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The '''Shadowkeeper Apocalypse''' (also known as the '''Apocalypse''', the '''Shadowkeepers Apocalypse''', and sometimes the '''Second [[Collapse]]''') was a massively cataclysmic system-wide conflict fought between millions of [[Guardians]] and inhabitants of the [[Solar System]] and Kirito and Asuna and their armies of [[Forum:Shadowkeepers (Paradox)|Shadowkeepers]], [[Forum:Shadowkeepers (Paradox)#Shadow Army|Shadow Army]] minions, and [[Forum:Shadowkeepers (Paradox)#Ghosts of Nagasaki|Ghosts of Nagasaki]] to take back Auradon, save [[Forum:Mallory Bertha|Mallory Bertha]], and protect the Light. Although this crisis was initially triggered when Mal killed Maleficent, it actually began when the Shadowkeepers murdered countless people in Auradon, including Ben, Evie, Suguha Kirigaya, [[Emperor Calus]], the Auradonian Kids' parents, and Commander [[Zavala]], in order to take over all of Auradon and begin an eight-year reign beyond the heart of Aincrad. Unlike the previous enemies the Guardians killed, the Shadowkeepers sought to rewrite history and create a dark future, with them controlling all worlds as gods.

{{Quote|The Dragon’s Eye has awakened. It is on a little world. A human world. They would only wield its power… But our allies know its workings as they never will. They are ready to lead. And our forces will follow. The world will be theirs. The universe yours. And the humans, what can they do but burn?|An unnamed Taken commander, speaking to the Darkness about Kirito and Asuna.}}

Some time after the Guardians' victory of the Dimensional Wars and the events of [[The Witch Queen]], the [[Darkness]], having found a still-open portal, sent the [[Pyramids]] into the dimensional gateway to recruit its new allies: Kirito and Asuna. Having known firsthand about how they had seen what it saw and mourned for the deaths of their friends and of innocence, the Darkness not only gave them back their powers from Sword Art Online, but also granted them permanent access to its Pyramids, knowing that they can succeed where its previous forces failed.

Upon accepting the Darkness's gift, after stepping out of their dimension and into the [[The Guardian|Guardian]]'s universe, Kirito and Asuna recruited both the Shadowkeepers and the enemies of Light, instilling into them a profound sense of freedom and purpose, promising them that they would be the one to save them and those cast out and left for dead by their own people from the Traveler's lies.

===Attack on Auradon===

{{Quote|I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, I just... I thought that... I was afraid to tell you. I thought I was gonna lose my life. But I had to do something! I had to protect my birthright! It's just... I wish things could've been different.|Mal, talking to Petra Venj shortly before leaving with the Shadowkeepers.}}