Adrellia Village (season 3)

The third season of the flash animation series, Adrellia Village originally aired on Newgrounds. Season three officially started with "King William's Pursuit of Happyness" on March 17, 2013 and will run for a total of twelve episodes. The season focuses on the adventures and antics of three heroes, Drake, Rachel and Rory, as they continue in their quest to defeat the series' antagonist, Brutus, and his minions. The season picked up where the last one ended, with Drake, Rachel and Rory searching for a cure to the epidemic in Trellutor. As of September 29, 2014, the season has received six daily awards on Newgrounds, one for each episode except episode 42.5 and Adrellia Traveler's Guide, for being amongst the five highest-scoring movies or games of the day.

Background
Started in 2010, MistyEntertainment had 174 pages written of the Adrellia Village novel that the series is based off of. The novel has provided as the backbone for the entire series. Starting with Season 2, rather than interpreting the original novel, scripts were rewritten and various elements of the story changed. After Season 2 ended on October 20, 2012 with episode 41, a rush-released game made for Newgrounds' Cabin Jam, Misty took a brief break and then started planning Season 3. The story arc of King William leaving Adrellia for the wilderness wasn't in the original novel. Production on the season premiere began on February 6, 2013, and kickstarted the production of Season 3.

Production
The third season was written and directed by MistyEntertainment, Artistunknown, and Exedor, with MistyEntertainment taking sole creative control with the exceptions of episodes 47 and 48, the first two parts of The Plague Saga, which were written and storyboarded by Exedor. This season originally aired on Newgrounds, where the series has aired since its official debut on March 28, 2010. This season is the first season to utilize an entire team of animators, artists, and voice actors, known as the AV Crew. Misty headed the writing and animation staff and oversaw all aspects of the show's production. Production began on February 6, 2013.

The first two episodes of the season, King William's Pursuit of Happyness and The Lonely Road, saw more than 2,000 views within the week of release, but were critically panned for their writing and animation style. The story arc of King William leaving Adrellia to pursue a life in the wilderness wasn't in the original 174-page AV novel. It was originally going to be part of another project of Misty's, but that project was soon cancelled, and the plotline was adapted to AV. The AV Forum and join.me's were used extensively during the production of these episodes.

Episodes 42 to 46 were largely a team effort. For a mathematically-accurate representation of how much each member contributed, please refer to the bottom section of the article. After episode 46 was completed, Exedor, a friend of Misty's, took control of the show. He wrote, storyboarded and directed the first two parts of The Plague Saga, a reboot of the plague story arc, and took the show on a more comedic route that was well-received by viewers. For a very detailed account of the production of episode 46, please refer to its production handbook. Episode 47 also has a production handbook.

There was a gap in production that lasted about three months between the release of The Plague Saga, pt. 1 and the arrival of the storyboard of The Plague Saga, pt. 2. During this time period, Misty planned ahead for the season and started work on Adrellia Traveler's Guide, which would be completed nine months later. The AV Crew that helped produce episodes 42 to 46 had slowly dissolved. AV47 sitll had some outside help, but AV48 was largely an effort between Misty and Exedor, with some animation assistance from Nat. In late August 2014, Misty officially broke up the AV Crew, saying that it was no more. The AV Crew may return in the future.

Plot
Episodes 42 to 45 mainly deal with the story arc of King William resigning as king of Adrellia and leaving the position to Prince Albert. King William opts instead for life in the wilderness, while Drake leaves Rachel and Rory to compete in a tournament in the World of Destiny. In the end, both return. Episodes 46 to 49 deal with a story arc introduced in episode 38, where Drake and the gang look for the ingredients to a cure to the plague in Trellutor, and meet a wizard named Merlin along the way.

Reception
Season 3 of Adrellia Village has generally received mixed to positive reviews on Newgrounds. The first two episodes of the season, King William's Pursuit of Happyness and The Lonely Road, were panned for their writing, characterization and animation style. As the season progressed, however, future episodes saw better reception, and were praised for their writing and animation.

Below are the review averages of every flash in Season 3. A more detailed summary of the reviews of each episode can be found in their individual articles.

Contribution Percentages
Below is a chart detailing the percentage of work a user contributed to the episode. Decimal episodes, like AV42.5 (Season 3 Promo) and AV47.5 (Adrellia's Travelers Guide) are not measured. How it's gauged:

20% animation 20% storyboarding 40% writing 10% voice acting 10% background music

AV42 - King William's Pursuit of Happyness

AV43 - The Lonely Road

AV44 - King William's Pursuit of Happyness

AV45 - Transit

AV46 - The Plague

AV47 - The Plague Saga, pt. 1

OVERALL AV SEASON 3 CHARTS:

Accolades

 * AV42: King William's Pursuit of Happyness - Daily 1st


 * AV43: The Lonely Road - Daily 1st


 * AV44: King William, I'm Coming Home - Daily 5th


 * AV45: Transit - Daily 5th


 * AV46: The Plague - Daily 1st


 * AV47: The Plague Saga, pt. 1 - Daily 4th

2013 Year-End Charts:
 * AV42 charted #401 on the Year-End Comedy score charts. It also charted #228 on the Year-End ‘Comedy - Original’ charts.
 * AV42.5 charts #26 on the Year-End Other score charts, and #165 on the Year-End Other score charts.
 * AV43 charts #41 on the Year-End Drama score charts, and #53 on the Year-End Drama view charts.
 * AV44 charts #54 on the Year-End Music Video score charts, and #69 on the Year-End Music Video view charts.
 * AV45 charts #44 on the Year-End Other score charts, and #72 on the Year-End Other view charts.
 * AV46 charts #57 on the Year-End Other score charts, and #83 on the Year-End Other view charts.
 * AV47 charts #86 on the Year-End Other score charts, and #106 on the Year-End Other view charts.