We're heading into some of the deepest and most evil quarters of the Dark Multiverse today. As today begins the Wonder Woman duology. Well, technically it was supposed to start yesterday, but there were some technical issues. So how does Diana of Themyscira drive Cynder into the darkness? Read on and observe…

Earth -37

(The scene, a battlefield littered with corpses, almost everyone here is dead, aside from two people. One, a humanoid figure clad in armor. The second, a familiar dragoness.)

It was supposed to be the end of war. The last battle of good and evil. But it's never that easy…

(Now we see what's going on, Cynder is fighting Ares, and with more rage than we've probably ever seen out of her. And one look to her side clarifies why. Her mentor, Wonder Woman, and her fiancée, Spyro, are among the deceased.)

You're probably wondering what happened. Well, it's actually a shorter story than you'd think. Ares had gotten his hands on the Godkiller, the sword that slayed the Titans, and his original Helm. This deadly combination amplified his powers 10,000-fold. Diana, Spyro, and I led the charge to stop him.

That was five years ago. Now the entire Amazon army, the Justice League, and pretty much all this world's heroes are dead. I am the only one left standing.

(It's at this point we get a closer look at Cynder. She's fighting using Wonder Woman's sword and shield and wearing her vambraces. And she's managing to hold back Ares pretty well, to the point where he just takes his helmet off for a second in frustration to talk to her)

Ares: How foolish are you?! Do you not see the carnage all around you?! Every other person who dared to challenge me is DEAD! What makes you think you'll fare any better?!

Cynder: (Through heavy breaths) I've observed you… these past five years. I've seen what the others did wrong. I know how to beat you.

Ares: (Throwing his helmet down in frustration) Observation alone would not save you in a thousand years! You have LOST! ADMIT IT!

Cynder: (With a devilish look in her eye) Like it or not, you just fell right into line, War God.

Ares had no idea what was coming. I was waiting for him to throw his Helm in anger. And once he did, I put my plan into action. I threw Diana's sword into his eye and grabbed the helm before he could remove it.

Ares: (Seeing his helm in Cynder's hands) You fool. You really think you can handle the power of my Helm?

Cynder: Certainly with more restraint than you did.

At that moment, I did the unthinkable. I donned the Helm of Ares. I would end this war, by becoming its goddess. As the Helm slipped around my head, it actually reshaped a bit to fit me. Then using my new immense power, I took the Godkiller from Ares, and took his head with it.

I had done it. I had ended the last war. Or so I thought. In truth, my quest was just beginning. The gods of Olympus had done nothing to stop Ares from claiming the Helm and Godkiller. They were the cause of this war. It was because of them that Diana and Spyro were dead.

And so for the next six months, I prepared my revenge against Olympus. I now had the Helm of Ares and the Godkiller in my possession, and with them, I had become the Goddess of War. But even then I wasn't strong enough to take on the remaining 11 Olympians. So I set to work collecting the necessary materials.

My first stop, the River Styx. I needed an army if I was to defeat Olympus. So I went to Charon, the ferryman, and… talked him into handing over all the coins he had been given by Amazon warriors to get into Elysium, aside from Diana's obviously. She deserved Elysium more than anyone.

With the coins in hand, I returned to my lair to finish the final steps of the plan. I melted down all the coins from the River Styx and forged them into a pair of gauntlets using Diana's vambraces as a template. Once the two were struck against each other, the souls of the entire Amazon army would be summoned forth to fight by my side.

Using any remaining melted coins and fragments of Amazon armor, I forged an impenetrable suit of armor. Even Zeus' thunder couldn't strike me down now. I took the armor, the gauntlets, and the Godkiller, donned them, tied the Godkiller to my tail, and stepped into the forge. A Goddess of War should always be ready for battle, after all. Upon exiting my forge, I donned the Helm of Ares, my Helm, and prepared to battle the forces of Olympus.

(Fast forward another six months)

(As we enter the scene, we see the Olympian gods have been slaughtered, their bodies strewn about Olympus. And as we arrive at the top, on what was Zeus' throne we see their killer, Cynder, and what she has become. We see she is covered from the neck down in black armor with red accents aside from her gauntlets which are a stark contrast of bloodied gold. Cynder's tail blade has been replaced by the Godkiller sword itself, and the Helm of Ares rests beside her, now resembling Spyro's skull with what appears to be angelic wings projecting from the eyes.)

The old gods have fallen. Olympus is now my domain. From here I reign as Goddess of all I survey. I have done what these Olympian fools could never do, I have brought this world to peace. And all it took was their deaths to do so. My trusty sword has lost it's title, since now it has become part of me, I now take it's name. I am Cynder, the Godkiller. And all who oppose me shall face the wrath of the Goddess of War.

And thus, our duology begins. Now I have read the Merciless' origin and agree that it is probably the weakest of the seven. So, I worked it a bit and think I managed to improve it. Anyways, on to last time's world number. It's simply a reference to the year Aquaman debuted, 1941. It's as simple as that. So what about this time? You'll see next week. Now how will Wonder Woman drive Spyro into the darkness? Tune in next week to find out…