Been a while! Here are some Wild doodles as an apology haha
I've been holding stuff for this au close to my chest in the hopes that I will eventually do more comics or write something, but that's been putting a lot of unnecessary pressure on myself. So I'm done doing that! I wanna info dump about Wild and what the heck happened to him!
Wild gets infected very early in the story. At the time, nobody knew there was an illness spreading, let alone any way to "cure" it. He was doomed the moment he started showing symptoms.
As Wild falls further and further to Radiance, he is deemed a danger to the rest of the tribe in Deepnest because of how aggressive he becomes. Flora opposes this, and she's been trying to help any ways she can, but it isn't enough before there is one final incident, and the rest of the tribe decide the best course of action for everyone's safety is to put Wild out of his misery.
Unfortunately... the infection has a nasty habit of reanimating its infected hosts. And Wild is not spared from this. Once he is brought back, he has fully succumbed to Radiance.
He wanders Deepnest, aimless, and no longer in control of his own body or mind, until the Chain enter Deepnest hoping to help quell the infections spread.
Wild attacks the Chain who are in a place so unfamiliar to them and struggling to stay in line with one another. Sky attempts to use the Dream Nail to put Wild down for good (at this point the only thing it's done is kill the infection and the host) but doesn't manage to get a decent hit in, and is injured in the process. Then in typical Deepnest fashion with all its unstable ground and holes to fall down, Wild and Twilight (who has been playing defense and trying to keep Wild in one spot) are separated from the group.
Lucky for Twilight, all the commotion and collapsing rock made Sky drop the Dream Nail down with them, which Twilight uses to "take care" of Wild.
Twilight enters Wild's dreams and puts him to rest. Except, by some miracle, Wild is cured, but NOT in a good place afterward.
They both wander Deepnest, very lost, trying to find a way to the Distant village. Twilight (who is very freaked out by all of this) is now tasked to care for this poor amnesiac spider who somehow made it to the other side despite all of the odds pointing against him. Wild is pretty much stuck to Twilight, as he can't move much without being in so much pain, and a awful headache that will not leave him alone.
While they travel, Wild is recovering but is not back to something semi-functional until they make it to the Distant Village and he's able to get some real help.
Of course Wild survives, and goes on with the Chain to chase Dark Link and keep Radiance from infecting anybody else, and putting those who are too far gone to rest, like he wasn't allowed to.
Thank you for making it through my ramble :)