Thread:Argali1/@comment-26084195-20160508220847/@comment-26084195-20160509023444

Well, one ends as Ariel and Sss'ra, desperate to stop Vladak, commit all of their remaining forces to lay siege to Onyx. As they do so, however, Vladak casts the Spell of Mastery and drains the power from both of them, as well as Tlaloc. With his power tripled and their power gone, he smashes their armies and brings all of Arcanus and Myrror under a blanket of permanent night. All life on Arcanus and Myrror is bent to his will, and hundreds of people are sacrificed to him each week. Each world becomes a festering land of darkness, where the undead and other dark creatures stalk the shadows beyond the city walls. He rules through fear, until eventually nobody remembers anything but him ruling, and they come to adore him. Yet he never achieves his one true goal, and remains cold and alone on his black throne for all eternity.

The alternate ending? Same, but Ariel and Sss'ra manage to break into Vladak's fortress and interrupt him before he can cast the spell. Ravashak, Mortu and Vladak duel Sss'ra and Ariel, until Ariel manages to get through to Ravashak and show him the light at the last second. Ravashak turns on his erstwhile father and Mortu and Ravashak destroy each other. Vladak, with a haunting wail of despair, steps through a crackling black portal and vanishes from Arcanus and Myrror forever. It takes a very long time for the world to heal after the blight of Vladak, but Sss'ra and Ariel manage it, and she finally creates the world of peace and understanding she had always hoped for. Yet there was one thing that haunted her till her death. Amidst all of the rage and anguish in Vladak's red eyes as he left Arcanus, there was a glimmer of something far more disturbing:

Regret.