-TERRARIA, YHARIM’S KINGDOM: DRAEDON’S LAB-

At the very mention of that name, Spike, Terraria’s very own version of the young drake, Yharon seemed to flinch in response. A rumble emits itself within his girth.

“I’m not proud of that… what I helped my brother do to Spike, it kills me to this very day,” The dragon said regretfully, and sorrowful.

Taking notice of the dragon's emotions, Braelor and Statis looked at each other then back to the dragon.

“Yharon… What happened that day?” Braelor inquires. “You and Spike were the best of friends... what exactly transpired all those years ago? During the Time of The Ancients?”

The dragon lowered himself to the floor, onto the drake’s stomach, as his hind legs folded against their body. Yharon’s front legs crossed before his chest region as the dragon’s wings were folded against either side of their large frame.

A moment of silence and hesitation ensued as both men looked at the dragon with anticipation. Then, the rumbling from Yharon’s mighty form calls out once more.

“I remember it like it was yesterday,” Yharon starts, swallowing a bitter taste of emotions, “I was forced to choose a side… My brother, or my best friend," He looks downward, "And by extension... the world.”

FLASHBACK:

Time of The Ancients, over two thousand years ago:

-TERRARIA-

The landscape was scorched and torn apart as two Jungle Dragons floated just above it, flapping their powerful wings. One red, and the other, gray. This was a battle between titans, and what was once a vibrant jungle teeming with plant life and greenery, is now a field of blackened ash.

“Stop getting in my way, Yharon, and let me pass!” Spike exclaims, flapping his wings, “By the Ancients, Yharim’s gone mad! He’s committed far too many atrocities, and even took Twilight by force! Who knows what he’s doing to her right now!”

“I’m sorry, Spike… but I can not allow that!” Yharon responds, also flapping his wings, “All of you… you’d easily butcher him whole, while he’s blinded by his depression. I have gotten to the point where I’m just too afraid that he’s going to meet his end!”

“He would’ve brought it on himself, my friend!” Spike retorts with a growl, “The Equinox Duo, Oblivion, Harmony, Zeus, Anubis, Odin, and many others are coming for him! We’re way past pleasantries now,” A surge of electricity surrounds the dragon’s body, “So I’ll ask you one final time, Yharon… move,” He narrows his eyes, “Or BE moved…”

A spiral of flames surrounds Yharon’s form, “Spike… you will always be my best friend,” A tear escapes from the dragon’s eyes, “But I will defend my brother to the death!”

A tear also drops from Spike’s eyes in response, “And so would I... for Twilight!”

The two dragons rushed forth as a sphere of fire and lightning crashed into one another. This causes a large shockwave which blows away the clouds and further shatters the already devastated landscape below. Above all, the roar of two mighty dragons was let loose as if it were their last.

They bit one another with powerful jaws, slashed at each other with rending claws, tails crashing on the form of their opponent with frightening force. As one unleashed their elemental ranged attack, the other would perform various maneuvers to dodge it before retaliating with their own.

“YOL TOOR SHUL!” Yharon shouts, a blast of flames hurled towards Spike.

“STRUN BA QO!” Spike exclaims, a beam of electricity firing off; colliding with Yharon’s attack. The two resulted in a sky-shattering explosion.

[BOSHOOM]

Yharon calls down entire twisters of scorching flames and throws them towards his opponent. Spike barrel-rolls to the left with a trail of electricity behind him to dodge it before flapping his wings with a powerful thrust. This unleashes multiple beams of lightning and balls of crackling thunder.

The red dragon covers himself in flames as he seemingly vanishes before Spike’s very eyes, dodging his attacks. A sudden pillar of fire appears above Spike as Yharon’s form comes crashing down upon him. Forcing Spike downward with both of his front claws, and meteors to the earth below.

“Submit, Spike!” Yharon exclaims as he holds onto the light-purple dragon’s back from above, “Or you’ll crash into the earth below.”

