As the next day rolls around Yorun leaves his room after being asked to come to the room where Sunhale had previously set up the Darkness of Otaper, as he walks in he sees Sunhale and Golanier standing in the dark room, Yorun looks around seeing the darkness move along the walls like watery tendrils he ignores them before looking at Sunhale who's approaching.

"Yorun I need you to call Onarin here" Sunhale said

"Onarin? Why him specifically?" Yorun asked

"It's simple really, I want him as one of the undead that'll come into Joaralta with me mainly due to the fact that in life he was a bandit and as such has likely been there or knows people there but if neither of those assumptions are correct, bandits are still adept at ambushing people which is basically our job there" Sunhale said getting a nod from Yorun

"Onarin make your way to the Dark Room" Yorun said telepathically to Onarin

It would only take a few minutes for Onarin to make his way to the room, walking in without a word awaiting whatever it is he is needed for.

"So what are you even going to do?" Golanier asked

"I'm going to see if undead can make use of the Darkness of Otaper by getting the magical tattoos. Not something that needs one to have magic but maybe a soul? I have no idea so best to check" Sunhale said

"It is for the best to find out, it would allow for us to rely less on you in the future plus if these tattoos are magical in nature they may conceal the fact the undead have no souls" Golanier said

"Alright, Onarin do whatever Sunhale tells you to do" Yorun said

"Of course master, I'm ready" Onarin said with his normal cold soulless voice as he turned to Sunhale

"Just stay still Onarin this will be the first time I've done this" Sunhale said getting nothing but a nod from Onarin in return

Sunhale approaches Onarin and then puts his hand on Onarins shoulder, the shadows parts around his eyes and around his hands begin to move slightly as if they were shuddering. Sunhale closes his eyes and he begins to channel the magic gifted to him into Onarin. The magic flows through Onarins body and they can all see it travelling across him like a dark river flowing through channels in his body, within a few minutes the tattoos are all across Onarins body then Sunhale moves back, the tattoos begin to move becoming less noticeable and looking far less noticeable than they did a moment ago.

"What do I do now?" Onarin asked

"Yorun I want you to go into the room across the hall, Onarin you walk up to the darkness extend your hand and request access to it in the name of Yorun but say the necromancer" Sunhale said

Yorun heads to the other room while Onarin walks up to the darkness before extending his hand.

"I request access on behalf of the necromancer" Onarin said

Sunhale suddenly feels a pull towards the darkness the shadows around his eyes force his view over at Onarin as if he were looking through the darkness in front of him.

"Access granted" Sunhale said his voice coming from both his own mouth and the darkness itself perfectly clear

The shadows then latch onto Onarins arm like hungry animals but Onarin does not react, he just looks back to Sunhale wondering what next.

"Use your hands to sculpt the fortress out of the darkness itself then focus on the room Yorun is in" Sunhale said now quite happy with himself that this has worked

Onarin does as told and he moulds the darkness before him into a shadowy sculpt of the fortress before focusing on the room Yorun resides in and the dark sculpt grows larger showing that room to Onarin. In the room Yorun stands in he notices it grow dark and a shadowy version of Onarin rises up next to him.

"Master, it worked" Onarin said

"Clearly, well done Onarin" Yorun said

"I will admit I am slightly surprised that it did, under other circumstances the person doing it requires magic so I wonder why it worked, I'll ask Reifal later. Anyway Onarin you can pull your hand away, no need to say thank you into the darkness as my people would, most using this will be undead or close allies so we don't need that decorum" Sunhale said

Onarin pulled his hand back the darkness made fortress and the room disappearing once more as if it were never there while the room Yorun stands in returns to normal, he returns to the Dark Room.

"I suppose we'll need this now correct?" Yorun asked

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"Indeed, I'll give it to you both while you Onarin go and grab some of those other undead bandits" Sunhale said getting only a nod in response from Onarin as he leaves

For the next little while they all get the tattoos and they confirm each time that they can access the darkness and each time it works just as it did with Onarin.

"Alright, I'll take Onarin and his friends to Joaralta then set up the darkness there, once thats done you can take control of one of them Yorun" Sunhale said

"I'll leave my body so I can head along as well" Golanier said

"Probably for the best if I use Azkelts soul for it we'll certainly be found since you can resist screaming from the pain" Yorun said

"Yeah true, well what's a painful few days for increased power?" Golanier said smirking

"I guess so, both you and I will get souls bound Golanier an equal amount if possible that way you can do more without me losing any of my own magic allowing for better training as well" Yorun said

"Fine by me" Golanier said as Yorun looked over to the undead bandits

"When you arrive at the city, should anyone recognise you do your best to either remember them and go along with it or convince them you do not remember so that Sunhale can try to spin a story understood?" Yorun said getting nods of affirmation in return

"Then I'll head out with Onarins group now" Sunhale said quickly teleporting away with Onarins group

The teleport takes Sunhale and the whole undead bandit group to a short while up down a road from Joaralta, they quickly begin to make their way to the city only taking a few minutes but as the city comes into view they see the significant mercenary forces at the gates meant to keep the city safe from outside forces trying to enact their will inside. Sunhale continues to approach the city with Onarins group the mercenaries on the ground at the gate approach.

