In a bleak future world, a timid boy named Samuel Lawrence is sent to yet another boarding school, where a strange secret awaits him. When a corporation known as Lint Corp. delivers him a seemingly unimportant cartoon sketch, Sam is pulled into a fantastical war involving sentient hands, ruling kiwi birds, and the god of death and destruction, Articulus. And Sam, or Soal as his fellow warriors name him, clearly thinks he is incapable of the impossible battles and painstaking destruction he must lead. But there are more dangers to this new world than even Soal expects...
The Sketch: The Advancement of the Hands
The outcome of the battle for Flameberg is clear; the kiwi army has claimed an unlikely victory. Soal and Porter continue to lead them across the Outlands, but both the Un-Character and Retna feel that Articulus is taking advantage of them. As Shadow Hand resumes his plot to kill the Un-Character and help Articulus reach the Genesis Stories, Porter takes the kiwi military towards the three Ruins of the Ages, where clues to defeating Articulus lie. Meanwhile, Soal treks alone through evil-infested territory to find the key to their success. But Articulus's forces are growing faster than ever before, and Soal is the only one who can stop them.
The Sketch: The Vengeance of Articulus
Articulus's army has been split in two.
The first half, led by the Dark Lord himself, fled from the Scright Gardens towards the west, upon the defeat of Shadow Hand and his Dark Hand army. They rested in Rogodon for a time, until they sensed a rebellion great enough to get on the move once more.
The second half, which was mainly Dark Soldiers occupying the Great Sea, had been chased into the southern Outlands during the Reclaiming, in which Soal and the army returned to where they had started their grand quest.
Now, as the Congress of Kiwis approaches, Mervis and his followers become secretive, and Porter the Voltale continues to hold the truths from his trainee. When a terrible attack is declared, Soal and a small band of kiwis set out to destroy the Blade of Dark Light once and for all. As other adventures into the Outlands ensue, Articulus's power grows considerably, and there is only one who can stop him. The Un-Character, however, is surviving in a world of mystery, and is confronted with his most difficult decisions as the end of the war draws near.
The Sketch Survivors: The Secret of Lint Corp
Lint Corp has recognized Samuel Lawrence, or Soal, as a true Un-Character after the events of the original Sketch Trilogy. But they must escort him to the Sketch Facility, far south in Venezuela, in order to conceal the things they will do with him next. Soal is locked in a tight cell for weeks, until a haggard man with a teleporting device comes there to challenge him. If Soal can find a way to outsmart him, he will be allowed the key out. Once that process is finished, however, Soal will never trust the corporation again. The following events will take him to meet new Un-Characters and travel to all kinds of new Sketches. And Lint Corp assigns them on a mission. If they can herd the victorious Articuluses back into another Facility, then Lint Corp will free them. But it soon turns out that the company is worse than Mervis in its trickery.
The Sketch Survivors: The Defense of Fort Whal
After the Rooted Spire burned and Lint Corp betrayed our Un-Characters, they now know the dark side of Lint Corp. The First Brigade has been separated, though- Soal chasing Moth into the flaming Spire, Renyrocrattus taken away to be studied, and the rest of the Brigade taken away by Lint Corp for strange experiments. Through a quick succession of events, Soal joins the Revolutes; a large organization of rebellious Un-Characters who evaded Lint Corp and clashed with them in the Sketch Facility for years. Their leader, the elusive Green Phantom, is intent on reaching Fort Whal in the outskirts of a Sketch called Iminentia before Lint Corp arrives to take back the Un-Characters they lost. She notices Soal quickly, but doesn't take him into account until a harrowing event. When their legion of Revolutes finally reaches Fort Whal, Lint Corp mounts a serious attack on the fortress. A desperate struggle begins as Soal uncovers Lint Corp's lies and secrets about his past; and a new goal appears in Soal's mind: stop Lint Corp. What from? He doesn't know, but the tension is escalating, and the fate of the Sketch Worlds, the Un-Characters, and Soal's life are all at stake.
The Sketch Survivors: The Enemy Among Us
A new and reliable hope rises for the Revolutes when the coordinates of three "Insanity Sketches" are uncovered. Their leader, the Green Phantom, and several others, under the leadership of our Soal (Samuel Lawrence), embark upon a mission to locate the three precious Keys of Death that are proven to unlock the fabled Death's Door. While casualties mount at Fort Whal, and a treacherous plague ravages the cause, our Un-Characters must confront their inner weaknesses, learn of tainted truths, and ultimately triumph over adversity in this closing chapter to The Sketch Survivors.