(YOU WILL RECEIVE A NORMAL CHAPTER ON THURSDAY)

So where to begin here... I wanted a chapter that could provide more information on the Dusk Brigade without including the main cast of the story so I ended up creating this 'Intermission Chapter.' Anyone here who read my Shadow Gate story might remember that I had made a chapter four and a half as a break from the main story line, so think of this as something similar.

Review Time! (Not many this time due to the Intermission coming up early)

daraidiay - Sorry Clockwork has no relationship towards Danny whatsoever. If anything he sort of adopted Danny.

Fear The Fuzzy Bear - I'm very glad that you think that. This chapter will be adding a bit of the backstory of the Project in its entirety.

ShadowPillow - He is a Primordial so he has a bit of a say in the matter. After all Clockwork sort of 'adopted' Danny so he had some what of a say in the matter. As for Danny's memories, his family that he grew up knowing will be extremely downplayed in this story, with many of his memories fuzzy and hazy.

Penny Lu - The way I interpret Demigods is that they are mortals with powers, they have the potential to become gods but only when actual gods band together to 'activate' that gene in their body... Sorry I think a lot about genetics. And sorry his godly parent's name does not start with an H. Actually it's already been revealed in Phantom Spell, which is another part of Project Phantom that is further along.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that the ending author's note will have additional information clearing up many questions throughout this bonus chapter. ALSO I will explain Shadow's real name in greater detail in that note, so please keep an open mind there. Thank you and enjoy.

Chapter Intermission: The Dusk Council

Palace Of Shadows ~ Central Meeting Chamber

Current Location: Dimensional Corridors

Seven figures sat in large ornate chairs, (which would be better described as thrones), surrounding a large, circular walnut table. One full grown woman, one woman just out of her teenage years, another girl who appeared to be twelve, a large man who looked similar to the only fully grown woman, a young boy who looked exactly like the twelve year old girl, a man who appeared to be in his early twenty's, and a young man who appeared to be at the end of his teenage years. Each radiated power, and any who knew them would agree that their power made perfect sense. After all these were the leaders of the Dusk Brigade, the only trans-dimensional force capable of fighting against the Runic Order.

The full grown woman was lazing across her chair with her legs over one side of the chair while she rested her head over the other side, to any observer it would seem as if the chair was holding her bridal style. She sighed deeply before she said, "When can I let loose? I'm sick of all the inaction! I want to fight something already!"

The oldest of the group, the similar looking man, merely shook his head and replied in an even tone, "Akira, you of all people should know that we don't have nearly enough resources to mount a full attack against Serator's forces yet. As the commander of the Amethyst Legion, your job is to train the soldiers and fight for when the entire council is in agreement." The man wore a regal outfit depicting someone who knew how to look when meeting officials, though its color scheme was a bit intimidating with black as its primary color with silver accents in various places. He had carefully combed black hair and deep peaceful grey eyes.

Akira merely gave him a scathing look before she spoke. "Be quiet brother! You and the rest of Silver should keep your business to yourselves, I'm sick of all of your politics. I am a fighter, not a politician! That is your job!" Akira wore heavy black metal armor with several amethyst colored plates set into the armor decoratively. She had long black hair that was tied into a pony tail and stunning amethyst eyes. Though most attention would be drawn to the crisscrossed scar in-between her eyes.

The man in his twenty's shook his head, "While both you and Kino raise valid points, we have much more important things to discuss. Each Brigade is to keep to their own fields of expertise, we need stability if we're going to beat my older brother." The man wore a black and gold outfit with a pitch black lab coat covering it. He had snow white hair and bright golden eyes. Though quite possibly his most notable feature would be the massive scar over his right eye.

The twelve year old girl giggled and said, "Coming from the one who's only thoughts were revenge a mere year ago, eh Tatsu?" The twelve year old was dressed in what appeared to be a black kimono with beautiful ruby red trimmings. She had long black hair and playful red eyes.

Tatsu merely sighed in response before he gestured to the young woman next to him. "We've all changed in the past year Kana. I recall that you and your twin, Kaye were cowering in fear from your father when we found you." The young woman was dressed in what seemed to be light black combat armor with deep emerald green markings on it. She had bright mint-green hair and dull orange eyes, they showed barely any emotion.

