The Tantari Rock, a well-fortified base. It was the new hideout of the army of Darkness. Few knew of it’s secret main passage, even fewer knew of the countless tunnels that loop beneath the main one, tunnels that go on for miles, tunnels that hold many chambers.

This is it, ally of darkness, this is where you were called to by the minions of chaos. The small, pig-like thing that lead you through the tunnels was obviously a miniblin, you could tell by the annoying *MEEP* it made every few seconds, and the way it seemed to scuttle across the floor ahead of you.

Of course, that wasn’t the strangest thing you saw. Every so often, a door on the side of the tunnel would open, revealing a monster of some sort or another. A pair of Darknuts passed you, you had to move aside in the small corridor to let them pass ahead. Lizalfos and Dinalfos also pass you, but their size isn’t of worry.

After almost an hour walking underground, you come across a large, iron, double door protected by two mighty Darknut warriors, both look menacing. The look at you, before the miniblin tells them something in infernal, and they move to the side, letting you pass into the next room.

The first thing that comes to mind when you enter through the doors; this place is huge. You could probable fit an entire district of north castle in here! The ceiling was lower than expected, only about thirty yards up, but the rest of the room was huge! It was circular, at the very least it’s width was more than half a mile. You could not see the other side of the room. You could,, however, see the large, circular platform in the middle of the room, in witch ten thrones sat, cloaked men in all but two.

You then notice the other things in this room; countless monsters, stoves, anvils, and other things for forging. Countless weapons were being made. Armors were being fitted to all sorts of beasts. Dadongos were being mounted with saddles, bows were being tested, and orders were being given.

All this while, the eight beings in the thrones talked. You could hear what they said, even from your distance.

“The Stalfos, they betrayed us.” One said from beneath his hood. “They fear the wrath of Hyrule. Long has their race been attacked. We will show them their place soon enough.” Another replied. “There is also the Garo, we must not forget that they, too, allied themselves with the Hylians, and the keese cannot be trusted anymore, they are Hyrule’s spies now, and easily spill secrets.” The first said. “We have more things to worry about. Our outpost in the north Forest is probably discovered. A scout of Hyrule got away from some of our warriors. He was horribly wounded, but probably managed to give away the location of the base before he died. We will need to move all our resources out of there immediately!” A third spoke out. “I agree, and that would be easier if our friend from the south replied. There is also the hidden fort in the south east, and the Parapa base. Neither are safe for now, but nothing of importance is hidden there. Our true treasures lay here and at the Death mountain stronghold, witch I’m positive no army of Hyrule’s can get to, much less besiege.” The second said. “What though, should we do about our recruits from north Castle? They must be arriving anytime now. They will need a job sooner or later. I believe we should transfer some to the north forest, to ensure the safe transport of resources there.” A fourth said. “Now is not the time, though, we need to complete this battle plan.” A fifth spoke out.

Smiley began to smile his trademark grin once he had entered the Rock, after having opened the hidden door, and after still when the Miniblin had lead him to the main room of the Dark's side of the war. His bronze-colored metal hand twitched in anticipation of what was to come, this King of Deranged Power ready to use his namesake to help the cause that these monster's gathered to begin.

