darkwheeldarkwheelJohn Harper's novel "And Here The Wheel" (2014) establishes that the Dark Wheel was always led by a Ryder and always hunted for Raxxla. Alex Ryder had two sons: Neptune and Oberon. They split over priorities: Oberon believed he could find Soontill, while Neptune considered anything other than Raxxla irrelevant. The disagreement led to a schism.