History WhatCouldHaveBeen / TheArknverse

** After TKS was re-worked to fit into The Arkn Mythos, it was initially a stand-alone vlog telling the story of the Hooks Killer’s Guardian Arkn. The original ending of the series would have seen Knight (who [[KnownOnlyByTheirNickname had no real name]]) escape from the Infernous and return to life, only to look in a mirror and discover that he’s wearing the Hooks Killer’s mask. While scripting the series' final act, [=DeathlyLogic=] decided to make Knight the Arkn Prince Ellpagg and wrote in [[ContinuityNod references]] to the Arknangels and their whereabouts, establishing the series as part of the Arknthology. Traces of the original concept can be seen throughout the series, such as Ellpagg's "true" voice sounding raspy and the final scenes of "Ephellogue" (in which Ellpagg encounters an evil, murderous version of himself in a mirror who looks and sounds like Hooks -- and says it's his real self).

** The original series finale would have marked the conclusion of the ''Civil War'' arc. During the battle, Ellpagg would have squared off against Raziel and stabbed him with the Dragon Cane; Azrael would seize the cane and try to help Raziel, only to be corrupted by the sword via its connection to Leg'leg, who has just been consumed by Voidweb (Leg'leg's assimilation would be shown itself in an animated cutaway segment). Before the sword-controlled Azrael could kill Raziel, Raphael would show up and cut off Azrael's arm, preventing him from being further corrupted (and fulfilling events [[OrphanedReferenced foreshadowed]] by Azrael's constantly-injured arm). Azrael's plot would have concluded in the final arc of [=MedBoy789=], which would have featured a more angry, battle-scarred Azrael acting as a mentor to Toby Kessler.

* ''Solar's Crimson'' was originally pitched as "Azrael rescues alternate versions of Michael (all of them victims of The Carver) from the Infernous". This idea was quickly scrapped to focus entirely on Azrael.
** Season 1 initially began as a true prequel series to ''Michael's Camera'', showing how Michaelis became Azrael the Arknangel. The early videos introduced Xerex (revealing his backstory and his M.O.), and showed the beginning of the apocalypse of Michaelis's timeline (announced by a RedFilterOfDoom, EmergencyBroadcast alerts, and sirens). DL eventually decided to tweak the series to make it a true sequel; the establishing videos were [[MissingEpisode removed]], and "human" Michaelis was explained as the result of the Infernous's LotusEaterMachine causing Azrael to forget his life as an Arknza.

** The series was originally conceived as a straightforward HauntedHouse story, completely unrelated to the Arkn Mythos. The series’ ThemeSong, “Sweet Dreams Are Made of This", was specifically chosen because the lyrics “Some of them want to use you” and “Some of them want to abuse you” invoke themes of ghostly possession and torment.

*** Another planned subplot would have had Ellpagg realize that his {{Guyliner}} is a [[MarkOfTheBeast side effect]] of The Carver possessing or [[MoreThanMindControl controlling him]]. There was a planned scene in which Ellpagg (in the aftermath of his first "possession episode") tries desperately to wash off the "makeup", realizes it can't be removed, and magically [[EyeScream burn his eyes]] just so they will heal over without it (much to The Carver's annoyance).

** The original series finale would have marked the conclusion of the ''Civil War'' arc. During the battle, Ellpagg would have squared off against Raziel and stabbed him with the Dragon Cane; Azrael would seize the cane and try to come to Raziel's aid, only to be corrupted by the sword via its connection to Leg'leg, who had just been consumed by Voidweb (Leg'leg's assimilation would be shown itself in a cutaway animated segment). Before the sword-driven Azrael could kill Raziel, Raphael would show up and cut off Azrael's arm (fulfilling events [[{{Foreshadow}} foreshadowed]] by Azrael's constantly-injured arm), preventing him from being further corrupted. Azrael's plot would conclude in the final arc of [=MedBoy789=], which would have featured a more angry, battle-scarred Azrael acting as a mentor to Toby.
*** After the Civil War arc was cancelled, [=DeathlyLogic=] heavily tweaked the finale so that it would lead directly into TKS: ET (and a revised Arknthology finale, likely in blog or animated form). After DL decided to cancel TKS: ET, he revealed his revised end game for SC in a blog [[http://deathlylogic.tumblr.com/post/155772325415/how-solars-crimson-was-slated-to-end post]].

