William Joyce
In the first Guardians' adventure, Nicholas St. North, along with Ombric and Katherine, succeeded in routing Pitch and driving him underground—quite literally. Defeated but not destroyed, however, the Nightmare King plots a nefarious revenge: he means to take all of the children of the village of Santoff Clausen hostage. This time, the Guardians will need the help of E. Aster Bunnymund, the leader of a brotherhood of warrior rabbits of imposing
...Nicholas St. North is a daring, rootless, and swashbuckling young swordsman who spends his days thieving and chasing adventure around the world with his friends. His path leads him to the secretive village of Santoff Clausen, rumored to have the greatest treasure in all of the East and protected, so it's said, by the great wizard Ombric Shalazar. When he gets there, though, it's only to find the town in the midst of a battle with a ferocious bear
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