Hello to all Struggle of Chaos fans. This is the third and final installment of the book series. I was hoping that I could publish this after the second book was finished, but my partner Paul, has been delaying the work. So in order to keep the story fresh, I decided to publish it now. In this edition, I will also provide quotes relevant to the chapter (provided by Anyway enjoy the book. I guarantee it will be the pinnacle of the series

Chapter 1: The Genesis of Terror

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.
Epicurus

Danny Chambers stood atop his balcony, enjoying the cool breeze, the setting sun, and also the daily hustle and bustle of his subjects in Noma. He felt relieved that the ancient gods of Tornal, Ra, Slifer, and Obelisk were finally laid back to rest. Tornal already lived through two wars involving divine beings. But things were different now. He could finally worry about being a father, king, and husband, instead of being a savior. And also if things ever became that hairy ever again, the Chaos soldier was now a permanent part of Danny's entourage. "Danny, Lily wants to say goodnight" said Alice Chambers while coming from her chambers, with Lily in tow of course. It was Alice's idea to name her after Danny's deceased first love. Although he agreed to the name, it panged him for that name to be mentioned so often. "Daddy, tuck me into bed" said Lily as she ran up to him and embraced him. "Sure thing honey" said Danny as he led to back to Alice's quarters. It wasn't very long before Lily was sleeping peacefully wandering into dream world. It was a good thing too. They were already running late for Madalgo's and Mana's engagement party. Lucky for Alice and Danny that Danny's protégé Lindsey was available to baby-sit. She met them on the way out. "Don't worry my lord, every thing will be fine" she said with a confident voice. "Good, I expect nothing less" said Danny as he did a small bow of respect. Lindsey bowed to a knee and Alice and Danny went on their way. Once out of sight, Siren and the other harpie sisters caught up with Lindsey. Lola, the youngest was the first to speak. "Lindsey, we checked the entire place already. All seems to be in order. Can we go hunt now?" "Okay, I and the other royal guard can take care of things here. Be back in two hours" "Right… we'll be … here" said Curtain, the middle red haired sister with some difficulty. Siren, Curtain, and Sidney didn't talk that much. Danny was still teaching them. They hated having speech mixed with screeches and squawks, so Lola did most of the talking. They flew away leaving Lindsey by herself. She decided to make a small meal before checking on Lily again.

Alice and Danny were walking to the ceremonial hall for the party, but sadness seemed to radiate from Danny. Alice was determined to get to the cause.

"Danny, we've known each other for several years now…"said Alice to her husband, who seemed deep in thought. Alice took notice of it "And yet, I still don't know much about you. How come you are so secretive with me? I don't even know your birthday" Danny continued to look straight ahead. "That's because I don't know my birthday. I don't even know who my real parents were. All I know is that I have a brother named Jacob and that Jack raised me." "What? Haven't you tried to find out?" "Shinato said he would reveal it to me when the time was right. Until then, he says that it's better that I focus on the present." Alice kept her silence after that.

Off near the plains around Flur, Demetra Novax was walking back to her small room in the church. She was tired after a long day of aiding those in help and feeling stuffy in her robes. She laughed to herself. "Gees, I do miss one thing about working for darkness. I could dress half naked and no one would care." She laughed at the thought and continued on. She had already worked off her prohibition to Shinato after he revived her after the Struggle of Chaos. That meant that she could indeed see heaven when she died. She was near the town's entrance when she noticed a man sitting on a boulder, facing away from her with his shoulder's slumped. She walked to him. "Sir, are you okay?" He only sighed and ignored her. Demetra's head felt kind of funny as if some pain was in there, but she brushed it off. "Are you feeling down? I can pray for you and maybe even get you some help in the city. Come with me." She offered him her hand. "Ah, Demetra, so nice to finally see you" said the man while rising but still facing away. "Oh do we know each other?" asked Demetra. The man finally turned around. Demetra saw that the face belonged to Danny Chambers, her beloved mentor. "Oh Danny, it's just you. What's with the mysterious charade?" she said with a giggle. "I'm not Danny…" said the man in a menacing tone. "Pardon me?" said Demetra, now getting a little wary, as she reached into her robes for sutras. "And by the way, those won't help" said the man as he reached for her. Demetra jumped back from him nimbly. "Danny, what's wrong with you?" "I am not Danny, but Danny is me." He caught up with Demetra and ripped her robes open, exposed her bare body. "You're not Danny! Be gone!" Demetra chanted an incantation and grabbed the man's face. Normally this spell would burn and destroy an unholy being. But the spell had no affect on him. "I apologize for this. If things go my way, I'll release your soul." "NO!" screamed Demetra The man grabbed her chest where her heart would be. Demetra started to convulse and then dropped lifeless a few seconds later. The man held her essence in his hand and then bottled it in a gourd like bottle. "Hey what was that scream? It came from the gate!" was the cry heard from the city of Flur. "Time for me to make my exit" said the man as ran with incredible speed off into the night. The townsfolk found Demetra's cooling corpse near the entrance. The leader grimaced at the sad sight. "Call the elder; we have bad news for Shinato…"