Disclaimer- I do not own Roswell, and mean no infringement. It is owned by Melinda Metz, Jason Katims, UPN, WB, etc.
Category- CC, ALL
Rating- Teen, possibly Mature at points.
Summary- This is the third book of In Destiny's Shadow. The first was the The Longest Day(aka In Destiny's Shadow.) It picks up on the morning of the first Skin assault on Roswell. Our heroes were successful in their defense, but not without price.
The second book Eidolon relates how our heroes recover and absorb some of the changes forced on them by the Longest Day. Long hidden secrets are revealed, including the existence of a second set of hybrids. The second set had been approached by the governments of Antar and the more powerful of Antar's colonies. As their Max analogue Zan was unwilling to meet with the leaders, Lonnie and Rath killed him, in the hope of finding Max a more willing participant.
While Max is convinced to attend, things back in Roswell do not go smoothly. Both Liz and Maria are developing powerful abilities, both of which prove necessary in their struggle to survive a second attack on Roswell. In addition bits and pieces of the Pod Squad's former selves are starting to show, and not all they contain is pleasant.
Of all of the friends, only Alex seems untouched by fate. Only he has avoided the attacks and the necessity of Max healing him. Unknown to all but Tess and Isabel, Alex did not go to Sweden as planned. He is in Las Cruces working on translating the Destiny Book, a task more important than any would believe.
Our heroes have faced their foes in the Longest Day and faced deception in Eidolon. Are they truly ready to face the Shadows of the Past?
A/N- Below is an abbreviated character list. It will be updated from time to time as necessary.
The hybrids-
Max Evans- Formerly Zan Tarenon, King of Antar
Michael Guerin- Formerly Rath Targan, High General and Zan's Second.
Isabel Evans- Formerly Vilandra Mitarin Tarenon, Sister to Zan, briefly Queen of Antar.
Tess Harding- Formerly Ava Mitharos Tarenon, Wife to Zan, Queen of Antar
Carlos Ibanez aka 'Zan' - Max's double - Deceased. Healed Lucia Ibanez and one other.
David Stein aka 'Rath' - Michael's double - Last seen captured by Nicholas
Clarissa Smith aka 'Lonnie'- Isabel's double - Last seen captured by Nicholas
Aeron Harding (Bronski) aka 'Ava' - Tess's double. Partial connection to Kyle
The 'I Know an Alien Club'
Liz Parker - Healed by Max, connected to Max. Possibly hybridized by Max. Reprofiled by Ana.
Maria Deluca - Held by Michael, Healed by Max, connected to Michael. Hybridized by Max.
Alex Whitman - Under a Mind warp, presumably by Tess, connected to Isabel
Kyle Valenti - Healed by Max, potentially hybridized by Max. Mild connections to Ava and Tess.
Sheriff Jim Valenti - Sheriff of Chavez County and father to Kyle
The Parents
Jeff and Nancy Parker - Owners of the Crashdown. Nancy is aware of the aliens, Jeff is not.
Amy Deluca - local entrepreneur, owns a small alien gift shop. Also bakes pies for local establishments. Aware of the Pod Squad.
Charles and Gloria Whitman - Charles is a contractor, Gloria is a teacher at the local Community College.
Diane and Philip Evans - Local contract lawyers, Diane only works part time. Aware of their children's heritage.
Rose Troy- Liz's biological mother, deceased.
Marco 'Mark' Ruiz- Maria's father. Was married to Amy under the name Stephen Ross. Deceased.
The Abducted
Richard Williams - currently abducted by a ex-Mitharan agent, related to Ava. Happy here on Earth, father of three.
Brody Davis - Owner of the UFO Museum, multi-millionaire. Father to Sydney
The Rhyajhaelians (Skins)
Courtney Banks - 'Michael worshipper', Antaran name Karis, former aide to Vilondra. Deceased.
Nicholas Crawford - Former General, Former friend to Rath whom he later killed. Known as Vaderian on Antar.
