Castle of the Dead

(Coming from the library of the Organization castle, as Midnight)

After fleeing the Castle, Midnight found a seemingly abandoned tower. Unfortunately it was not. An elderly wizard currently resided their, working on new and fascinating spells. Unfortunately for him, Midnight really wanted this tower and everything inside.

"What are you doing here?" asked the elderly wizard.

"I'm in the market for a lair... Interested in selling." his tone dripped with poisonand his gaze dark enough to freeze a fearless warior in their tracks.

"No. I'm not. Leave." demanded the wizard. The next second he was on the floor, covered in blood.

"Pity. Oh well."

Midnight chuckled lightly. He opened one of the books he had nabbed at the library and began to skim for the spell he was searching for. His eyes lit up when he found it.

"How to find and command a Lich." he spoke aloud. He read the rest silently. He already had an idea on the Liches he desired. He stopped. Is Liches a word? Or is it like 'moose' where the singular and plural were the same?

He shook his head violently, cursing himself silently. Annoying distraction. He reread the incantation. "Alright... A hunting we will go!" he smirked as darkness took him.

(For anyone who reads this, my next post will have him returning with the Liches, and having a flash back at how he found each one.

Midnight faded into existence, followed by a creature wearing blue robes with sleeves to the floor.

"I still can't believe you found my name!" cried the creature. His skin was blue, and alien, his eyes glistened like the night sky. "Not only that, but you have my Phylacetry!" screamed the beast. His mouth didn't move, sense the communication was telepathic.

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Midnight arrived at the palace of 'The mage of ten-thousand faces' with the knowledge he got from one of his old friends. Luckily, Lich must serve you if you know their name... their true names. Their phylacetry, the item thay holds their life force, would help to. He had both.
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"Well, your old friend, Miasamai, knew your name. I had to kill her for the ring though." he said, the sliver of gold shining on his finger.

Midnight faded back to darkness, in search of his next servant.

A Dark, humaniod shadow seemed to Dance on the walls of the castle. The shadow continued to move about, taking time to stop in each room before continueing, as if stopping to glance around. Anyone who glanced close enough could see this was no ordinary Heartless Shadow, but Anti-Myth, who had wondered here on Accident, or Perhaps fate, Drawn to Midnights power.

Midnight reappeared, followed by a large orc like creature. It didn't look happy.

"I won't serve the likes of you!" it bellowed.

"You don't have a choice." said Midnight as he held up a golden bone encrusted with rare jewels. He the let his dark power flow through it, attacking the orces life force. "To think I took you from the pits of Orcania for this disrespect... what..." he looked up to see a heartless. That resembled what could be considered anti-myth. It was anti-myth. "Well hello..."

The twisted creature reformed itself, standing on the ceiling. It looked down on Midnight, and kept it's distance. Guessing there was no harm, it simply waved at the other. In it's own form of mental speech, it spoke to Midnight. It's voice held no sound, and sadly, it knew only one letter. "M."

"M?" asked Midnight confused. Apparantly not all heartless retain their intelect. This one obviosly obtained very little. The humanoid heartless held up the bone and sent an order to the orc, "Go to the dungeon and wait. I'll retrieve you when your needed." and the orc, grudgingly, obeyed.

"So anti-Myth... what brings you here?" he asked, wondering why he even bothered.

Anti-Myth tilted his head in confusion. He wondered why this heartless was so quizzical. What was wrong with the simple desire of devouring the hearts of others? Unable to speak much at this time, Anti-Myth manipulated the shadows to spell out a few words. "Stop Impulse" He had on one wall, and "Unlock Potential" Was on another.

Midnight stood with a confused look on his face. He sighed. "Just don't break anything... and stay away from the doppleganger and the orc... The big guy and the silver skinned guy... THEM!" he said ponting to them just as they appeared. He didn't know why he had such a sudden outburst. He sighed and faded back into the darkness.

Quite a while later he arrived followed by two figures. A floating black cloak and a beutiful young girl.
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The first of the two new lich was known as the reaper of the Himalayas. Midnight found him, when he still had a body, and cornered him on a volcano.

"Theres no where to go. I know your name and have the medallion that you used to transform. Now come!" he commanded. The lich took a step towards him, then stopped.

"I'll never serve you!" he screamed, leaping into the volcano. Midnight sighed, and was going to walk away, until the discarded cloak that was on the ground from the battle that had ensued began to hover.

"What... I'm a ghost... But how?"

"Doesn't matter... your coming with me."
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The spirit still smelled of the volcano.