A handfull of representitives already stood, most likely unnoticed, in the chamber of the Dark. There were in two groups that knew nothing about each other. One represented a group of power hungry syndicates, the other represented zealot extremist who would anything for their lord.
The first group was bound together by the infamous 'the ones who shall controll the world' treaty. It included such groups as The Blackwind Organization and Cell Sky. Vilk, Natural the Poe, Jack, Legion, Anti-Orpheous, Roronek and two new guys. One of these new guys had black robes and gray angelic wings. A hood shrouded his face. The other wore silverdeath robes. His irises could not be made out, but his long silver hair could. The first was a Cell Sky leader, his name was Dark Angel. The second was Shinora Nosos.
The second group consisted of four people. One was an old man with a shoal covering most of his face. Then, therr was a red battle robed woman in her late teens. She had a battle staff at the ready. There was all two grunts serving as body guards. They looked like Iron Knuckles.
Shinora walked over to the thrones. "I believe you should distract them by attacking from Papara and pushing to the castle. Meanwhile, you slip into the castle, as most of the forces will be moved to Papara, you could do this with your North Forest force. Once the infultraitors have lowered the castles defenses, taking it will be a piece of cake. Couldn't help but overhear. We are here to help," he stated, motioning to his group. "In exchang we want high up positions in your new government system, the right to fuction independently to some extent, Montegomey should it be one, 1/10 of the souls taken on the battlefield during this war, and for Orpheous, Simon Grendel, and Bou Fantasy to be brought to us, alive."
The of the other group spoke up, "Lord Cerberus grants you his aid as well. We've coindently asked for the souls as well. But we'll only settle for 1/6, but that is all were asking for.---

ooc: The WII only leets you put so much in a post.

IC: I am Raven Ailwell, and this," she stated, pointing at the old man, "is the spokesman of Cerberus. He is also Cerberus' loyal vessel." The two groups waited the Dark chiefs to make a decession.

HE needed no door. It did not matter how well hidden this meeting place was, because the concentrated amount of negative energy was like a beacon to anyone who wielded the same kind of power...at least it was for someone who held a demon within them....

A doorway of shadows seemed to open up in the meeting hall as the one named Raven Ailwell finished speaking. "I hope I am not too late to join you all here today. I was sidetracked by a small nuisance." the creator of the portal said, stepping out and looking around from beneath his tattered cloak's hood. "Kasei D. Gobi is one opponent I didn't expect to have to fight today." the young-sounding man said as he stepped out and further into the room.

The first hooded man turned at the sound of people entering the room. A single red eye gazed out from under his hood to look at Smiley as he entered the room. Many other gazes followed, but they soon returned to their work. This was not one of the generals they needed.

A small swish of wind, and the first man turned again. This time, all members of the council, as it seems to be, turned to look. The first man snickered as Shinora approached. "Well said, my freind." He replied to the suggestion. He then grinned menacingly at the demands of the group. "Heheheheheh. You've got guts, i'll give you that." He said. "Our new government? We will not rule as one, as the fool Ganondorf tried to. No, we will split the world into several provinces, each led by one of the ten generals of darkness, two of whom seem to be late. As for your...other demand. That can easily be arranged." He said. He turned to the other group's representative. "Souls...that is not something hard to come by." He said, smiling, "If that is all you desire, then it is yours, my freind." He finishes.

Speaking of Generals, one happens to appear just as the first hooded man finishes. "No, Sovelis, you are not, we had only just begun the planning." The second hooded man said, not turning. "Kasei is a minor nuisance, correct. He has many weaknesses. He won't die untill certain conditions are met, we know that much. Other than that.....keeping him at bay is a simple matter. Come, join us." He says, motioning to the empty throne two seats to his left.

Sovelis nods and walks over to the throne that was his to sit upon. "Its actually funny. You all know of me so well, and yet I know nothing of any of you. What a shame." he said, pulling his hood off and looking down at the table before him. His battle with Kasei had left him burnt slightly, and to compensate for his own lack of power, he had used Sovel to make the gap less, so part of his face was covered with demonic black skin and his right eye was golden once more. "Now that I'm here...I guess that we are waiting for one more to arrive?" he Tempest said, taking his sword from his hip and leaning it against the table to get comfortable.

OoC: Success!

IC: Kobas followed the miniblin with a blank face, his eyes shifting from side to side as he surveyed the monsters that appeared in the hallways. He walked proudly, his boots clicking on the floors. Arrika followed him, albeit less confidently, her eyes slightly wide with apprehension although she dared not stray from the path they were being led upon. Kobas seemed to notice this, and murmured from the corner of his mouth, "You wanted this."

"I know..."

