Codex Bestiary

Here is where I plan on listing all the varied Codex stories I plan on writing in the future, with brief plot details - theme tunes and the legends that inspired them - I hope you all enjoy.

Codex - Happiness
Theme for this episode: Uprising (Muse)

Enemies: Grinners (legend: Cheshire Cat(s) )

Basic Plot: in his first adventure as the holder of the legendary Codex Nathan is transported to a small village in which everyone is abnormally happy and under the influence of the cat-like aliens known as the Grinners, who enforce a strict "no sadness" policy on the humans under their "care".

Codex - Carnival of Innocents
Theme for this episode: Creepy Carousel

Enemies: Changelings

Basic Plot: when a travelling carnival appears by dead of night Nathan finds himself having to defeat a gang of Changelings - malevolent aliens who trap children inside ancient machines designed to look like carousels - so they may steal the childrens' forms and become part of human society.

Codex - Fearsome Critters
Theme for this episode: Teddy Bears' Picnic

Enemies: Bugbears

Basic Plot: Nathan and Glenda take a camping trip but it doesn't take long for Nathan's role as the Codex to uncover trouble as malicious Bugbears begin to arrive en mass to the woods - preparing for a legendary feast that inspired the seemingly innocent song known as the "Teddy Bears' Picnic".

Codex - Masks
Theme for this episode: Nightcore - Numb

Enemies: Dullahan

Basic Plot: Nathan's relationship with Glenda reaches a breaking point due to the stress of having to hide his true nature, causing him to lash out and filled with guilt keeps a distance from her: this brings the attention of a malevolent alien race known as the Dullahan, parasitic beings that must continually feed on the hate and fear of humans to exist.

Codex - Bogeyman
Theme for this episode: The Master (Doctor Who)

Enemies: Marquis de Sade

Basic Plot: as Nathan and Glenda slowly begin to repair their relationship a haunting figure begins to stak Nathan from the shadows, terrorizing his friends and soon revealing himself to be the legendary "bogeyman" himself.

Codex - Little Green Men
Theme for this episode:

Enemies: Leprechauns

Basic Plot:

Codex - Death Itself
Theme for this episode:

Enemies: Reapers

Basic Plot:

Codex - Big Top
Theme for this episode: The Carnival Master

Enemies: Redcaps

Basic Plot:

Codex - Bad Moon
Theme for this episode: Bad Moon Rising

Enemies: Lycans (werewolves)

Basic Plot:

Codex - Maelstrom
Theme for this episode:

Enemies: Mermaids

Basic Plot:

Codex - Monster In The Closet (Part 1)
Theme for this episode: Everything I Do, I Do It For You

Enemies: Marquis de Sade (as Prince John), Sheriff of Nottingham (an alien enforcer of Marquis de Sade)

Basic Plot: Nathan's role as the holder of the Codex is revealed to Glenda when Marquis de Sade kidnaps her and transports the pair in a nightmarish re-enactment of the legend of Robin Hood, one of Nathan's legendary ancestors.

Codex - Monster In The Closet (Part 2)
Theme for this episode: Everything I Do, I Do It For You

Enemies: Marquis de Sade

Basic Plot: Nathan and Glenda escape from Marquis de Sade's altered-world only for him to pursue them back to mainstream reality, forcing Nathan to take drastic actions to stop the madman.

Series 2
(to be determined)