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The next one was known as the serpent queen of Tokyo. She was a Yaun-ti witch who manipulated emotion. SHe willingly came along once Midnight Found her name and her phylacetry.
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"So... who is this little fellow?" she asked petting anti-Myth on the head kindly.

Anti-Myth rubbed his hand against her touch as she patted him, much like a pet. He was trying to overcome his weird convulsions. Perhaps this heartless could help.

"Serpent Queen, come... we have clan conquering to plan." Midnight laughed as he and the four Lich were transported to the dungeon. Whether or not Anti-Myth tagged along Midnight didn't care.

When they found themselves in the dungeon, Midnight explained he would give them new names based on their powers, to make it easier on him and so they could fit his plan.

"Alright... Doppleganger you will be called 'Michael the Mind' " he explained, moving to the orc, "Bartholamew, the Body." then the ghost, "Solomon, the Spirit." and finally the yuan-ti, "And you, will be "Hannah the Heart." he then looked around the dungeon, wondering if Myth's heartless had followed.

"If you would be so kind, Anti-Myth, please keep my soldiers between the two of us, yes?"

((just a refresher course: Dopplegangers in their true form look almost alien. They have the power to read peoples minds to change their shape, voice, and personality to perfectly mimic someone that their victim knows. Only certain spells and artifacts can see through his deception. Riddles won't help either, because if you know the answer, they can take it right from your mind.

Orc Mages are powerful in combat and magic. Much smarter than average orcs, they are adept at spells that increase their power and reattach lost limbs.

Ghosts, they're easy. They're spirits of the dead.

Yuan-ti are serpentine huans that are very powerful spell casters. They can change into a human form, a demon snake form, or a regular snake. ))

Anti-Myth followed, and when he saw this person plotting hostile takeovers, he wasn't at all worried. He wasn't favorewd amoungst the Organization, and wouldn't mind causing a little trouble for them. Anti-Myth simply nodded when Midnight spoke to him, and in fact, encircled around the Four Lich. If there would be a heartless army, he wanted in.

Midnigh smiled evilly. He knew what Anti-Myth wanted. And he was happy to oblige.

"Anti-Myth... If you want to help, gather a few of your hertless friends, I'll get a few of mine, and I can probably get them to boss or semi boss level..." Midnight laughed as he imagined the clans facing againsnt a few of his creations. "If Benitaro thinks he can raise a heartless... Wait til he sees what a true heartless can do... Particularly one of my skill." he laughed evilly. He then started to ponder if Heartless Benitaro would want to join the revolt. With a bit of persuading he could be a very valuable ally. Midnight laughed and sent a shadow with a message to find said heartless.

Killing your other half? It was an interesting thought, one that Benitaro's heartless had poured much time and effort over. Not merely because there might be a time when he himself might have to kill his Nobody in order to gain Kingdom Hearts, but also because he knew that there might be a time when Nobody Benitaro would try to kill him. Although both of them wanted the same thing they ironically stood in each other's way, however killing his other half before the completion of Kingdom Hearts and the final touches on the throne the heartless would take would be stupid. Beyond that though, there was some strong instinct which led the heartless away from killing his own body, perhaps it was a remnant of his previous will to live, or maybe it had something to do with the connection of the heartless and the nobody.....who knew?

This Benitaro's appearance was nothing like his counterpart's. Where his other half merely opened a silent door and walked through, the darker half of Benitaro came in with a large display. Without warning a giant pillar erupted from the ground and rose to the ceiling with a thunderous roar. Although it did no actual harm it still left an impression on most people. Suddenly the pillar dispersed as quickly as it came and within it stood a man with Spike brown hair and white tips on the ends pushed slightly upwards. He was wearing a long and torn black trench coat with an open white button up shirt beneath it. Around his neck lay a large medallion in the shape and color of the heartless emblem. His pants were black jeans and he wore black leather boots as well, however the most distinguishing feature about his legs were that there where chains wrapped around his right ankle and shin, stopping just far enough below the knee to stop from sacrificing flexibility. A large tear ran up the back of his other leg, stopping just below the knee as well. Finally he had his right ear peirced with a black diamond.

Slowly a grin came to the heartless's face. Revealing beneath it teeth that seemed almost inhumanly white, but not in a lustrous way. Rather they paled like ashes. As he lowered his shoulders slightly and walked towards the two other heartless they could probably note that his posture wasn't just relaxed but completely slack. It was as if he saw absolutely no threat in coming here at all, which of course he didn't.

