Hatter Madigan is a solider and royal guard to the Queen on a mission to find and protect the princess Alyss who, after a palace coup, was lost when leaving Wonderland through the Pool of Tears; the portal that connects Wonderland to our world. He finds himself in Paris, France in 1859. He is an expert swordsman but also possesses a favorite weapon in the form of his top hat; awarded to him on his millinery graduation it unfolds when thrown into a circle of blades and boomerangs back to its owner's hand.