"Been a bit since a new group showed up, come here for business or pleasure?" One mercenary asked

"Business though I can take it elsewhere I'm sure other cities nearby are accepting new start-up's" Sunhale said with a bit of a jokey tone getting small chuckles from a couple of the mercs

"And what do you offer to get into the city?" The same mercenary asked expectantly

"information, this little bandit group and I were up around the Gantoral region until Gantoral itself was destroyed and the war began. Been making our way here ever since which given how long ago that was you can tell has NOT been easy" Sunhale said using a blend of the truth to make it all the more believable

"Shit really? Lot of confusion of what went up there, only thing that's known for sure is two gods clashed" The mercenary said

"Yeah you humans Goddess of War as well as your God of death and Justice. They fought in mortal bodies and it seems that person who can supposedly raise the dead that rumours have been going around about? They are Raeknars chosen" Sunhale said immediately getting shocked expressions from all the mercenaries

"By the gods, you aren't kidding are you? If Raeknar has a chosen then... Gods they'll come here... Get in the city you're permitted" The mercenary said fear written across his face

The mercenaries quickly head back to the city gates with Sunhale and Onarins group following behind they open the gates and quickly allow Sunhale and Onarin into the city before closing the gates once more and barring them physically and with magic.

"EVERYONE! Into the city and let no more people inside! Raeknar has a chosen!" The mercenary's voice rings out through the streets and across the walls people quickly telling others across the city, the news spreads like wildfire sending the city into a near panic

The mercenary turns back to Sunhale and Onarins group.

"That information is more valuable to this place than anything brought in years" The mercenary said

"Eh whatever, just glad we could use it to get in" Sunhale said

"Yeah fair enough now move on, we have to prepare for what is now inevitable " The mercenary said before walking off while Sunhale turns to Onarin and the other undead bandits

"We're going to go find some place to make our base here, we'll take it from some weaker people here if you receive what would be for a normal person a mortal wound or a would take you out of the fight drop to the ground and pretend it did take you out got it?" Sunhale said receiving nods of acknowledgement from the undead bandits

Sunhale walks through the city with the bandits and much like many others in the city he scans around with magic trying to find a building with weak inhabitants to take, they eventually find a rundown building which will suit their needs, Sunhale and the undead draw their blades as they quickly break down the door and come in through the windows. The buildings current inhabitants quickly draw their own blades and engage the undead but none are a match for Sunhale so those who engage him die quickly leaving those who are fighting the undead almost relieved but now horrified by how quickly their allies were killed run off abandoning the building. The undead go to chase them but Sunhale lifts his hand.

"No point, stay here and watch for anyone coming here, I have a Pira'Kole to build" Sunhale said

Sunhale inside the building quickly uses magic to create an underground area to the building, it was easier than he had anticipated as it seems the place used to have some, something he isn't surprised by given the nature of the city. He makes a separate room in the underground lighting up the area but leaving that room in the dark, he steps in and looks around.

"This should be about right, time to see how it feels to have multiple of them active, Otaper guide my soul" Sunhale said to himself in his native tongue

The darkness around the room begins to swell and rushes like water straight to Sunhale stripping the room of the darkness as if it had been lit up while Sunhales body looking like a living shadow, soon after the darkness encompassing Sunhales body shoots away from him digging into the walls covering them once more and it changes the walls as if they didnt exist and its pure darkness, the ground has a part of it push up as a platform and Sunhale stands on it.

"Well I can feel both of them, what an odd feeling" Sunhale said as he put a hand to his chest

Sunhale leaves the room and heads upstairs approaching Onarin once he does so.

"Head down and tell Yorun and Golanier whats going on, I'll start the search" Sunhale said

"Right" Onarin said as he headed down stairs

Soon after Onarin headed down stairs two of the undead still guarding the building had their personality change as Yorun and Golanier took over the bodies and raised the bodies of those that were killed when Sunhale and the undead took the building. Yorun looks out the window before looking at Golanier.

"Well now we get to work" Yorun said as the city lives in fear of the man who has now appeared inside its walls...