Liir follows Dorothy away from Kiamo Ko after Elphaba's death, carrying Elphaba's broom and green cape.

Guards turn Liir away from the Wizard's Palace gates while Dorothy enters to complete her task.

The Wizard flees Oz and Dorothy disappears; the Scarecrow finds Liir and returns Elphaba's broom.

Liir convinces Glinda to help him access the underground prison Southstairs in search of Nor.

Liir learns from the Under-mayor that Nor has already escaped Southstairs and flees on Elphaba's broom.

Liir enlists in the Home Guard and spends years as a soldier in the Emerald City.

Liir leads soldiers in burning the Quadling bridge town of Bengda, then deserts with Elphaba's broom.

A dying Swan at Kiamo Ko delivers news of a Conference of Birds before succumbing to her wounds.

Dragons attack Liir mid-flight, seize Elphaba's broom and cape, and leave him to fall to the ground.

Oatsie Manglehand discovers the injured Liir in the Vinkus and brings him to the Cloister of Saint Glinda.

Candle plays the domingon to revive Liir, and Yackle secretly moves the two of them to Apple Press Farm.

Trism attacks Liir and confesses he was forced to unleash dragons against Quadling Country because of the Bengda burning.

Liir and Trism sneak into the dragon stables at midnight and poison all the dragons with cleaning solution.

Thousands of Birds fly over the Emerald City in the shape of Elphaba on her broom, shouting 'Elphaba Lives!'

Liir returns to an empty farm, finds a newborn wrapped in Elphaba's cape, and discovers the girl is green.

Son of a Witch follows Liir from the aftermath of Elphaba's death through his wandering, failed prison search, military service, and desertion. After dragons attack him mid-flight and leave him near death in the Vinkus, he is carried to the Cloister of Saint Glinda and nursed back to life. His recovery leads to a reunion with the soldier Trism, a daring midnight poisoning of the Emperor's attack dragons, and a tense standoff at the mauntery. Liir ultimately leads six thousand Birds in a sweeping act of defiance over the Emerald City, flying in the shape of the Wicked Witch herself. The novel closes when Liir discovers a green-skinned newborn girl, confirming his legacy as the son of a witch.

Liir's core journey from Elphaba's death to finding his green daughter.

Oatsie's traveling party discovers three maunts with their faces scraped away while journeying through the Vinkus.

The Superior Maunt assigns Candle to play music for Liir and sends Sisters Doctor and Apothecaire to investigate the scrapings.

Shell guides Liir into Southstairs through a secret passage, stopping at cells to trade drugs to imprisoned women for sex.

Liir spends days searching the Emerald City for Nor before Trism bon Cavalish advises him on how to enlist.

Liir's company marches south to Quadling Country and establishes a military presence in the capital Qhoyre.

Commander Cherrystone assigns Liir to gauge Bengda's tolerance for increased taxes before secretly planning to burn the town.

Sisters Apothecaire and Doctor visit both the Yunamata and the Scrow, and both tribes deny responsibility for the scrapings.

Candle strips and lies on top of a near-dead Liir to warm him; Yackle later returns to confirm his condition has improved.

Liir wakes at Apple Press Farm and slowly recovers as Candle insists he owes her nothing and urges him toward the birds.

Liir finds the remaining Conference of Birds at Kumbricia's Pass and learns the Emperor's dragons have grounded them from the sky.

Candle reveals her pregnancy to Liir, and he angrily refuses to accept the child is his before eventually calming down.

Liir and Trism steal two horses from soldiers at a roadside inn and ride through the night toward the mauntery.

Glinda arrives at the mauntery, drawn by news of the dragon deaths, to donate funds before the Emperor disestablishes it.

The Superior Maunt forms a new governing council, appointing Sister Doctor to one seat and reserving another for Candle.

Liir joins the Scrow for part of their westward journey to carry Princess Nastoya home for burial.

Pool 2 follows the threads running alongside Liir's main journey, beginning with the grim discovery of scraped-faced maunts on the road through the Vinkus. While Liir lies unconscious, the Superior Maunt deploys her nuns to investigate the killings and assigns the quiet novice Candle to his bedside. Secondary plot lines emerge as Shell's corruption is exposed in Southstairs, Liir drifts into the Home Guard on Trism's advice, and Commander Cherrystone engineers a pretext to attack the bridge town of Bengda. After Liir's recovery, this pool tracks quieter but crucial beats — Candle's pregnancy announcement, the desperate midnight escape from a roadside inn, and Glinda's timely arrival to shield the mauntery. The pool ends with Liir walking alongside the Scrow on their solemn westward journey to bury Princess Nastoya.

The supporting missions, encounters, and quiet moments that shape Liir's world.

Dorothy pours water on Elphaba at Kiamo Ko, melting and killing the Wicked Witch of the West.

Princess Nastoya reveals she is a dying Elephant magically disguised as a human and begs Liir to help her die in her true form.

Glinda formally introduces Liir to Shell, Elphaba's younger brother, as his guide into the prison Southstairs.

Liir serves as an honor guard for Glinda at a public ceremony, but she fails entirely to recognize him.

Liir runs into Shell outside a tavern the night before shipping out; Shell suggests Nor may be held in Shiz.

Nanny tells Liir at Kiamo Ko that even Elphaba herself never knew with certainty whether Liir was her son.

Sister Cook gives Candle a Pfenix feather that, once added to the domingon, transforms the instrument's healing power over Liir.

Trism reveals during an evening walk that Shell underwent a religious awakening and now rules Oz as Emperor Apostle.

Liir persuades Trism that poisoning the dragons is the only way either of them can end their complicity in the Emperor's crimes.

Before fleeing the dragon stables, Liir leaves a note claiming responsibility for the deaths and declaring himself the son of Elphaba.

Liir and Trism become romantically intimate at a roadside inn, and Liir feels a genuine close connection for the first time.

The Home Guard surrounds the mauntery and demands the Superior Maunt surrender Liir and Trism to the Emperor's soldiers.

Liir stops at Kiamo Ko with the Conference of Birds en route to the Emerald City and finds Nanny critically worsened.

Candle plays the domingon for Princess Nastoya; the scraped faces begin to sing and Nastoya reverts to Elephant form and dies.

Liir compares Fiyero's old drawing with the Emerald City graffiti and recognizes the handwriting as Nor's, confirming she is alive.

Pool 3 charts the revelations and emotional ruptures that define Liir's transformation from a lost boy into someone capable of defying an empire. It begins with Elphaba's death itself and moves through pivotal disclosures — Princess Nastoya's hidden Elephant form, Nanny's admission that Elphaba never knew if Liir was her son, and the shattering news that the Emperor is Shell, Elphaba's corrupt younger brother. Personal turning points deepen the arc: Liir's first taste of his own identity, an intimate night with Trism, and a signed note declaring himself the son of a witch. The pool reaches its emotional climax when Candle's music frees Princess Nastoya to die as an Elephant, and closes with Liir piecing together proof that Nor is still alive.