Kana blushed a deep crimson as her twin brother shouted, "Shut up, Reki! You didn't even know about other dimensions a year ago!" Her twin seemed to be dressed rather casually with a black hoodie with a sapphire blue shirt and black cargo pants. He had dark grey hair and cold red eyes, he also had a blue head band that matched his shirt peeking out from behind his heavy bangs.

"Would you all please stop your bickering, we all have our own projects to return too. I still have business with Clockwork before I can finally start my own break." The last to speak up was the young man sitting in-between Tatsu and Kino. He had jet black hair and piercing red eyes, he also wore a regal black outfit with white trimmings around it. "Tatsu what is the Gold Legion's progress on Pandora's Box?"

Tatsu sighed as he ran a hand through his hair, "Other than us discovering that it is only a fragment of the real thing not much. Our box is without a doubt the original appearance of the thing but we have discovered that it lacks two core pieces of it. One being the part capable of containing evil and the other being the piece that actually contains Hope. All we really have is an empty box."

The girl beside him, previously designated as Reki, spoke up. "Well it was kept mostly unguarded in a Butei warehouse for who knows how long. At least it's not a worthless copy, right?"

The teenaged man smiled and spoke his agreement. "It really is more than we could've hoped. What about you though Reki? Has the Emerald Legion discovered anything else interesting?"

Reki groaned and said, "The usual intel regarding the upper Runic echelon remains unchanged. Serator refuses to leave his stronghold while his little lackey Vega attends to various enforcing jobs, mostly as executing disobedient citizens within the Nexus. Scott Arctic has somehow tamed a colony of Shadow Dragons, though more than likely they would turn on him if we could free them from his sadistic control. That demented Duke has recently vanished from our radar though I doubt he'll remain hidden for very long, I would advise that we take action against him soon." She paused for a moment before she continued, "His daughter Valerie Venomania has recently begun sending various raids against my Emeralds, though the majority of which are entirely unsuccessful. A few squads from Akira's Amethyst Legion would be helpful but if need be we can scrape by. As for Lyla Venoss… we still haven't located her or any more of her labs. The only thing we have found out is that she has begun mining Etherium, though how she has even found a single deposit of it remains a mystery."

Akira smiled and said, "I'm certain many of my squads would jump at the chance for some fights. I can arrange for ten squads to be ready for development. That is if the Guardian Unit isn't available again?"

Kino shook his head, "The four Guardians are still in deployment. Gale has gone missing, Flynn is searching for him, Luna has decided that she'll be joining his lordship as his backup on his vacation, and Reki has Lieutenant Phantom on assignment right now. Speaking of, how is Azealea? She's been on Remnant for a while now, hasn't she?"

Reki nodded her head. "Azealea said she wanted to conquer a portion of the underworld before she revealed herself to our potential allies."

"So she plans to significantly lower their crime rate as an olive branch then. Rather ingenious if a bit risky especially since Ventrix has so many of his corrupted beasts there."

Kana yawned before she spoke, "Moving on, the Ruby Legion's spell casters have announced that the various spell tomes that the Gold Legion has managed to recover have a great deal of forgotten magics, though a few will need to be stripped of any mention as they use corruption as its power source."

Kaye stretched a little before he spoke up next, "The Sapphire Legion has little to report other than the fact that Xyland Whitefire has designed what could potentially be our vanguard ship when it comes time to assault the Runic's headquarters. I've started sending out small teams to gather the materials needed for it."

The still unnamed man smiled and said, "I'm glad my cousin has adapted well to serving within the Dusk Brigade."

Kaye shot up ramrod straight in his chair before he said, "How does that work anyway? I mean he is an Anima and you're a pure blood right?"

"My mother's brother happened to have fallen in love with an Anima despite his arranged marriage. Though that isn't important anymore as they are all long gone now. Has he named, what no doubt is a behemoth of a ship, yet?"

He shook his head and said, "No not yet, though he is ecstatic that his designs have been approved. I doubt he has realized that he'll be naming the ship himself."

Akira grumbled and said, "That's all well and good but let's move on now. The Amethyst Legion has nothing to report other than extreme boredom. We want a fight."

The unnamed male quickly interrupted her, "Have you got anything Kino?"

