is meanwhile attempting to merge with their Japanese competitor: Sorisenshi. The murder by Mogabir of HanomCorp employee Alice Plegion leads to the gruesome discovery of a Texas prison warden's remains. Realizing Jeffrey Mozeb cannot be in two places at once, Vinny and Hanom learn that Hiktomoph is impersonating him in order to hold an old friend of Hanom's hostage: Kayla Tarington.

They set a trap to expose Hiktomoph, leading to a full-fledged assault by the Gwirdons on the women's prison. Transpiring events lead to Kayla's being set free, where Hanom immediately hires her to the R&D Elite Security Detail. Vinny and Kayla begin having feelings for each other right away, but decide to take things slow. They are joined by Carlos Modi, a young Mexican-American enthusiast of Cortascian artifacts who helps "Team Volkonir" defeat the monster Jobaras and retrieve the lost staff of the Cortascian gardener Remto Humanique. He also proves helpful in defeating the monster Trenzekoit, further cementing his place on the team. In addition to wanting to help Volkonir restore his homeworld, Carlos seeks to use his involvement with HanomCorp to distance himself from his drug queen mother's criminal legacy.

When not working for the company directly or off fighting Gwirmalesh's evil forces, Team Volkonir embarks on odd community service jobs, to further create rapport between the company and the surrounding city of Bozeman, Montana. Meanwhile, beneath Chestnut Mountain, Gwirmalesh cooks up schemes to foil the prince and take over Hanom's company. Things briefly get complicated for the team, when Carlos' mother has difficulty keeping her business (and its rivals) out of Bozeman. She wishes to have her son's decision to not get involved with the drug trade be honored; but not all her underlings are intent on missing out on Bozeman as a potential place to make money.

The team's mission gets even more personal when Editrab Peddleton (now going by "Tarantrum") arrives. Brainwashed by Gwirmalesh, Tarantrum goes on a rampage. However, Volkonir is able to see through the lies that Editrab had been told. Correcting the young monster's confused understanding of what happened before the fall of Cortascius proves difficult. However, Volkonir is able to convince Editrab that he doesn't actually wish to harm the citizens of Bozeman - in spite his feelings of contempt for the pettiness and vices of students at Montana State University.

An even-more-confused-and-frustrated Editrab heads back to Gwirmalesh to demand answers about his father Hobanik Peddleton's versions of events. Editrab learns that Hobanik was a cruel traitor to Cortascius that mistreated, abandoned, and abused Editrab's mother, Silnya Semaphry - the first Crystal Swan Knight. It was never Silnya's intentions to abandon her son - whom she loved even more than Volkonir. His understanding of things turned on its ear, the ashamed Editrab flees to Japan; hiding in the Japanese criminal underground to survive and refusing to choose a side in the war between Volkonir and Gwirmalesh - as he feels betrayed by both.

To make matters worse, Team Volkonir must find a way to rehabilitate the Budantir siblings - vampires from Cortascius who have awakened in the present day and don't know how to function in 21st century Bozeman. Vantina proves easier to reach out to, as she was once the wife of fallen Silver Ferret Knight Reelo Rumastik - and therefore recognizes Volkonir. However, limits in resources result in HanomCorp having to cut a deal with local authorities and medical personnel to keep her hidden in a facility during daylight hours. It proves impractical to keep her at the secret HanomCorp R&D underground base. Making matters worse, her brother Rakstafril is trapped inside of the evil monster Raccglow - a homicidal raccoon with eyes that glow a bright phosphorescent green. Volkonir must find a way to revert Rakstafril's body and mind away from the Raccglow programming - before the killer raccoon can claim even more civilian casualties.

After receiving a message from the long-thought-to-have-been-dead Grinodos, Volkonir is able to unlock some more secrets to weaving to the Tapestry. He shares this with Hanom, who uses these insights to add HanomCorp inventions to the Tapestry and assign them to Volkonir's Golden Lion armor - effectively upgrading Vinny's arsenal.

Vinny and Kayla travel at one point to Cortascius after some clues they intercept indicate that Kayla's father might still be alive somewhere on the planet's surface. However, they are greeted by a monster who claims to have devoured all of Aaron Tarington's unit. Vinny and Kayla begin having serious discussions about their feelings for each other - and of what they truly desire. As the relationship progresses, they find temptation to seduction quite strong. However, they are able to resist at the time.

Feeling guilty about dating each other and spending more time alone together at the expense of ignoring Carlos, Vinny and Kayla try to help Carlos find a girlfriend of his own. However, this issue resolves itself when Carlos meets Vanessa. Gwirmalesh falls back his forces, in order to plan the next assault. He also starts receiving counseling from corrupt bureaucrat Terrence Hoshijo (an old enemy of Hanom's and Kayla's) on how to more effectively use US bureaucracy to hurt Team Volkonir. This retreat by Gwirmalesh to learn new tactics proves to be wise, as Marzwhatti the Lirquinwur returns to terrorize Katie Averes some more. Team Volkonir must stop the evil Lirquinwur. Gwirmalesh decides to sit out the fight; hoping that Volkonir and Marzwhatti will destroy each other - leaving Gwirmalesh free to rule the multiverse unopposed from his native universe. The team itself gets a long, hard breather when they are finally able to vanquish the menace that has slain so many - and who is revealed to be responsible for starting the war between Morlikus and Gwirmalesh in the first place.

Episodes

 * 1) Warden in the Box
 * 2) Low-Place Friends in Need
 * 3) BasketBreach
 * 4) Cartelastrophe, Part 1
 * 5) Cartelastrophe, Part 2
 * 6) Throwing a Tarantrum, Part 1
 * 7) Throwing a Tarantrum, Part 2
 * 8) Guilt Compound-Complex
 * 9) Green Eyes Down the Trail, Part 1
 * 10) Green Eyes Down the Trail, Part 2
 * 11) Vantina, Part 1
 * 12) Vantina, Part 2
 * 13) Vantina, Part 3
 * 14) A Riddle from Grinodos
 * 15) Golden Lion Cub for a Day
 * 16) A Sleepless Knight
 * 17) Traces of Aaron
 * 18) A Date for Carlos
 * 19) Saving Katie Averes
 * 20) Marzwhatti Returns
 * 21) Blue Faces