Prince of the Unknown

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• Another Beast Born by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  14 Oct 2019

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • The Woodsman (Over the Garden Wall)
  • The Beast (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince Wirt
  • greg - Freeform
  • Brotherly Love
  • Sacrifice
  • Transformation
  • Body Horror
  • Angst
  • but also fluff
  • this idea has been in my head for years now so welcome to the world
  • Freeform

  Summary

  In some versions of the story, the older brother grows antlers. He saves his brother but carries the lantern; rescues the bird but belongs to the Unknown for all eternity. Misery consumes him. He becomes a monster.

  In another version of the story, the older brother grows antlers… and becomes a prince.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,223

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  38

  Kudos:

  817

  Bookmarks:

  40

  Hits:

  8,943

• Bluebird, Undone by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  14 Oct 2019

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Slight Violence
  • this is what they meant by "cutting" Beatrice's wings right?
  • Beast Wirt
  • Minor Beatrice/Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)

  Summary

  Wirt still has the scissors... now he can use them.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,331

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  15

  Kudos:

  686

  Bookmarks:

  16

  Hits:

  5,365

• Wirt Alone by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  16 Oct 2019

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • The Woodsman (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beast Wirt
  • Fear
  • No comfort here folks
  • Angst
  • Transformation
  • he has to suffer before he becomes a prince
  • needs to really earn that crown

  Summary

  He is starving. He is scared. He is desperate.

  His antlers are growing in.

  Series

  • Part 3 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,721

  Chapters:

  3/3

  Comments:

  50

  Kudos:

  735

  Bookmarks:

  20

  Hits:

  6,470

• Conversation With A Cat by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  19 Oct 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Enoch (Over the Garden Wall)
  • The Woodsman (Over the Garden Wall)
  • yet more angst!
  • wirt is miserable
  • Beast Wirt
  • Freeform
  • maybe we all need a sassy cat to challenge us

  Summary

  He's seen plenty of strange things in the Unknown.

  Talking to a cat isn't all that novel.

  Series

  • Part 4 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,696

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  18

  Kudos:

  598

  Bookmarks:

  14

  Hits:

  4,789

• A Nest To Rest In by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  25 Oct 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Beatrice/Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice's Family (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Friends reunited
  • More transformation
  • Beast Wirt
  • hello
  • Angst?
  • IT'S ME
  • More angst

  Summary

  Beatrice finds Wirt... or what's left of him. It isn't as if she can keep him like some cute, harmless animal she rescued from the woods.

  Or can she?

  Series

  • Part 5 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,778

  Chapters:

  3/3

  Comments:

  36

  Kudos:

  753

  Bookmarks:

  23

  Hits:

  6,249

• Good Deeds by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  29 Oct 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Prince Wirt AU
  • Beast Wirt
  • Now for something slightly more positive!
  • Wirt is basically a Disney Princess
  • otgw - Freeform
  • Animal Friends
  • good deeds

  Summary

  After Enoch but before Beatrice, Wirt challenges his fate by trying to be... good. Looking like a Beast does not mean he has to act like one, and maybe a happy ending is as simple as rewriting his role from portender of doom to a caretaker of sorts...

  Series

  • Part 6 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,324

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  20

  Kudos:

  575

  Bookmarks:

  16

  Hits:

  4,617

• A River Dark And Deep by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  31 Oct 2019

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • The Beast (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • OC - Character
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • Transformation
  • slight body horror
  • Nightmare
  • a whole bunch of hot fresh exposition
  • Freeform
  • otgw - Freeform
  • monstrous tendancies
  • Zalgo text has entered the chat

  Summary

  Choosing to be better isn't making Wirt more human. A dark spot in the Unknown and tea with a stranger fail to answer all his questions.

  It's starting to look like there's no way out of this.

  Series

  • Part 7 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,674

  Chapters:

  3/3

  Comments:

  23

  Kudos:

  565

  Bookmarks:

  14

  Hits:

  4,935

• Gardener, Gravedigger by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  03 Nov 2019

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • Beast Wirt
  • Violence
  • Blood
  • Death
  • even little kids are dying
  • this is supposed to be a downer
  • Edelwood everywhere
  • Angst
  • Transformation

  Summary

  He has hit the point of no return. There was never a choice. That was a lie.

  Series

  • Part 8 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,104

  Chapters:

  3/3

  Comments:

  42

  Kudos:

  588

  Bookmarks:

  15

  Hits:

  4,445

• Bluebird's Promise by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  08 Nov 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Beatrice/Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • otgw - Freeform
  • Freeform
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince!Wirt AU

  Summary

  Beatrice is done letting others suffer for her mistakes. Wirt is her responsibility now - whether he likes it or not.

  Series

  • Part 9 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,183

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  27

  Kudos:

  539

  Bookmarks:

  17

  Hits:

  4,306

• Snowmelt by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  15 Nov 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Beatrice & Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice's Family (Over the Garden Wall)
  • The Woodsman (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt is an awkward dork
  • but we already knew that
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • some consequences
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • poorly written fluff that just gets kinda sad again

  Summary

  Winter is over. That means Wirt's idyllic respite has come to an end, too.