They paused as the miniblin ordered the darknuts to open the steel doors. "You can get away now.... join Hyrule's side... it's not too late..." Kobas muttered.

"No. I said I'd come and I'm not backing out now," Arrika said with a determination she did not completely feel.

"That's the spirit, kid," Rhyss said from somewhere behind her, and he stepped forward to walk next to Kobas.

"And I was beginning to think you'd chickened out," Kobas said with an amused voice as he stepped before the 10 thrones and the 8 seated there. He bowed to them all and spoke as he rose. "I may not look like much, but I've had plenty of experience in warfare. I would be honored if you would be so generous as to put me in charge of my own small force. I promise I won't disappoint you," he said, his voice ringing clearly through the huge chamber. "I can work wonders, even if the odds aren't in my favor."

Behind me Rhyss chuckled softly, whispering to Arrika, "Quite a pity. He just came back from a 4-year-long war to participate in another. He's being a bit more forward this time, though. I suppose he wants to make sure his side gets a clean and easy victory, instead of long, drawn-out battles."

Arrika was not as amused, her dark eyes flickering across the faces of everyone else present. She noticed Sovelis, of course, and his initial promotion to General. She wanted to call to him but kept her mouth tightly shut, unwilling to draw attention to herself by making any kind of noise.

"Well, Sovelis....we do not know as much as you believe." A cloaked being next to Sovelis said. "And when it is time, you will know everything about us." He finishes.

Arrika and her allies enter the room. Barely anyone notices them, but a bokoblin tailor instantly grabs Arrika by the hand, and starts leading her and her freinds to the armory.

"As for our last General, we await Gobi, who has a habit of never showing up when he needs to." A General across from Sovelis spoke.

"Is that so?" A drawling old voice demanded, as Jormund Gobi appeared in his seat, also across from Sovelis. "If I am not mistaken, we are all accounted for. Let us begin." The old man said, waving his hand. The little stones on the table/map started to move around. "This, I believe, is the issue we face?" He asks, pointing to a few pebbles in the north forest, each one a different color. The others nod. "Well then, perhaps we should just.....give them what they want?" He suggests, waving his hands once more. The darker Pebbles spread out, the smallest one staying at the spot symbolizing the mines, while the larger ones start to move around the forest area, surrounding the lighter pebbles. They start to close in. "If anyone has a different idea, I would love to hear it."

Sovelis looked away from the other Generals and down to the newcomers. "Kobas. Rhyss. Arrika...You all showed up after all. I guess that I won't be so lonely here in the darkness after all." he said, a wicked smile on his face as he saw Arrika hiding behind the taller thief. "I know that you are as well traveled as I am, Kobas. Your knowledge of warfare and tactics will do this army good indeed." If they are here...then this may be the path that leads me down into the darkness fully. To become one with the demon and merge our souls into one.

"You." Sovelis said, stopping the Bokoblin from taking his friends away just yet. "Bring them back here once they have been outfitted, or I will devour your soul." he threatened, his golden eye shining with an evil glint.

"Ah...Gobi. Good to see you once again..." the Tempest remarked, and sat there as he told his plan. "My friend, Kobas. He may know of a better strategy to assist the plans. I myself am a poor tactician, since I have survived by using Brute Force..."

Arrika started with surprise as the bokoblin grabbed her but let him lead her anyway. Rhyss followed closely with an oddly cheerful expression on his face, humming a peppy tune under his breath. Kobas was the last to follow, inwardly cursing as no one responded to his request. He would show them. He'd give their army a beautiful, sweeping victory that would set Hyrule noticeably back on forces and moral without losing a single of their own men-or monsters, and then they'd take more notice of him than as if he were a common soldier.

The Bokoblin stopped Arrika at a small stand, and began measuring her arms, waist and legs. He hurried over to a crate containing armors, and starte shoving them into Arrika's hands, meaning she had to try them on.

