The Wild Kingdoms is the World of the Òrìṣà, existing on the borders of the past and the present. In the present, something is missing - a faded majesty.

Speech in the courts of The Wild Kingdoms is poetic and verse is used together with riddles, proverbs and songs.

Following a civil war in heaven, a family of divine spirits, the Òrìṣà become refugees. They have immense power and can travel in time, but are trapped in present day New London.

In New London – the earth in which the Òrìṣà are trapped. Speech is prose. Songs are heard though not used by characters so often. Proverbs are used infrequently. Verse is not heard except as part of song or performance. As they struggle to adapt they risk losing everything.

The story begins with Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì, The Spirit of the Hunter, who in the present, is a police officer. Ọ̀ṣọ́ọ̀sì is leading a case in New London centered around the dead body of a boy washed up in the Thames.