The large man nodded grimly, "Bad news for the majority of us. Recent numbers of Ventrix's demons have been spreading across the Omnis and need to be contained." Akira smiled at this. "However we also need to discover the source. The old royal guard searched for him for decades but never found him. I suspect that he is hiding in a recently discovered Dimensional Cluster, as the number of corrupted forms there is staggering. Though what really concerns me there is the amount of corruption surrounding the cluster, it is likely that we'll only be able to send in a small team to take him down enough that the Corruption Fog clears up enough for us to send Akira's troops in there."

The others of the group collectively groaned at that bit of news, with the guardian squad busy, one or two of them would have to proceed with a carefully selected team in order to tackle Ventrix. Tatsu was the one to brake the uncomfortable silence, "What about the Silver Legion's various diplomatic efforts, Kino?"

Kino smiled at that, "No problems whatsoever to report. All of our various treaties are still in effect and I may have been able to reach an agreement with a particular Brotherhood."

Reki jolted in her seat, "You don't mean?" At Kino's proud grin she smiled warmly, "I've been trying to recruit those Assassin's for months now! How did you do it?"

"It'll be a joint venture. We need to help reduce the number of their enemies a bit before they agree to relay their own secrets. Though I have discovered that their so called 'Pieces of Eden' are in fact relics from before the war with the Ethereals."

Tatsu frowned at that, "Those are bound to be incredibly dangerous. Is there any Runic activity there?"

Kino shook his head, "Nothing has appeared on our radars but we're still being cautious. The Assassin's appreciate that we're able to destroy them but they'd rather keep there own intact until the pieces that their enemies have claimed have been recovered."

The unnamed man clapped his hands together and smiled broadly, "Well that is easily manageable. Does anyone have anything else to report?"

Kino looked at the man sharply, "And what of you Vortrex? Surely the Core Legion has important news as well. From what I've heard you and Akash have been incredibly active recently."

The man finally identified as Vortrex sighed and spoke exhaustedly. "Don't I know it, why do you think I decided to take a vacation? Regardless I met with one of the Primordials still alive and made a deal with him. He needed his ward to be able to access all of his powers without tearing his body apart, so we've been working some ancient magic to adapt his body for it. Part of the solution resides in allowing him to be taught about his more adaptable power, while another part is adjusting to his home dimension. Which I might add was entirely Clockwork's fault. The last part is an artifact that was lost when the shadow city Azarath disappeared. Clockwork has a connection to it that we'll be making use of. After all is said and done there, the Gold Legion will be excavating whatever remains of it."

Tatsu grinned, "No doubt those texts will be useful. Where is Akash anyway? He's usually here for these meetings."

"Akash has decided to personally oversee the boy learn to use his adaptable power. He hasn't exactly told me why, but we can manage ourselves without his knowledge all the time."

Akira looked at him bored and said, "What about your vacation? Where are you planning to go anyway?"

Vortrex looked a little annoyed and said, "In all honesty it has turned into a working vacation. I'll be bringing some Gold Legion members with me to establish a base and manage it while I explore the surrounding area and try to relax. Hopefully with Luna coming as well, I might actually get to do that. As for where I'm going… It's a small Earth replica with nothing too distinctive about it. Though it has a good position within the corridors as a staging point against the Runic."

Kaye looked at him skeptically as he said, "Don't you think there would be some Runic there then?"

"Believe it or not, the dimension seems to be utterly void of Shadow Energy. If there are any there than they probably won't be much of a problem to deal with."

Akira grinned wickedly at him before she responded, "Don't jinx yourself there boss. Who knows you might end up fighting someone as strong as yourself there."

Vortrex looked at her despairingly as he spoke. "I'd like to try not to worry Akira. But we'll be prepared regardless. After all I'll be taking a few platoons from each legion in order to build up this base." At the others groan Vortrex smiled and said, "With that our meeting is adjourned and you're all free to return to your own business."

Okay first things first. Shadow or as his name really is Lord Vortrex Tarris was a character I created eight years ago before I adopted the name as my pen-name. He was the first fully fleshed OC I ever created and I wanted to bring him back with the original name that I've come to love so much. This is NOT a self-insert he was originally created as a character from Kingdom Hearts but I've adapted him into being a Shadowkin. So please disregard that the character has the same name as my profile.

Next the Dusk Brigade is divided into seven legions.