* The "Gonersverse" storyline was set to kick off with ''The Guarded Ones'': a vlog based on events teased in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of ''The Knight Shift'', revolving around Ellpagg protecting a human girl named August from Indroi Facilis (IF), a Deedrn that has disguised itself as a family curse. The series would have followed Ellpagg's attempts to train his charge to use Arkn magic; his efforts would have proven ineffective (due in part to his brutal tactics), and the series would have ended with Ellpagg forcibly transforming August into a pseudo-Arkn, whom he leaves to rule Arkaissia in his absence and cover for him when he's off hunting for the Arknza. Ellpagg, having spent much of his time in .Reality in either TheFifties (observing the Kestler family) or TheEighties, would have sported a retro [[GreaserDelinquents Greaser]]-inspired look, complete with slicked-back hair, a leather jacket and an affinity for Classic Rock music; IF, a FanBoy of The Carver, would have taken an alternate version of Luke Anton (also played by Zayne Vaughn) as a vessel, and dressed and acted like [[Series/TheWalkingDead Negan]] (even carrying a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire). The cast spent months plotting hyping the series, filmed test footage, and even teased the vlog in an episode of ''Michael’s Camera''[[note]]“Not that great of a situation”, in which Ellpagg informs Azrael, “I have to go guard a whiny bitch”[[/note]]. Unfortunately, the vlog was cancelled when [=DeathlyLogic=] and his co-star (who was also his fiancée) broke off their relationship.

** At one point, Ellpagg was going to be a traditional Arknza (i.e. a Hethe-blooded Arkn fused with a human counterpart). In a variation of one of the original concepts for ''The Knight Shift'' (see below), [=DeathlyLogic=] planned to make Ellpagg's human half the Adam Spirit version of The Hooks Killer. Their converged Arknza name would have been Adama'ntim Ell'epagi Spirit (or the human variation, "Adam Ellpagg Spirit"); Ellpagg would have completely consumed Hooks's personality (behaving much like Carver-influenced Ellpagg does in ''Solar's Crimson'') and healed Hooks's torn, scarred throat, getting rid of his signature raspy voice.

** Raziel was supposed to be killed by Ellpagg at the conclusion of the Civil War arc, with his son, Chamuel [[note]]who canonically received some of The Carver’s Hethian blood at birth[[/note]] taking his place among the seven Arknza. Chamuel would then appear (along with his other father, Phoenix) in Season 2 of ''Solar's Crimson'', and train with Redgrave's son Virgil to master his Dekn "brimstone rain" powers, setting up his role in the GrandFinale. When SC was cancelled, it was decided that Raziel would survive the Civil War and face The Carver himself (with the in-universe explanation that Chamuel was too young and hadn't mastered his powers well enough to face off against the Carver).
* The Storn (who were originally a trio, rather than a quartet) were intended to have a bigger, more important role in the Arknthology. In addition to being Arkn "gods" (a concept which was retained, but greatly downplayed), they would have represented very different aspects of humanity: Xerex was the God of Death, Murder, and Frogs; Barith was the Goddess of Nature, Life, and "the sound rain makes when it hits stone"; Eris was the God of Humanity, Choice, and "very very sharp objects".

** Additionally, Xerex Storn and Az'uh'ra'el were going to be the same being, making him both a Storn and an Arknangel. Remnants of this, as well as the "Arknza vs Storn" plot element can be seen in "The Quest" chapter of ''No More Truths'', in which Azrael identifies himself as a Storn ("[there are] three others and myself, Xerex") and describes the Arknangels as Storn counterparts or "kin". When the Arknza vs Storn plot was canned, Azrael was [[RetCon retconned]] into Gynesis's son; at that point, it was too late to remove or re-write the chapter from NMT, so it was left in.
** There was also a planned scene of Ellpagg accidentally sealing Xerex inside of Michaelis Winter during a battle in a failed attempt to seal him in an Arkn Trap . This also would have explained Ellpagg's bleeding chest wound (which would have re-opened during their fight).

