Black Iron Event

The **Black Iron Event** was the final event of the Dominion of Iron Crisis. The calamitous terraformation resulted in an innumerable amount of destruction in the Multiverse and an immense loss of life.

## Background

For several decades, the cosmos had been left severely unbalanced spiritually due to the occurrence and aftermath of the crises surrounding the NoHeads. Many spiritual areas across the universe had become tainted, while old traditions to appease otherworldly entities were abandoned and forgotten. This enraged many throughout alien galaxies, allowing the Umbralord, the demonic representation of darkness, to grow increasingly stronger as he fed off their negative energy. Despite having been detained in the Cage of Eras following the Battle of Bast Castle and the Brightening, the Umbralord was still sufficiently influential to directly influence both the cosmic and terrestrial realms, in spite of the incredible humiliation he suffered from the S.M.S.B. Starting around 2069, many of the Ironers became unruly and began openly assaulting humanity at various locations across the globe. The number and aggressiveness of rogue Ironers grew dramatically as time passed, allowing their lord, the Iron Godking, to gain more power.

During the Hallowed Festival of 2072, the Iron Godking, assisted by his daughter Xerxes, manipulated Morgan into assisting him in opening a barrier into the Multiverse, though after she discovered her new mentor's true motives, namely to free the Umbralord, she refused to assist him in traveling the Multiverse. A series of skirmishes erupted around the Membrane Sphere and subsequently, the Iron Godking used a once forbidden contact to gain enough free reign over the cosmos to begin terraforming it with iron.

## Event

At long last, the Iron Godking was left with no one to stop him from beginning the process of terraforming the entire Multiverse, generating mounds of iron to dominate an untold number of constructs and infrastructure well above planetary levels. In the process, he transmuted the Cage of Eras into a hollow iron shell, so it was no longer suitable to hold the Umbralord. As millions of universes began evolving into his image, he returned to the encampment within the Membrane Sphere where the heroes were being held hostage. He entered the bunker and began to explain how the cosmos was already being made into something new, when Xerxes walked in and revealed *her* ultimate goal: to fuse with the Umbralord and become a dark source of balance. Despite her brother's pleas to turn back, Xerxes still intended to continue with her plan.

## Aftermath

Catching up to the Iron Godking, Superquack questioned him until Xerxes revealed that she would fuse with the Umbralord herself because she had been in love with the demon for a long time. The Lumiking found them, and Xerxes diminished much of his power and triggered a thought bomb to massacre several angelic guardians before fully merging with her subject of infatuation, preparing to revolutionize the Multiverse. Superquack dueled the Umbralord to a stalemate, but Xerxes over-exerted her new powers and perished. The Iron Godking furiously pronounced himself the mortal enemy of both cosmic counterparts. The Lumiking assaulted him, but the Umbralord protected him. He then spoke to him alone, and upon his return announced that both cosmic beings would go their separate ways. The Separation of the Divinities had begun, reflecting Ora's words. The Iron Godking made amends with Superquack and Morgan, promising to atone for his wrongdoings. Morgan, being extremely forgiving and compassionate, promised that once she and Superquack took care of business, she would be happy to become his pupil again, on one condition: she expected him to make amends with Joey and tell him from his own lips what his daughter had kept secret from the both of them. The Iron Godking obliged, and he and Morgan disappeared into the Earthly Plane while Superquack went his own way with Captain Obvious and Macroburst.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Superquack: Focal Point*