"This useless thing," Dardanos spoke quietly as he let the mirror that hung onto a chain around his neck fall to his chest. The mirror was blank, holding no reflection of the room. Just a dark grey color covered the glass as the tall, dark figure walked towards a wall that opened a small hole for him to see out of. Looking over the landscape that was peppered with ruins of old buildings and rotten remains of long dead inhabitants, the Ciarduh ruler cast a look of annoyance towards the twilight, "Your continued efforts to stop my rising are starting to wear thin on me." He spoke to no one as a surge of power pulsed through his body, making his eyes dart out towards the horizon in the direction of a group of wraiths that had returned to his kingdom. He could feel their presence as they crossed over into his darkness and in just a few short moments he appears on the outskirts of his territory to meet with them.<br/><br/>As the dark master appeared before the wraiths, fear shot through each one of them as they began to report their findings.<br/><br/>"My lord," one began to speak hastily, "we have the information you were..."<br/><br/>Before the wraith could speak any more, Dardanos had approached him and placed his hand over his mouth, "Silence," he commanded in a stern voice as a dark fog escaped from the pores of his hand and moved to cover the wraiths head. The dense smoke entered the minions head through its eyes and began to pulsate as if it were draining something from within the slave's head. This whole ordeal lasted a few seconds, afterwards the wraith spoke no more as it stood perfectly still in the upright position, ready for its next order.<br/><br/>Dardanos closed his eyes as the smoke was absorbed back into his body and all the information his servant had was given to him. A deep frown marked his face as he looked upon the other minions. "You may go." He waved his right hand and all the wraiths that had been standing around him disappeared instantly, save for the one that stood lifelessly after the transfer of information. Fog once again began to seep from his pores but from his entire body before engulfing the wraith that began to walk away from the kingdom of Ciarduh.<br/><br/><div><hr style="height:2px; width:100%; border:0; color: white;background:white;"/></div><br/><br/>It did not take long to reach Argus, the once proud kingdom of light that had been destroyed in the wars between them and Ciarduh. Thanks to having spent countless years marching to and from battles, Dardanos knew of many shortened and often secret passages that royal families and other important figure-heads would use to travel discreetly. What would take weeks of traveling through mountain or forest terrains may take only half as long or even just a few days with the secret passages. Since the destruction of the great kingdom, the many wards and spells that would have otherwise obstructed a being of darkness to enter have otherwise lost their magic, allowing for Dardanos or any of his stronger creatures to pass through with relative ease.<br/><br/>The wraith that was guided by Dardanos had finally reached the catacombs of the crystalline castle that had housed the family of Argus for many generation before being wiped out by the dark master's powerful army. Many of the hallways that made up the catacombs were connected in such a way that would make the best adventurers get lost fairly easily. There were no threats of ghouls or spectres to be worried by, save for the single one that was walking through now, but the place still had its dangers; traps, falls, dead ends. This was no bother to Dardanos, however, as he knew where he was going and how to get there.<br/><br/><div><hr style="height:2px; width:100%; border:0; color: white;background:white;"/></div><br/><br/>The meeting had already started and its members already giving their opinions on the matters that are being discussed. Unknown to those that were present, however, Dardanos had been hearing the entire thing as he hid within the shadows of the castle. As Hydrus, the Prince of Cordelia, finished speaking the entire room began get dark as a cold draft began to sweep around. Guards outside the meeting hall's doors ran in with weapons at the ready as the darkness ate up every source of light available. They watched as the darkness concentrated in the hallway that met with the meeting room, shaping into the form of a giant warrior clad in thick, dark armor. The guards both swung their swords at the ghastly beast that was forming in front of their eyes but the metal moved right through the figure as a deep dead howling noise started to come from it. A few moments later the wraith that stood before the guards was lifted into the air and ripped apart by dark tendrils that escaped from its body, revealing another figure standing where the destroyed creature once was.<br/><br/>"So this is what the rulers of the kingdoms do in their spare time," Dardanos began mockingly as he walked into the meeting room, "come to destroyed kingdoms and plot War against their rightful master. Tsk tsk tsk." He shook his head while he slowly moved up to the table, looking around at each member of this meeting, stopping before the dragon pyromancer.<br/><br/>"Ahh the great ruler of Pyralis," he gave the draconian leader an inviting look, "are you forgetting the last time your kingdom decided to interfere with my destiny or are you foolish enough to let the rest of your kind fall to me?" Without waiting for an answer he moved on and looked into the eyes of his target, "Princess Eira..." he flicked the mirror that hung from his neck "...or I guess I should be addressing you as 'Queen' Eira."<br/><br/>Shaking his head, he broke his gaze from the Eira and looked back upon the group as a whole before noticing the guards that were closing the gap between them as if they were prepared to strike again. Dardanos brought his hand up and waved it at them as if to go away, "Do not worry yourselves, I am not here fight nor am I capable of fighting. What you see before you is just an image of myself, not my physical body for it is not yet capable of leaving my kingdom yet, but it will be soon and on that day this world will become mine. This is an invitation to those who wish to join me to do so now and a warning to those who seek to oppose me. You do not need to interfere with something that is beyond you. This world belongs to me. Your kingdoms are mine by right."