* Originally, the GrandFinale of the Arknthology (i.e. the Battle of the Arknza) was going to be a live-action MassiveMultiPlayerCrossover. Some of the proposed ideas included Legion and Asmodeus joining The Carver's forces, and Deebo [[FourthWallObserver revealing his awareness of the existence of]] [[TheMultiverse other universes and realities]] (accompanied by overlayed clips from various web series, including several well-known [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slenderverse]] vlogs); they also considered having De’ebo mention [[FourthWallObserver a world where he's a fictional character]] -- or rather, "a world where [[OhCrap they think they created me as a work of fiction]]".

** The battle was also supposed to include some humorous momemrs: the Carver’s skeletal army[[note]] the "Inferknights", who were briefly overheard in TKS: ET[[/note]] would have had Italian accents (because the Carver [[ItAmusedMe found it funny]]); Jester (who originally had a larger role) would have announced his arrival by proclaiming, "The jig is up, Debbie!" [[RunningJoke to Deebo]], and Uriel’s first effort in the battle would have been hurling an explosive device in Carver’s direction -- and missing him by a wide margin ("Did I get him?"). There was also talk of having some characters be [[MegatonPunch punched so hard]] that they would break through the walls of .reality and go flying through multiple timelines ([[BreakingTheFourthWall accompanied by clips of said characters interrupting scenes from various vlogs]]).

** One version had Raziel dying at the end of the Arkn Civil War Arc. When the two factions came to blows, Raziel would have tried to talk sense into Ellpagg, only for Ellpagg to [[DiscardAndDraw kill him in an attempt to absorb his Hethian power]];[[note]](much as he does during the Battle of the Arknza as described on the wiki)[[/note]] at the last second, Raziel's power would have transferred to Raguel, revitalizing him and restoring him to Arknza-hood.

* In early 2017, [=DeathlyLogic=] [[http://deathlylogic.tumblr.com/post/154714588710/arkn-mythos-2017-teaser-plans announced]] a number of upcoming projects. Among these were ''Pain and Torment'' (telling the tale of the Carver), ''Prince of Gold'' (telling Ellpagg's story), and ''The Journals of Redgrave'' (a blog telling the life story of -- who else? -- Persophelus Redgrave). While all of them ended up being scrapped, Redgrave's story did end up being told (in a ''very'' truncated form) in a chapter of the revived ''Arknthology Stories''.
** He also teased a project called ''Arknthology: A New Generation''.

** An early [[https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/thearknmythos/images/e/e7/Knight_Shift_Finale_Teaser.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/800?cb=20150203045650 teaser image]] for the finale of TKS (created when the final episodes were still in the planning stage) reveals a number of discarded concepts. Ellpagg was going to be one of three Arknza, and his damnation was a [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice]] made as part of a promise to the Dekn to [[TakeMeInstead secure the safety of mankind]] (and a step up from outright execution).

* The "Gonersverse" storyline was set to kick off with ''The Guarded Ones'': a vlog based on events teased in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of ''The Knight Shift'', revolving around Ellpagg protecting a human girl named August from Indroi Facilis (IF), a Deedrn that has disguised itself as a family curse. The series would have followed Ellpagg's attempts to train his charge to use Arkn magic, which would prove ineffective (due in part to his brutal tactics), and would have ended with Ellpagg forcibly transforming August into a pseudo-Arkn, whom he leaves to rule Arkaissia in his absence (and cover for him when he's off hunting for the Arknza). Ellpagg, who had spent much of his time in .Reality in either TheFifties (observing the Kestler family) or TheEighties, would have sported a retro [[GreaserDelinquents Greaser]]-inspired look (complete with slicked-back hair, a leather jacket and an affinity for Classic Rock music); IF, a FanBoy of The Carver, would have taken an alternate version of Luke Anton (also played by Zayne Vaughn) as a vessel -- and dressed and acted like [[Series/TheWalkingDead Negan]], even carrying a baseball bat. The cast spent months plotting and promoting the series, filmed some test footage , and even teased the vlog in an episode of ''Michael’s Camera''[[note]]“Not that great of a situation”, in which Ellpagg informs Azrael, “I have to go guard a whiny bitch”[[/note]]. Unfortunately, the vlog was cancelled when [=DeathlyLogic=] and his co-star (who was also his fiancée) broke off their relationship.