Gobi turned to Sovelis. "Yes, it is good to see you as well, Sovelis. It has been some time. As for Kobas," He says, looking at the man, "He may, then, be of some use to us." Jormund finished, a grin on his face. Suddenly, a shadow appeared in the center of the table, an astral projection of sorts.

"What is it?" A man near Gobi demanded. The figure turned to him. "I report that three hundred of our allies are assembling in the deku woods. They will be ready to march upon Rauru in a days time, my lord." It said, bowing. "Very...very good." The hooded one said, and stood, hand flying to his hood, as he removed it.

The face underneath was quite supprizing. It seemed as though someone had taken various body parts, and sown them together into a head. This man's left and right eye were different colors. His nose was obviously stitched on. His dead mouth was paler than the sun. Stitches went up and down his pale face.

"It looks like I'm first, then." Cormoros the undead said, a scythe appearing in his hand. He turns around. "Rauru will be the first strike, the mines can wait till later." He says, vanishing.

OOC: AND HE RETURNS, after almost a year of absence from my topics, Cormoros returns!

And I just realized something: when I say "Sovelis" out loud, it sounds like; "Soviess".

OoC: I have fun saying Saber-tatch instead of saber-tosh.

IC: Arrika took the load shoved at her, and with Kobas's help managed to get it all strapped on, the unaccostumed weight odd and heavy on her shoulders. Kobas pulled at the armor, circling the Sheikah girl with a critical eye, then turned to the Bokoblin. "This is a bit too heavy for a rogue. Something slimmer, a lot lighter so she can maintain her speed without burning out in a few minutes. Erm... do you understand what I'm saying?' He didn't say anything as Gobi mentioned his name, but Rhyss could tell he was satisfied for now. "Arrika, flashstep for me, just see if you can do it with that absurd hunk of metal on your back."

Arrika complied, going 15 feet away from Kobas and back, her body just a dark blur. Kobas circled her again, muttering again and to the Bokoblin, hoping the point would get across.

Rhyss stood pensively off to the side, wondering where Mirielle had go to.

"What happened to Seth?" Arrika asked. She hadn't seen him since he'd forseen Sovelis and Kasei's fight, and hoped he'd gotten safely home.

"The kid won't pick a side til the first battle's been won or he gets a flash of insight on whoever the stronger side will be," Rhyss replied in an approving voice. "Smart idea, I think, but then again he may decide to go completely neutral, or hide somewhere until we've all blown each other to bits and everything's in ruin and flames."

"Cormoros..." Sovelis muttered as the man pulled back his hood. I thought that he had died a long time ago. Or was that in the Alternate Timeline? he thought as he watched the Undead man with interest shining in his eyes. To be undead makes oneself a type of immortal. But this guy is starting to smell up the place...ugh! Sovelis caught a small whiff from across the table and had to suppress a shudder as the smell of death and decay hit his nose and hit it hard.

"I will go with Cormoros on this mission. I know the area around Rauru very well, since that is where I have my home at. I can easily walk around the town and the people there wouldn't think to look again at me." the Tempest said, addressing the other Generals. "But are you wanting the village in one piece? If you just want total annihilation, then I could go to my home and dig out some... artifacts that could level the city in a single blast..."

Masakazu silently followed the miniblin, his mouth set in a grim yet determined expression. His usual warm eyes cold, frozen, the mage made no sound, silent as a graveyard. His hand swept through his black, unkempt hair, feeling slightly out of place. He knew that the rest of his friends - even his twin sister - was on the opposite side. What made him attract to the dark, he did not know for certain. Perhaps it was the power. The mystery. Or perhaps, if he was allowed the expression, the want to go astray.

He flinched as he entered the spacious room, his stomach giving a turn. Maybe he could run for it? Would Sakiko and Zeze accept him now? But as he turned his head, he identified several that he knew. Arrika. Rhyss. Kobas. Masakazu remained quiet as he watched the others talk, quite unsure of what to do with himself, and what to say.