“I can’t! I have to save Twilight!” Spike responds, surrounding himself in another surge of lightning, “You forget what we thunder Jungle Dragons excel at, old friend!” The drake turns into a stream of electricity and zooms from underneath Yharon, to above the fire dragon, “We possess the best mobility compared to ice and fire Jungle Dragons!”

Spike covers his right claw with crackling sparks of electricity before crashing it down upon Yharon’s form, earning a painful screech from the fire Jungle Dragon.

[SKATHOOM]

A mighty crash is let loose as Yharon’s form collides with the earth, causing a local earthquake to shift the landscape. Streams of electricity flickered around the land as if it were zapped by Spike himself, directly.

The cloud of dust clears up as Yharon was laying on his back within a large crater, his gaze turning upward. Broken scales, scratches, and blood littered his form, but a sudden series of powerful steps from nearby garners his attention.

After landing onto the earth, Spike stomps over to the downed fire dragon and soon stands over him. A look of disappointment forms onto his features before he growls and shouts:

“Why did you make me do this?! You’re fighting so you can watch your brother take innocent lives! Think, Yharon!” Spike emphasizes as he pokes his head twice with a raised claw, “Yharim will kill off every last shred of life on this planet! Your brother will cause calamities that will make this world crumble to dust and blow away! Everyone and everything you know will be gone!”

Yharon grits his teeth in pain as a pleading look is shot up towards Spike who, in turn, looks away with remorse. The lightning dragon looks back down to the fire dragon and continues:

“What would you have after everything disappears?!”

Suddenly, a powerful beam of lavender energy shoots right through Spike’s body, causing blood to be spat out from his mouth. The lightning dragon falls over as absolute pain overtakes him.

Yharon’s heart was filled with sorrow and regret, but before he could rise up to aid Spike, a familiar voice says:

“Me, Spike… he’d still have me!” Yharim declares.

However, what was most horrifying to the weakened and injured Spike, even to Yharon, was when the sky above them seemed to crack as a large purple worm-like entity breached an anomaly. She who devours divine beings and ancients alike had been born on this day: Twilight Sparkle, the Devourer of Gods. A poor innocent who became corrupted, twisted into a nightmare that would end an era.

Yharim raises his hands high into the air and shouts:

“Go, my Devourer! Feast on the gods themselves, make the Ancients quiver in fear, and bring about the end of this age!”

A haunting screech is let loose by the large entity whose elongated body twists and turns throughout the sky. Then, like a predator sniffing out its prey, The Devourer suddenly lunges forth and flies through the sky as it becomes attracted to the nearby presence of other entities.

Yharon was in the process of recovering as he attempted to limp towards Spike, but a sudden call out from Yharim stopped him.

“Yharon, my brother, leave him be.”

The fire dragon turns his gaze towards the Jungle Tyrant, “Brother? W-what was-”

“That was our ascension, Yharon,” Yharim interjects as he walks past his brother and approaches Spike, “As for you, Spike. I shall turn you into one of my most useful vestiges,” He now stood mere inches away from the thunder dragon, and placed a gauntlet onto them, “After all… you’re Twilight’s number one assistant. You can still ‘assist’ her even now. But you require an... overhaul.”

“T-this… this isn’t over, Yharim.” Spike retorts defiantly, his chest rising with every breath he takes.

“You're right, Spike,” Yharim responds before chuckling, “It’s only just begun...”

A purple aura surrounds Yharim’s form as it starts to creep into Spike’s draconian frame. The lightning dragon grunts and roars in a mix of pain and discomfort. In a saddening scenario, the dragon’s body begins to morph into another entity. Gone was the once-proud dragon and what replaced him was a monstrosity, a mockery of the number one assistant to Twilight Sparkle.

“You are no longer Spike, the thunder Jungle Dragon,” Yharim says as he spreads his arms apart, “From this day forth, you are Signus, Envoy to The Devourer,” He lowers his arms, “Above the Devourer, you answer to me, and me alone. Understood?”

With a dark and echoing tone, Signus answers:

“Yes, our master.”