The Core Legion: The Elite group of the Brigade sent out for various missions across the Omnis. Leader: High Commander Lord Vortrex Tarris. Identified Members: Akash Drocer, Gale Kimball.

The Gold Legion: This group specializes in R&D (research and development) as well as archaeologists and historians. Leader: Commander Tatsu Takata. Identified Members: Rin Tokumi, Amalia Rotzenburg.

The Silver Legion: The politicians of the group with sole access to the Dusk Brigade's heavy weaponry. Leader: Commander Kino Striker. Identified Members: Flynn Magnus

The Amethyst Legion: This legion contains the vast majority of the Dusk Brigade's soldiers and warriors. Leader: Commander Akira Striker.

The Emerald Legion: Assassin's, Spy's, and Recon units are what comprise this portion of the Brigade. Leader: Commander Reki Hinamoto. Identified Members: Lieutenant Azealea Phantom.

The Ruby Legion: Magic and Sorcery is this legions repertoire. Specializing in any event surrounding the arcane. Leader: Commander Kana Hokai. Identified Members: Luna Frost

The Sapphire Legion: This legion encompasses many of the Brigade's support groups. Mechanics, Architects, Medics, and more is what makes up this group. Identified Members: Xyland Whitefire.

Now to explain a few of the terms I used that may seem unfamiliar.

Forces are split into three different elements when looking at the Shadowkin. Light, Dark, & Corruption. Both Light and Dark could be used as either good or evil. While Corruption is purely evil. This concept will be further expanded upon when I begin the Kingdom Hearts story that I have planned. Though that one is a long time coming.

Dimensional Corridors is the plane of existence that is between dimensions. Only those with Shadow Energy can exist in this area without repercussions.

A Dimensional Cluster is where multiple dimensions are tied together and exist together. An example would be Danny's home and the Ghost Zone. Or Kingdom Hearts in general as those are multiple worlds that are connected.

A Corruption Fog is dense concentration of corrupted energy that can be poisonous to any creature attempting to pass through it in large numbers. Think of it as a poisonous mist similar to that of Miasma in InuYasha.

The Omnis is my interpretation of the Multi-Verse. I wanted my own title for it so that's why it is named what it is. For those of you who don't know, The Multi-Verse theory is that there are multiple universes where every possibility can happen. It is a theme that has recently picked up a lot of involvement. DC Comics has used a variation of it, Kingdom Hearts is a version of it as well.

Now for the Runic Order. They are the main antagonists of the Shadow Wars series. And trust me when I tell you that some of the stuff that I've come up for them is seriously messed up.

The grand leader is Serator Takata, he is Tatsu's older brother and the one primarily responsible for the massive civil war currently occurring.

Vega Daino is his right hand man and is a former human, though exposure to corrupted energy's has made him into an obedient soldier of Serator. He used to be Reki's classmate.

Scott Arctic is in simple terms a poacher. Though he enjoys sending his beasts out to hunt normal people in large urban environments watching the panic as his beasts tear them apart.

Duke Victor Venomania is the Runic's main slaver, and sadly he believes that he is the Omnis' gift to all women. He has captured numerous people as slaves, whether for working the Order or for his personal collection.

Valerie Venomania is Victor's only legitimate child. She has an extremely unhealthy obsession with Tatsu Takata and holds a demonic grudge against Reki Hinamoto as Reki and Tatsu are dating. She commands many of the Runic soldiers.

Lyla Venoss is a scientist. One that takes extreme pleasure in experimenting and torturing others. Her crimes against basic living rights are insurmountable and she has been labeled as a high priority target, ranking even above the leader Serator himself. She disappeared soon after the Dusk Brigade was formed though her experiments are occasionally seen on the battlefield. So she is known to still be active. Vortrex holds a grudge against her the murder of his parents and attempted experiments on his remaining family.

Whew that was a hell of a lot of information on the Shadow Wars I've given you all. As well as many hints to the various stories that I have ideas for. I'd love to hear any questions anyone has as I'll answer them all to the best of my abilities. So leave your reviews and tell me what you all think of the madness that is my mind. Questions that require either private or immediate answers will be given out in PM's where as others will be addressed in the next chapter.

(Did not expect this to be so long, but oh well 3677 words ought to be pretty nice for you all.)