Secret Chambers
Recently, I've been exploring various places in the World of Light, trying to see if the Light creatures I discovered are appearing here as well. Fortunately, it seems that those creatures are currently confined to the World of Darkness, existing only on various small, uninhabited planets as well as on the sun-exposed side of the main planet.
However, I've discovered something else that may be useful in the future. Deep beneath the main hallways of Disney Castle lies a vast network of catacombs, apparently abandoned for hundreds of years--long before the reign of the current king, Mickey the Second, began.
Perhaps even before the reign of his now-dead father, Mickey the First, who ruled there before.
I'm not sure who built the catacombs, or what their purpose originally was, but it seems that now they are only inhabited by various insects and other small creatures. No Heartless lurk in those halls, thanks to the artifact stored within the castle above that prevents beings of Darkness from entering, and it seems that no Nobodies have teleported their way in, either.
In fact, it doesn't seem that any intelligent life of any kind has been there for many years... which makes the other contents of the catacombs even more mysterious.
In some rooms, there are entire shelves filled with old books and scrolls, most of which are still in fairly good condition due to not being disturbed in so long. Banners hang on the wall, their cloth rotted away from age and whatever was once displayed on them no longer visible. Occasionally the familiar emblem of Mickey's royal family, a stylized mouse head, is visible on one of them, but there are also other symbols--symbols I have never seen before.
One part of the catacombs, closer to the castle itself than the rest, seems to be some sort of very large tomb. Judging by the engravings that aren't completely obscured by the dust yet, this is the resting place of Mickey's ancestors, going back at least seven generations. Further on, down a long hallway, is another tomb--this one by itself, not sharing a room with even a single other grave. This is possibly the tomb of the very first king to reside here, a man whose name is long forgotten.
But perhaps the most interesting room in the catacombs is one many hundreds of feet below the surface, seperated from the rest of the catacombs by a caved-in passage--of course, a purely physical roadblock like this was no problem for me in my current state.
In this room, there is a large scroll rack. Above it is a simple label--written very clearly in large, black letters--in the old style of writing that the people of this kingdom used long ago.
"Scrolls of Darkness."
What secrets do these scrolls contain, and why are they hidden so deep below the castle? They cannot be magical scrolls containing the power of Darkness, or the magical Cornerstone of Light located above would prevent them from being placed here--so what are they?
Do they contain instructions for using the Darkness, methods once used long ago that were forgotten in favor of the more destructive, Heartless-controlling ways that most of the current Darkness-users prefer?
Or are they something else entirely? A legend, perhaps? Or... a lost account of ancient history?
Lexaeus, who has always been a scholar of history, will surely be interested in this discovery if that is the case. Vexen, too--regardless of their contents, these scrolls are sure to contain some knowledge that is lost to the current generation.
I'll have to bring the two of them here with me, if I ever manage to regain a physical form somehow.