  Series

  • Part 10 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,226

  Chapters:

  4/4

  Comments:

  37

  Kudos:

  524

  Bookmarks:

  10

  Hits:

  4,592

• Of A Feather by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  23 Nov 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Beatrice/Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice & Beatrice's Family (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt and Beatrice's family
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • OC family members
  • Beatrice's Family (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Bluebird Family - Freeform
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • Fluff
  • Beatrice's family is ride or die
  • too bad Wirt you've been suprise adopted

  Summary

  That's the thing about family... they'll forgive you for the bad things you've done, as long as you're sorry.

  Series

  • Part 11 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,805

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  27

  Kudos:

  443

  Bookmarks:

  10

  Hits:

  3,785

• Wayward Souls by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  03 Dec 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • OC - Character
  • Beatrice's Family (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • Beast Wirt
  • long journey
  • monstrous behavior
  • terrible puns
  • Beatrice is also a Disney Princess
  • Wirt is thirsty for that oil
  • someone get this boy a Gatorade
  • another OC but this is the last time you'll see her
  • near death situations but it's probably fine

  Summary

  Wirt has one job. He does it badly.

  If not for Beatrice, things would go much, much worse.

  Series

  • Part 12 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  9,750

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Comments:

  62

  Kudos:

  491

  Bookmarks:

  11

  Hits:

  4,010

• The Dreamer by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  12 Dec 2019

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gregory (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory's Father (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice
  • Beatrice's Family (Over the Garden Wall)
  • discount astral projection
  • technically canon don't @ me
  • the shortest reunion ever
  • Blink and you'll miss it
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince!Wirt AU

  Summary

  It hasn't been all waiting around for Greg on the other side.

  Series

  • Part 13 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,907

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  44

  Kudos:

  438

  Bookmarks:

  10

  Hits:

  3,213

• A Murder-Conspiracy by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  29 Dec 2019

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice's Family (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • monstrous behavior
  • creepy bird
  • The Plot Thickens
  • Brotherly Love
  • but it's murdery
  • vanishing acts
  • Mental Corruption

  Summary

  The brothers want dearly to reunite, to catch up like they're supposed to. Like they deserve.

  Beatrice and an evil bird have other plans.

  Series

  • Part 14 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  12,036

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Comments:

  64

  Kudos:

  410

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  3,811

• The Cabin by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  05 Jan 2020

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • The Woodsman (Over the Garden Wall)
  • The Woodsman's Daughter (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • Beast Wirt
  • split POV
  • Secrets
  • Lies
  • I don't know how to tag this - don't be a coward just read it
  • who proofreads?? not me

  Summary

  While waiting for her father to come home, Anna befriends two brothers. One is a ball of energy... the other is a beast.

  Series

  • Part 15 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,995

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Comments:

  73

  Kudos:

  419

  Bookmarks:

  11

  Hits:

  3,464

• Unkindnesses by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  03 Feb 2020

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice's Family (Over the Garden Wall)
  • The Woodsman (Over the Garden Wall)
  • The Woodsman's Daughter (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • bad birds
  • Flashback
  • Implied Torture
  • Edelraven!

  Summary

  The showdown at the cabin reaches its climax...

  And it turns out Wirt has been visited by the raven more than anyone realized.

  Series

  • Part 16 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  13,443

  Chapters:

  4/4

  Comments:

  50

  Kudos:

  356

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  3,536

• Spring Interlude by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • General Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  13 Feb 2020

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Sara (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory's Father (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt and Gregory's Mother (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory's Frog | Jason Funderberker
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Cemetery
  • Greg and Sara are sad
  • Spring Cleaning
  • meanwhile back in the real world

  Summary

  "They're trying to act like he was never here."

  Or:

  Greg and Sara aren't ready to let go of Wirt's place in their lives.

  Series

  • Part 17 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,027

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  40

  Kudos:

  340

  Bookmarks:

  9

  Hits:

  2,990

• There's A Light by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  26 Apr 2020

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • a town of OCs
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Gregory (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Beatrice the Disney Princess
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • Beast Wirt
  • cute horsey town
  • Angst
  • Lantern-Bearer Beatrice
  • white deer
  • THE TEETH EXPLAINED AT LAST
  • Beatrice needs a hug
  • Wirt probably needs a hospital
  • don't eat the soup

  Summary

  Beatrice finds shelter in a quaint town with a secret.

  Wirt and Greg meet mysterious deer who may have a secret of their own.

  Series

  • Part 18 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  35,670

  Chapters:

  3/3

  Comments:

  81

  Kudos:

  311

  Bookmarks:

  8

  Hits:

  4,104

• The Wanderer by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  30 May 2020

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Holly Hotchkiss
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • Beatrice is stressed
  • Wanderer backstory (maybe)
  • bargains and curses

  Summary

  Beatrice discovers the identity of The Wander of Appleonia. What she learns challenges her perceptions about her enemy, The Beast.

  Series

  • Part 19 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  13,403

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  59

  Kudos:

  264

  Bookmarks:

  5

  Hits:

  2,551

• Intervention by xathira

  Fandoms: Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Other
  • Complete Work

  02 Aug 2020

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Beatrice (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Wirt (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • one-sided screaming match
  • Beast Wirt
  • Prince!Wirt AU
  • hurt with little comfort
  • the truth comes out oop

  Summary

  Wirt has nowhere left to run, no more lies to hide behind.

  Series

  • Part 20 of Prince of the Unknown

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,662

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  41

  Kudos:

  342

  Bookmarks:

  10

  Hits:

  2,722

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