Dark Side of the Universe

The Dark Side of the Universe is a location in the Crusaders of the Constellations novel, which serves as the home and prison of the Devourer of Worlds. In Journey to the Dark Side of the Universe, the heroes went there to defeat the Devourer of Worlds, only for the serpent to use the Negating Fog of them and escape to Earth.

## Description

Behind an obsidian portal with strange symbols carved on its sides lies a place full of horror and devoid of life. This is the universe's dark side, home to lots of monsters and the Void Serpent ruling over them. It was discovered by the Star Crusaders in Pre-fall Aether World, during the reign of King Kepler. Even if warned that one day, the Void Serpent's appetite for worlds would grow out of control, the Star Crusaders who allowed the Void Serpent to live decided not to intervene whenever it ate a world fallen to corruption, while the rest rescued as many people as they can from the creature before it eats up one.

Somewhere along the way, the Void Serpent, now called the Devourer of Worlds, led his monster armies to devour worlds and dimensions, only to be fought by King Lykaion and his son, who was King Athos's father. They retreated to their castle while the Devourer and his monsters went back to the dark side.

During the time King Athos came of age, he and his father went to the dark side of the universe, and as soon as the Devourer of Worlds emerged, both father and son, and the surviving Star Crusaders gave their all to defeat it. It was like the one his dad and his grandfather fought in, but more serious, as the Serpent and his monster armies destroyed the buildings the Aether World Civilization had. Then, the Devourer told Athos's father that even if he sealed him away, he will return and consume all the worlds. Athos's father uttered the prophecy to him. In anger, the Serpent fought with him and Athos. The Devourer saw him and tried to finish him, but his father jumped in front of him and shielded him from the Devourer's attacks. An angered Athos finally ended the war by using a technique that reduced the Void Serpent into a black mist, halving his power, then sealing him and his armies away in the dark side of the universe. His father saw this and told the son that he's worthy to inherit the throne and was cared for until his death.

### Present Day

From Journey to the Dark Side of the Universe to Renewed Hope, Ranald and his class were brought to the Dark Side of the universe by the king and his school staff. They entered the Devourer's fortress, defeated his servants, and confronted the Devourer of Worlds only for the serpent to use the Negating Fog of them and escape to Earth. On earth, the monster used his Devouring Light on them, weakening them until the planets, sun, moon and the constellations gave them the star-power, turning them into the Crusaders of the Constellations, who defeated the Devourer of Worlds. Ranald used his Heart of the Araw Ginto, now imbued with heavenly and solar energy, to turn the Devourer to a normal snake, while he and Mayari used the golden locket and silver pendant to create a shock collar for the snake to wear.

Ranald and his class took him to the Dark Side of the universe and placed him at the entrance of his fortress. When they went out of the Dark Side of the Universe, Ranald and Mayari used the golden locket and silver pendant to seal the obsidian portal's doors, creating a wax seal which has a golden side with a silver deer with blue eyes and golden antlers chasing the moon, and a silver side with a golden griffin with red eyes and claws chasing the sun. After that, Orcus gains the title of Dark Hound Warrior of Pluto and is appointed to guard the obsidian gate against any intrusions.

## Notable Locations

The Devourer's Fortress: Cobbled together by the Void Serpent from the ruins of various palaces from the worlds he devoured, it is an ominous sight to behold. It is made of unknown black rock, with snake statues as decoration. It has hallways portraying the origins of the Void Serpent and the worlds he devoured and decorated with torches bearing flames that whisper tales of doom. It has a treasury, several rooms, and the main one where the Devourer rests in, with only an obsidian mirror that he can use to peer at any world. It is on an island that seemed to be a dark reflection of the Realm of the Sun, with a forest of dead trees surrounding the fortress.