By Crazy beyond all reason,
Co written by Evil Hamster Mastermind
Our first Fan Fiction!
A/N: Evil Hamster Mastermind: I in no way claim these characters, plot lines, or Chronology. Most of it is from the original comic books, the rest is from a mind that is, how would you say, Crazy beyond all reason. Anyway that being said many of the details are my work, little things like dialogue and action. I apologize in advance for the brief history notes, they are important (I'm told by a "crazy" person) and I'll make them as painless as possible. P.S. I own the lap top and the lap it sits on, that's it.
A/N: Crazy beyond all reason: I own none of the characters in the story EXCEPT! For all characters from Dalibor AKA: Devlin and Tynan (Do not mess with me!) Other than that, I own nothing.
P.S. Don't read the end first, it will ruin the whole story.
Evil: You do realize that they can't, we only posted one chapter.
Crazy: Oh, Yeah, HaHaHEHEHEHE
Rise of the Dark Ruler:
Chapter 1: Rivals
Although the fact that aliens exist is widely accepted by the general public, what with Superman, Martian Man Hunter, and the numerous other costume clad extra terrestrials running around, most people remain oblivious to one particularly war torn planet known as Tamaran.
Tamaran was notorious for fighting not only other species but themselves, dividing the planet into two kingdoms, one Southern and the other Northern. Because of this nature, surrounding planets often tried to form alliances with one or both of the kingdoms. Such an alliance had long existed between Dalibor and Tamaran, until the alliance was ended by the marriage between King Thanos Raj supreme ruler of the planet Dalibor and the oldest princess of the Southern kingdom, Majidah. The alliance was severed when Majidah was disowned by the Southern Kingdom for marrying the alien king, and her younger sister Amelia was made crowned princess in her place.
Not long after the death of the King and Queen of Southern Tamaran, two princes were born, one from Majidah and the other from Amelia. Majidah's son was striking from birth having stark black hair and deep purple eyes that calmly contemplated the world around him, he was given the name Devlin Raj. Amelia's son Karras' birth was long and painful and it was realized why when the child emerged fighting and screaming, it was later said that the first thing the child touched was the sword of his father in his struggles to free himself from those helping him enter the world. Surely, he was a great warrior from birth. Karras' features were as striking as his cousins, though in contrary ways, his hair was flame red and eyes intensely green.
No love had been lost between the sisters before the birth of their children, a fact that would not change regardless of any civil behavior in public eye. Their sons were the pride of both women, beyond all question the perfect incarnation of a son to each eye around. It was no shock then when their children became another means of comparison between the two women of power, nor when the boys began to develop the competitive spirit of their mothers. Needless to say that each game between the two became a small civil war between the two nations, each victory as celebrated in their eyes as equal to a hard fought battle. It was through this competition that the boys grew and trained to be unparalleled by anyone, besides each other.
Three years after the birth of Devlin Raj and Karras the Northern Kingdom was graced with a royal child. Their joy was only diminished when their raven haired Komand'r was born with a defect, preventing her from being able to fly like a normal Tamaranian child, making her unfit to be a future ruler of her people. Their sorrow was lifted a year later when they were graced with another princess, this one without flaw with red hair and green eyes, whom they named Koriand'r. A prince was born lastly to their household a year later named Riand'r this boy had blond hair and blue eyes.
For one of the four seasons of every year, the young ruler Devlin Raj supported the alliance between the two peoples by staying with the royal house of the Northern Kingdom. The crown princess Koriand'r took to him immediately and they united against the force of spite that was Komand'r and though he was young he diligently protected the young princess from her sister. He found foiling the older princess a welcome break from the more skilled and malicious attacks of Karras. Over the yearly visits Devlin and Koriand'r became truly closer than words, aided by Devlin's inborn skill of forming a telepathic link so that even when they were separated they were aware of each other to a degree. However, Devlin was not their only annual visitor.
Karras also came to visit the Northern kingdom for very much the same reason as Devlin Raj but with a much different result. Karras had not grown out of his fighting spirit much to the delight to his parents and to the horror of any others forced to encounter him. Koriand'r had never experienced anything like him. Her sister had always tormented her but Karras seemed to take joy in her pain and took every opportunity to cause her suffering. This common interest linked the young prince and Komand'r and they often delighted in elaborate plans to humiliate her in front of others.
When Devlin Raj was sixteen Thanos and Majidah finally had a second child who looked much like Devlin but all over touched with darker overtones from the black flecks in his purple eyes to his honeyed brown skin. Though the kingdom was overjoyed to have a second healthy prince, they were troubled by the naming of this son, Tynan Raj, the meaning of which was dark ruler. Tynan Raj had no reserves in his adoration of his younger brother and as he grew older Tynan became more and more like his older brother.
The year after Tynan was born the two kingdoms of Tamaran were no longer able to stall their hostilities, and open war broke out. It was during this time that Komand'r saw the weakness of her own people and decided that now was her opportunity to gain the power that she had been denied from birth. Ignorant of their daughter's heart, Luand'r and Myand'r did nothing to conceal nothing from their oldest daughter, so that when she decided to betray her people to form an alliance with the Gordanians she had a wealth of information to exchange for her new position among them. The Gordanians armed with this information attacked with ferocity and certainty, using what they should not have known to beat the Tamaranians at every point. In an act of desperation, the two Kingdoms formed an alliance in the most sure and effective means, by wedding their two crowned heirs, Koriand'r and Karras. Due to the young age of the princess, the marriage was only effective in legal terms until she would turn sixteen years old, however, she was still forced to live in the Southern kingdom under that households headship until the time of her coming of age. Koriand'r's nature had not changed from being a sweet girlish child, nor had her appearance matured beyond that of an awkward willowy teen. Likewise, Karras had matured not only physically, but also in his methods of torment rather than nature. He had developed greatly in skill and technique, especially those pertaining to the managing and torture of prisoners. There was no end to his delight in practicing some of these techniques on the most recent addition to their household. Koriand'r became accustomed to the disappearance of her pets and would often find pieces of them among her belongings or meals. She also quickly learned to never be in a room along with Karras and his family. Without noticing, Koriand'r withdrew into herself while still projecting the same innocent and open personality that she had been known for in her younger years.
Koriand'r's only rest from this hostile world was on her visits back home which she always tried to overlap with Devlin and, recently, Tynan's visits. This restitute was to be disturbed however, when the parent's of the 'young couple' decided that it was bad for appearances for the two to be separate from one another for these long visits. So it was that Karras accompanied Koriand'r to her childhood home. Koriand'r had tried desperately to reschedule her visit for fear of what Devlin would do. She knew that his youth prevented him from sensing her emotions when she was in the Northern Kingdom but in her presence he would know everything, their close friendship making the bond far to strong to allow for any deception between them, at least not on her part. Her only chance was to mask her feelings by tapping into the boundless joy that her people were capable of, and trying to limit her contact with her dear childhood friend. She took solace in knowing that at least young Tynan, who had become much attached to her once he saw that she was friends with his beloved brother, was too young and inexperienced to get any more than a general notion of the minds around him.