The Shadow King Ardin Shadowbrook, stood alone in his private chambers in the palace, the palace was in the center of Nightshade the capital city, and the seat of power ,located at the heart of the Lands of Night ,the city was built around an enormous lake ,that was so large it was more like a small sea.
The lake of the dragon's tears, the dragon tears river that feeds the lake, flows from the distant mountains of the fallen dragons, a mountain range that looks like dragons sleeping , the river came from the melting mountain snow, that seeped through the top of the mountain and exited from dragon's eyes giving the river and lake its name , the river flowed for hundreds of miles, filling the lake,many rivers and canals fed from the lake .
The shadow king ,had been shaken by the news he had heard from Lyndanim , the witch had not failed him, he would not be on the throne if not for Lyndanim ,she had always helped him to Secure the kingdom, and bring everything under his control, with Lyndanim at his side he would rule forever , he trusted her visions, her power to see possible future outcomes had put him on the throne, he didn't doubt her loyalty ,Lyndanim had grown in power and influence herself.
She had come to him over a thousand years ago , with the vision of him as the king of the lands of night, it was because of that vision he ruled, Lyndanim had not failed him , she had given him warning of the possible future in which he was defeated , by knowing this he could avoid this future, he did not know who this rising power might be, but he was certain that with time and patience ,he would uncover the identity of his foe , and crush them into oblivion.
Ardin Shadowbrook stood on his balcony ,and looked out across the city, he was lost in his memories, he remembered the first time he saw the city .
The vampire king Vincent, had brought him to the city , he had served the king willingly his loyalty was without question , he considered the king as a friend , his thoughts started to wonder, why he had turned against the king ,and as soon as the thought entered his mind ,he felt a pain in his head, and then came the memory of Lyndanim ,showing him a vision of the destruction of the lands of night ,and the only way for him to prevent the destruction of the kingdom was for him to replace the king and rule, Lyndanim had shown him the truth ,the king had chosen to abandon the lands of night, he had no choice Vincent was the one who betrayed him, and Lyndanim was the only one he could trust .
Once again he was steadfast in his resolve and belief ,he would do whatever it took to remain in power, he was destined to rule the land of night for all eternity ,Lyndanim's visions were all the Proof he needed, the old king was dead and had been for a thousand years he was gone never to return , the rising new power ,that would challenge him was the threat he had to overcome, to secure his destiny.
He would need souls, to become the god he must, he must ensure his plans come to fruition.
"I think it's time I took a trip to hell ,the time for us to create chaos on earth is coming , and I must ensure that the demons stick to the plan ,"said the shadow king to himself.
Ardin Shadowbrook turned around and walked back inside ,he stood before the large fire place and cast his spell ,before stepping into the flames and disappearing, he reappeared in a dark cavern, the flaming gates of hell blazing before him.
Slowly he approached the the gates of hell, the two guardians of the gates drew their swords, as the shadow king slowly approached.
One guardian from hell,and one guardian from heaven, a Angel and a demon stood guard at the gates of hell.
The demon was a giant a demon lord who stood at ten foot tall ,with black bat wings, his skin was blood red in color ,and he was covered in misma from the depths of hell, he wore black armor and helmet, his sword was black covered in flames, a ring of fire danced around his head indicating that he is a demon lord .
The Angel was wearing white armor and helmet, his sword was silver covered in a pure white light ,he had the perfect warrior's body, he had a soft white glow around him , he stood ten feet tall, and had large wings like that of an eagle, his wings were completely white ,he had bright green eyes, and blonde hair,this guardian was an archangel .
The shadow king could feel the power, coming from the two guardians and it was intimidating .
" Why are you at the gates of hell"asked the Demon lord.
" I have business to discuss, with the faction leaders of hell "replied the shadow king.
"You may enter ,shadow king " said the angel.
The blazing gates of hell fire ,suddenly opened enough for the shadow king to walk through.
Quickly the shadow king, passed through the gates and entered hell, the gates slammed shut behind him , hell was in its own separate dimension, heaven was also located in its own dimension , heaven and hell were separated from the rest of the universe, and at the same time they remained part of the universe.
The shadow king began his journey through hell , he would meet with the faction leaders, and they resided in the lower levels of hell ,where the misma of hell was thick , the air grew hotter and heavier the deeper that you went in hell , the ground slowly Sloped downwards ,dark shadows spread out in every direction ,the sky was filled with flaming red clouds , and patches of orange amongst the black , the ground was barren rock in every direction for miles, in the distance he could see jagged mountains rising high into the sky, he headed towards the mountains , he knew as he travelled in hell that time passed differently to the normal universe ,he could be in hell mere hours and days or months could have passed in the normal universe , some times the difference in time might only be small, such as for every hour spent in hell, two hours would pass in the normal universe, time in hell was always changing…
Lyndanim the witch queen , had attempted to contact the demons that she had sent to the human world ,she had successfully contacted four of the five groups she sent ,and they had reported that they were gathering humans ,the last group she had failed to contact ,she had made several attempts , and in the end she believed that someone had eliminated the demons, or had they simply devoured the humans that they had captured ,betraying her and returning to hell , she believed that the demons had been killed ,they were of the same faction as the other groups , and if the demons had betrayed her and returned to hell, the rest of the demons would had done the same , she was certain they had been discovered and killed , the question was who had done this, who in the human world had the power to kill a group of demons, she had to find out who was responsible , she informed the demons what she believed had happened, and instructed them to help find out who had killed the demons ,she informed members of her coven to find out who dared to interfere in her affairs, whoever was responsible they would pay with their lives thought Lyndanim.
She would ensure that the humans were gathered, she needed to have the right amount of innocent humans to sacrifice, for her god to be able to give her his instructions and boost her power, she would do whatever it took to bring her god into the universe, she would gladly sacrifice entire worlds to be with her god .
Lyndanim was aware of the shadow king's movements, she kept a close eye on him at all times,and had done so from the beginning .
She knew every time the shadow king had doubts, and questioned himself ,she had placed a very powerful magic upon the shadow king ,she could not risk him learning the truth and betraying her ,the spell she had used on the shadow king, would give him pain the more he questioned,and it showed him the memories that Lyndanim wanted him to see, and he would once again be determined to see that the future Lyndanim had shown him come true ,he believed he would become a god and rule the lands of night forever , Lyndanim kept a firm grip on the mind of Ardin Shadowbrook the shadow king, and she had no intention of ever letting her puppet escape her, she had completely controlled his life ,for more than a thousand years, and she would continue to do so, until he was of no more use, than she would rid herself of the fool ,Lyndanim burst out laughing at the thought, she could hardly wait for the day, when she would sacrifice the shadow king .