- “With the Dark Scepter in my grasp, I will finally achieve my goal; to create a realm out of the entire universe, and to rule and protect it from its own destructive potentials!”
- ―Nictis[src]
The Accursed Realm was the name given to the Arc 2 Universe by Nictis following the activation of the fully-powered Dark Scepter during the events of the Eternal Despair saga of the Roach Chronicles. Created by the dark energies of the Aether and the remnants of the Cursed Realm, Nictis used the Dark Scepter to transform all of the Arc 2 Universe into the Accursed Realm as the final part of his lifelong goal in protecting the universe from itself.
The realm ultimately serves as the successor of the Cursed Realm, which was destroyed in his absence from his home realm in an attempt to reunite himself with his daughter Samantha. However, following Nictis' demise at the hands of The Visitor, the Accursed Realm was reverted back to its original form, undoing all of Nictis' damage.
History[]
Eternal Despair[]
When Nictis was able to obtain the Dark Scepter from Castle Solitude, he traveled to Virginia City in Nevada, where a stable link to the Aether could be obtained thanks to the large amounts of Element 115 within the deposits beneath the city. As Earth slowly started to partially transform into the Accursed Realm, the four heroes arrive at the city with the use of a helicopter.
Furious over their sudden appearance, Nictis uses the Mask of Nictis to create more zombies, ordering them to stall the heroes long enough for him to fully power the Dark Scepter. After fighting off the undead, the heroes are able to break into the fortification surrounding the Dark Scepter, where they confront Nictis. After a long and brutal fight, Nictis is able to overpower the heroes and grabs ahold of the now fully charged Dark Scepter. Nictis tells the four that they are the true villains, explaining that with the Dark Scepter, he would be able to save the universe from itself and transform it into a realm under both his rule and protection.
With the Dark Scepter, Nictis blasts a powerful beam of energy into the skies above. As the heroes scream in horror, a universally-sized tear opens, releasing the energy once contained in the Cursed Realm upon the whole universe. As the universe soon succumbs to this and transforms, Nictis laughs, welcoming the heroes to their new home: the Accursed Realm, telling them that they would spend the rest of eternity as its prisoners along with everyone else in the universe. Nictis then offers the heroes a chance to flee, telling them they have ten seconds to get out of his fortress, or else he would blast them with the Mask of Nictis and transform them into zombies. As the four flee the fortress and soon the city, Nictis heads to the fortress balcony, where he looks upon his new growing empire across the entire universe.
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