"Interesting," He said in an amused tone, "You desire to cause chaos in the clans." Although he had not, in some omnipresent manner, heard any of the conversation before he arrived that much was stated within the invitation he had received.

"Well, I have no problems with that much, however...." His voice trailed off as he directed his eyes towards Midnight, crossing his arms. His smile did not fade, neither did his amusement which only he could understand. "Make no mistake, I'm not a powerful heartless. I am the king of heartless. Now then, what plans of chaos did you have in mind?"


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Somewhere within the clans worlds, Benitaro's nobody sneezed.

If he had a mouth to grin with, Anti-Myth would be split in half by his smile. He conjured forth an Angel Heartless, Being only two wings, a clear, almost crystaline obalisk body, with the only black thing on it being the insignia. Anti-Myth bowed to both Midnight and the newcomer, but not out of respect, but to show that he himself was a Force to be Reckoned with. Somehow, though, he'd have to convince them to Spare his nobody. For some disturbing reason, Anti-Myth grew attached of his other half.

"Very well, King of the Heartless." Said Midnight with a formal bow. He then walked over to the two heartless and grinned.

"What I am planning is a war. A massive army of heartless to rival the war of Ten Thousand Heeartless fought in Radiant Garden. What would be rquired would be to amass a massive army of Heartless. That shouldn't be to difficult. Then we will get a few representatives from the clans. If we're lucky the fallen will join our ranks as Heartless. Oh and Anti-Myth... If word were to leak to Myth about this he might join... and build the common goal of Nobodys and Heartless. Thats just a perk though. The real goal is to completely conquer the clans..." he paused as he imagined heartless as far as the eye could see. The thought would have warmed his heart had it not been frozen by darkness.

Midnight then motioned to the four lich and led H. Benitaro over to them. "these are the elite... Other then us three they are the most powerful soldiers in this army we are going to amast... I'm even developing a way to combine their might with the powers of darkness." he explained. He then stepped over to the desk at which he was sitting earleir. "If you have no questions, I'll send out the invitations." he smiled coldly. He then chuckled evilly as darkness transformed the palace into the ultimate fortress of darkness.

Anti-Myth was confused. If Myth would help in conquering the clans, it would go against his goal entirely. Anti-Myth wasn't sure, but he was positive that Myth wouldn't agree to this, and he made certain to keep that much to himself

Benitaro eyed the other heartless with a sort of curious boredom. Although he knew what this heartless was planning, more or less, he really couldn't bring himself to honestly care who was fighting beside him at this point. However once he was led to the Lich's a smile spread across his face and he licked his lips. He seemed somewhat interested in these four, although the reason was left up to interpretation.

"Is that so? I guess things might be somewhat interesting then." The heartless said with an excited tone. However the reason for his excitement wasn't so simple as wanting to fight along side these undead, or anything of that sort.

H. Benitaro thought for a couple of minutes, wondering what the best course of action would probably be. Merely gathering an army of heartless wasn't enough for a fun war, it needed something more. It was due to this that Heartless Benitaro was in the mood to make a few suggestions. Like, for starters, actually have a goal in sight rather than just sending waves and waves of heartless after the others. Well, he already knew what the goal would be, every other heartless should have known as well.

"We need to go after the heart of each world. Don't foolishly send your heartless out to worlds as an army, instead send out some scouts to find the heart, then send out the main force to invade and overrun the enemy so that we may reach the heart and devour it, thus sending the world into ruin. Through this we not only gain large hearts but we will also gain a world to rule in the darkness."

Of course this was all part of a larger plan, since the heartless was currently seeking something out. Within the dark world lay the item of his desire, the heart of all worlds. In order to obtain it without the help of 7 Disney characters he would have to send multiple worlds into darkness. However this plan benefited the others as well, since it made a much more interesting battle.

(Seriously though, the battle would take place in the clan worlds. Within each world the heartless would search and find the heart, then we and some boss level heartless appear and battle those guarding the heart. If we win then we proceed to the heart, if they win we get pushed back and must leave the world. o-o)

(Good idea... I did not think of that... I must edit the RP post... buh-bye)

((I'll look into this when I'm mot so pressed for time))

((Okay if your looking for hearts Kawazoe Kazuko why did you come to my castle? There may be hearts but their of the living dead...))

((This is a different castle.))

((Yes, I do believe this castle is unnamed yet. Sorry Kagu, but you took a wrong turn at Albequrque. Or, how ever it's spelt...))

((LOL! Sorry boys. My bad... Well i guess i'll talk at you all later.))