As Yharim relished in his new creation, Yharon’s heart was shattered to pieces, seeing his greatest friend be reduced to a monstrosity. In addition to seeing what Twilight had become. The fire dragon wept internally, absolute sorrow and regret taking over his form as he mutters:

“F-forgive me… I’m so sorry…”

“Yharon!” Yharim calls out from nearby, which garners the dragon’s attention, “Return to our forces! Lead them to battle with my blessing, I will meet with you all shortly.”

“Y-yes… brother,” Yharon responds hesitantly as he turns away and flies off into the air with a thrust of his wings.

However, as he flew further away, a trail of tears was blown into the wind as Yharon closes his eyes and says:

“I’m so sorry, Spike… Twilight…”

……….

Yharim watched his brother’s form disappear into the distance before turning towards Signus. Then, a twisting black-dark purple anomaly forms before them as it cracks the very space itself. A portal was now manifested into being, but one that could also move at free will. Nothing but a void could be seen beyond the veil.

In a shocking display, Yharim kneels before the portal and says:

“All is going according to your visions, Lord Xeroc.”

A terrifying and earth-shattering voice that could put most to shame escapes the floating portal.

“Well done, Yharim. With this, you have ensured your place as this world’s greatest savior," The maneuverable anomaly floats towards Yharim and places a dark tendril onto his left shoulder, "Terra was the one who corrupted your elder brother’s mind, Yharik, and he killed your mother because of her. Fortunately, you and Yharon put him out of his misery. My condolences for that," The anomaly removes its tendril from the Jungle tyrant's shoulder and gestures all around them, "All of this is Terra’s doing… and you will be the one to make things right.”

Yharim rises up to his full stature, “I have paid a heavy price for this world’s salvation. None of them understand... but they will, someday.”

“Indeed, Yharim. My sister carelessly plays with your lives like they mean nothing. She's trapped you all in a terrible cycle, over and over,” Xeroc chuckles, “So, what will you do now?”

The Jungle Tyrant walks a short distance away and conjures forth his weapon, “Now?” He questions, then chuckles, “I plan to show this horrible world a Tyrant’s Fury.”

-END OF FLASHBACK-

Character inventory/equipment:

Fluttershy: Statigel Armor(pony, equipped), Overloaded Blaster, Eviscerator, Crimslime Staff, Corroslime Staff, Slime Staff, Finch Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Hornet Staff, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Honey Comb(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Staff Of Necrosteocytes, Purified Jam.

Rainbow Dash: Necro Armor(pony, equipped), Star Cannon, Minishark, Eviscerator, Aquatic Discharge, Bloody Rupture, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Healing Potion, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Victory Shard, Slime Mount.

Zecora: Crimson Armor(zebra, equipped), Dune Hopper, Sausage Maker, Beenade, Tooth Ball, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Various Potions, Rocket Boots(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Sand Cloak(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Bloodstained Gloves(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Skeletron Hand.

Starlight Glimmer: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Starfury, Vein Burster, Purple Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Healing Potion, Victory Shard, Rocket Boots(equipped), Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand.

Rarity: Meteor Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Hornet Staff, Snow Flinx Staff, Ice Mirror, Blood Clot Staff, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Angel Wings(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount, Book Of Skulls, Skeletron Hand, Staff Of Necrosteocytes.

Applejack: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Orange Phaseblade, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Rope, Metal Detector, Healing Potion, Angel Wings(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, Bone Glove, Skeletron Hand.

Twilight Sparkle: Meteorite Armor(pony, equipped), Space Gun, Book Of Skulls, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Mana Potion, Ichor, Victory Shards, Aero Stone(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Slime Mount.

Pinkie Pie: Crimson Armor(pony, equipped), Vein Burster, Blue Phaseblade, Bloody Rupture x2, Aorta, Deathbringer Pickaxe, Blood Lust Cluster Axe, Metal Detector, Angel Wings(equipped), Honey Comb(equipped), Flurry Boots(equipped), Brain Of Confusion(equipped), Mana Polarizer(equipped), Bone Glove(equipped), Honeyed Goggles, Slime Mount, The Blood Butcherer, Skeletron Hand.