Forum:Shadowkeeper Apocalypse

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Shadowkeeper Apocalypse
Date:	March 24th, 2017 - April 25th, 2024
Fronts:	Aincrad ; Auradon ; Earth ; Cosmodrome ; Old Russia ; Old Chicago ; European Aerial Zone ; European Dead Zone ; Isle of the Lost ; Plaguelands ; Moon ; Venus ; Mars ; Saturn ; Dreadnaught ; Titan ; Nessus ; Io ; Europa ; Tangled Shore ; Dreaming City ; Mercury ; Distributary ; Chinese Dead Zone ; Ascendant realm ; Ascendant Plane ; Unknown Space ; Cassini ; Mumbai Push
Outcome:	???
Belligerents
Solar Coalition The Last City; The Reef; AJ's Host; Eternal Brotherhood; House of Lions; House of Flame; House of Dragons (Reformists); Iriksi Syndicate; Stygian Brood; Vothriks’ Faction; Spider's Syndicate;	Shadowkeepers Shadow Army House of Shadows Shadow Splicers; ; Shadow Swarm; Shadow Divisive; Shadow Legion; Reborn; Cult of Shadows; ; Pastbreakers; Ghosts of Nagasaki;
Commanders
Last City: Ikora Rey; Shiro-4; Luther Hargreeves; Glynda Goodwitch; Kakashi Hatake; Jotaro Kujo; Anna Blue; Eris Morn; The Guardian; The Reef: Petra Venj; AJ's Host: AJ, the Relentless; Eternal Brotherhood: Brayden-4; House of Lions: Joskaa; Iriksi Syndicate: Iriksi, Monsoon Baroness; Velaks-3; Stygian Brood: Viznoor, the Black; Ir Azari, Will of Viznoor; House of Dragons Reformists: Karviks, Dragon Archon; Vothriks’ Taken: Vothriks, the Lost;	Shadowkeepers: Kirito; Asuna; Totomaru; Eobard Thawne; Malcolm Merlyn; Damien Darhk; Tobias Whale; Reign; Leopold Fitz; Anton Ivanov; Hiram Lodge; Morgana le Fay; Zevon; Fikrul; Uldren Sov; Djin; Sasuke Uchiha; Phoenixaro Uchihamaki; Ruby Hale; Shadow Army: Kotrik, Bloodcrafter of Kirito; Zharves, Shadowcaster of Kirito; Hydrax, Mindkiller of Kirito; Gha'arn, Crownforger of Kirito; Thu'urg, Blightmaker of Kirito; Vayeriks, Fatesmith of Kirito;
Strength
Guardians;	Fallen; Hive; Vex; Cabal; Taken; Scorn; Pyramids; SIVA; The Dreadnaught; The Shadowdrifter; The Almighty;
Casualties
Zavala; Emperor Calus;	;
Civilian casualties
	Benjamin Florian, Evie Grimhilde, Maleficent, Suguha Kirigaya, Danville Civilians, Auradon Kids and Disney Heroes, Disney Villains loyal to Maleficent, and Auradonians

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"A few weeks after the Jewelbilee, what was supposed to be a proud day that commemorated Auradon's glory turned into a massacre the moment Kirito freed Zevon from the Isle of the Lost and recruited him into his rogue army that we now call the Shadowkeepers, who killed all of the civilians and corrupted Mal with the Darkness. But, what traumatized us the most wasn't her betrayal or the deaths of her friends, but Zavala's death, and now, what we saw proved to us that no one is safe. Not anymore."

— Ikora Rey highlighting the start of the Shadowkeepers Apocalypse

The Shadowkeepers Apocalypse was a massive system-wide conflict fought between millions of Guardians and inhabitants of the Solar System and Kirito and Asuna and their armies of Shadowkeepers, Shadow Army and Pastbreakers minions, and Ghosts of Nagasaki to take back Auradon, save 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.

Events

Prelude: The Swordsman's Arrival

"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, the Darkness, having found a still-open portal, sent the Pyramids into the dimensional gateway to recruit its new recruits: Kirito and Asuna. Having already known that 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, but also granted them permanent access to its Pyramids, hoping that they could succeed where its previous forces failed.

Appearances

Destiny 2
- Paradox (First appearance)
- Fractured Worlds (Mentioned only)