T Greer - Project manager for the 'Vilondra Project' and the Harvest,
Congresswoman Vanessa Whitaker - High placed Skin agent, killed by Isabel
Ida Crawford - Nicholas's Lieutenant, also pretends to be his mother
The Tarans
Khivar - Emperor of Antar, former lover to Vilondra, connected to Vilondra
Kathana - Cathian Ambassador
Sero - Padanian Ambassador
Hanar - Lemarcian Ambassador
Zan, Vilondra, and Rath were all Taran
The Mitharans
Ana - Personality Readjustment Specialist, in charge of making a fifth column on Earth
Larek - Former friend and councilor to Zan, current Ambassador from Arilan
Ava was Mitharan
The Shapeshifters
Nasedo - Project Military consultant for Earth mission, raised Tess, presumed dead
Dorian - Project Intelligence consultant for Earth mission, watched over Max, Isabel, and Michael. Former Head of the Antaran Royal Household Guard. Uncle to Nicholas.
Natalie - Guardian for New York contingent of Royals, missing and presumed dead
Kalvin Langely - Ship Engineer of the Bezos, now works as a Hollywood Producer
Others
Samuel Byrnes - FBI Special Agent in Charge, helped eliminate the Special Unit, searching for Daniel Pierce. Current Director of the reformed Special Unit.
Roger Hart - FBI Agent, member of the reformed Special Unit. Special Agent in Charge, Eagle Rock.
Lucia Ibanez - foster sister to 'Zan', Healed by Zan, missing and presumed dead
Alicia Ibanez Davis - former wife to Brody Davis, cousin to Lucia Ibanez.
Sydney Davis- Alicia and Brody's daughter.
John Ibanez- Self-made multimillionaire. Secret leader of Far Sight, a civilian organization involved in alien affairs.
General West- Commanding officer of the Air Forces Special Projects Group.
Sean Deluca- Cousin of Maria. Former lover of Courtney. Now assisting Aeron in her mission to recover Natalie.
Serena Goodwin- Hired by Brody to study the physical effects of recent events in Roswell. In timeline one, she was able to redesign the Granolith to enable time travel.
Pam Troy- Inveterate gossip. Primary photographer to the West Roswell Yearbook Committee.
Rebecca Williams- Daughter to Richard, Computer Science Major at Las Cruces
Adam Balkov- An Agent of Far Sight
Shadows of the Past Prologue-
Long ago and far away….
Vilandra emplaced the Granolith on the Bezos. She really had not expected how easy to move the ancient artifact had been. It had always seemed to take up too much space to ever be moved.
No one had understood its powers for a long time. Assuming they ever had.
Her head still swam with all the power and knowledge that flowed through her mind. Too much. It wasn't meant for her. Not really.
She was just a caretaker.
Her eyes flew to the pods where her brothers and sisters lay enfolded. And Rath. Even Ava.
Ava's mother had insisted, had convinced Vilandra's mother of the necessity. And the Granolith had confirmed it in its own way.
To Vilandra this plan was beyond insane. Her mother's plan. Hers and Ava's mother.
Vilandra had never held much with Prophecy. Who cared about the promised Four Square? People had been waiting over a millennia for them, and as far as Vilandra was concerned they'd probably still be waiting in millennia hence.
But she did trust her instincts. And she trusted the Seal that bound her to this artifact. They told her to follow her mother's instructions.
With a few… modifications. She had not destroyed the first failed set for example. Something told her to save them, no matter their instability.
No one had made a human/antaran hybrid before, mistakes were likely. But killing them…. Killing a part of herself, killing a part of her brother….
She couldn't do it.
Vilandra had already talked to Dorian and he promised to take care of the failed group as much as his duties would allow. Who knew, maybe they would be needed to back up the real Royals?
She gave the pods one last look before leaving the ship. Her address to the crew of the two vessels they would use was brief and to the point.
Everyone not on those ships was going to die. There were tears in her mother's eyes as she boarded the Alexos. Larek had tried to persuade her to go with him.
But she wasn't meant to live. She was just a caretaker. A vessel to hold the Seal until the Bezos left.
To destroy all that might follow her brothers and sisters to Earth. To destroy the priceless Tarenon restoration of these space docks.
It would take years before the Revolutionary Council would be able to follow either ship. Her mother and Larek would be safe on Arilan.
And on Earth, the Royals would be reborn.
Vilandra ordered the remaining volunteers to take their positions in repulsing the enemy.
And waited to die.



