Darkness

The **Darkness** (also known as **The Maw**) is the name given to an incredibly ancient and powerful group / species from deep space, being a large, universe-subsuming threat that spreads from planet to planet, consuming matter, growing larger, and eventually spawning more monsters with the strength of a dozen common men, potentially also corrupting regular inhabitants as well.

The monsters would eventually find their way into the Realm, as Yagorath collided with the moon, shattering it to pieces, but becoming trapped within its shards by Io, before subsequently falling into the Realm itself and destroying all life around it, turning the once lush forest into the Shattered Desert. Yagorath would remain sealed here for centuries, guarded by a martial order tasked with ensuring she remained that way.

Following a chain of events involving the Magistrate and Resistance, Yagorath would be unsealed, allowing the Darkness to rampage throughout the Realm as intended before eventually being struck down by the Pyre Lord, Azaan.

In the lost future though, things took a different turn, as the Magistrate and Resistance never encountered each other, leading to Corvus, not really understanding the Darkness' true nature, unleashing the monsters, leading to the situation quickly snowballing and leaving the Realm hopelessly destroyed, eventually leading to Atlas traveling through time in an effort to prevent this.

## Known Members

v **·** d **·** e

 Vora (transformed)

 Yagorath

## Trivia

* As revealed here, the Darkness does not necessarily think of itself as evil. As expanded on here, Yagorath in particular views the other characters as food, or as though she's stepping on ants.
* As stated here and here, Yagorath is not the entirety of the Darkness, but both separate and only a part of it.
* According to Yagorath (▶️), there are many more creatures of the Darkness.
* As implied here, when Yagorath (and potentially other Darkness creatures) grows large enough, she may be able to create monsters such as the ones that attacked Atlas in his teaser trailer.
	+ In particular, Yagorath also mentions (▶️) an unseen winged kin of hers.
* The Darkness is not a deity, as stated by Yagorath herself (▶️).
* As implied by Yagorath (▶️), the Darkness is far older than the ancient Makoa.
* As shown here, it's unclear what the Darkness' true name is.
* As stated here, the liquid inside the vials sent to influencers to promote Vora were samples of the Darkness sent by Atlas.
* As shown in Vora's reveal trailer, the Darkness was located underneath the point of Shattered Desert.
* Atlas' reveal trailer showed the Darkness shard aboveground, rather than underneath as portrayed in Vora's trailer. It's unknown the reason for this. However, Vora's bio suggests the existence of multiple seals against the Darkness, so it's possible the shard seen in Atlas' trailer is not the same one seen in Vora's trailer.
* As mentioned here, the Darkness is able to transform people into corrupted Darkness monsters if they're affected by it for long enough such as what could eventually happen to Vora.
* What seems to potentially be Darkness corrupted individuals can be seen in Azaan's card Depths of Despair.

**Directions**Anti-Abyss  •  Anti-Darkness  •  Nature Protectors  •  Neutral
**Groups** Bomb Kingdom  •  Deepwerks  •  Eternal Pyre  •  Followers of Io  •  House Aico  •  House Arturos  •  Outer Tribunal  •  Paladins (Former)  •  Red River Orcs  •  Sentinels  •  Shadow Tribunal  •  Summer Court  •  Tau-Kor Monastery  •  Thousand Hands Guild  •  Warders  •  Unknown Groups
**Noteworthy Items / Forces**Crystals  •  Magic  •  Souls  •  Warder's Key  •  Warder's Relic
**Notable Positions**Abyssal Lord  •  Border Lord  •  Grand Magister  •  Pyre Lord
**The Realm**Abyss  •  Aico Tundra  •  Crosswind Hold  •  The Eight Oceans  •  Enchanted Forest  •  Greenwood  •  Lunar Coast  •  Seris (Village)  •  Temple Isles  •  Trade Row  •  Warder's Watch
**Races**Abyssal Creature  •  Animal  •  Construct  •  **Darkness**  •  Dragon  •  Deities  •  Dwarf  •  Elemental  •  Elf  •  Faerie  •  Goblin  •  Human  •  Leipori  •  Orc  •  Pyre Creature  •  Ska'drin  •  Spirit  •  Stagalla  •  Tigron  •  Transformed  •  Undead  •  Vulpin  •  Wyrin
**Complete Timeline**Complete Timeline  •  Paladins Chronicles
**Story Arcs**Crystal Arc  •  Darkness Arc  •  Ska'drin Arc
**Time Periods**The Ancient Age  •  The Age of the Paladins  •  The Golden Age  •  The Age of Resistance  •  The Lost Future
**Notable Events**Dragon Scourge  •  Goblin Scourges  •  Golden Age  •  Crystal War  •  Koga's Revenge  •  Destruction of Seris  •  Battle of Ascension Peak  •  Warders Return  •  The Fight of the Shattered Desert  •  Shattered Goddess' Return  •  The Summoning of Raum  •  The Darkness Released  •  Shift of Power
**Other**NPCs  •  Updated Bios  •  Alternate Realities  •  Canon Skins  •  Statues  •  Legends  •  Misconceptions  •  Retcons  •  Character Feats  •  Alpha Lore

1. ↑ The Fight of the Shattered Desert
2. ↑ File:Darknesscreatures.png
3. ↑ Depths of Despair
4. ↑ File:Faction\_Controlled\_Areas.png
5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VWFqIgABdo
6. ↑ https://twitter.com/PaladinsGame/status/1139910621485555712
7. ↑ Vora#Current\_Official\_Bio
8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqbVeP1D8js
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1ct8Ok22h0
10. ↑ https://youtu.be/i0XvL15bcG4?t=2089
11. ↑ File:Future\_Vora\_Not\_Vora\_and\_Yago\_1\_Year.png