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[Dean Winchester]

Just a few quick notes to clarify some confusing plot points with regard to the stories going on in this folder as we further toy with alternate universes and pasts and futures that may or may not ever happen.

There are, for all intents and purposes, two Samuel Winchesters. No, I'm not talking about Dean's brother Sam (or his grandfather either). I'm talking about Sam's namesake - Dean and Jo's son Samuel, aka Sam for short.

The adult Sam traveled back in time with his younger sister Hope to help save their parents from Hades' minions and decided to remain in the past, while Hope returned to her own time in the future. In the meantime, that same Sam was recently born to the Winchesters, creating two Sams in the present, each of whom will have his own life to live and choices to make. The two have slightly different birth dates, but are, in essence, the same person. We will try to further distinguish the difference by referring to the adult version as Sam and the child as Sammy.

There were also recently two Deans, as the seven-year-old version was temporarily brought to the future to save him from being killed, but he has since returned to his own time and place in the past, where he grew up to be the Dean of the alternate universe, who said yes to Michael and sacrificed his life, along with that of his brother, to save that world from the Apocalypse. That leaves only canon Dean, who found himself brought to the alternate universe after defeating the leviathan leader, Dick Roman (at the end of Supernatural Season 7).

What does all of that mean for our heroes? It means it leaves Dean and Jo in the year 2013 (for now), fighting to save the world from Hades and his allies, and though there are two Sams, there is only one Dean.

I hope that clears up any confusion. Much more coming soon as we still have a lot planned. As always, thanks for reading, and PM one of us if you have any questions.

[Dean Winchester]

For anyone who might be following this story, we are currently nearing the end of 2013, story-wise. Hades has been defeated, and there's a tenuous peace between Heaven, Hell, and Mount Olympus. Crowley is in charge of Hell, Gabriel of Heaven, and Zeus of Olympus.

Dean and Jo recently had a son and named him Robert Samuel Winchester, but in order to distinguish him from the same son who came to them from the future known as "Sam", the baby has been dubbed "Bertie".

Also, just a reminder that the Dean and Jo in this story are actually transplants from the canon universe (CU) to an alternate universe (AU), so they carry with them the history and memories of the canon world and characters up to the end of Supernatural, Season Seven.

We have additionally made some changes to some of the canon characters by keeping some who died in the series and getting rid of others who survived. For example, Sam and Castiel died in the AU; but Bobby, Ellen, and Gabriel survived. Dean's grandfather, Henry Winchester, still lives in the AU and is in charge of the Men of Letters.

Additionally, John did not have a son named Adam in the AU, but a daughter named Ayden, who recently married Ares, the Greek God of War, and herself became immortal. Bobby and Ellen are married in the AU and served as surrogate parents for the deceased Dean and Sam (who sacrificed their lives in the AU to defeat Lucifer and Michael), but they never had a child of their own.

I think that about covers it. We're going to be updating this story very soon, so stay tuned for that. Hades might be defeated, but we still have plenty of adventures planned for the future. As always, thanks for reading, and if anyone has any questions, sling us a PM!

[Dean Winchester]

Just another quick update regarding the story thus far, for those who may have been following or trying to get caught up ...

The current SL, which starts with the thread The Trickster Tricked, takes place in February 2015.

As a reminder, Dean and Jo were plucked from the canon Supernatural universe and brought to the alternate universe, where past events transpired differently than in the canon universe.

To recap what's happened up until now, Hades & Co. have been defeated. Archangel Gabriel is in charge of Heaven, and Crowley is the King of Hell. The Olympians who remain are in charge of Olympus. There is a tenuous peace between the factions, which is in danger of being threatened by the unexpected appearance of Loki, the Trickster God, who is believed to have a dispute with Gabriel. (This is not the Marvel version of Loki, but there may be some similarities in appearance, as well as back story.)

As always, if anyone has any questions, feel free to PM me or Jo's Player and we will be happy to help. The story is admittedly a little convoluted, but we are having a heck of a lot of fun with it!

Thanks to anyone who's been following along, and thanks for reading!