The Ember Core is a powerful magical artifact containing the power of a thousand suns and is currently located in a demonic forge called The Inferno Vault if the two of them can retrieve it before Lucifer then it will throw a wrench into his plans. Under Vulgrim's influence, the crystal transforms into a female demon known as Dis, a fellow merchant and associate of Vulgrim who was sent to seek a powerful item for Lucifer and punished for her failure. The duo enters The Slag a molten prison dimension and after breaking the lock on Vulgrim's treasure runs into the local guard: The Slag Demon.Īfter a short battle with the demon, the pair claim Vulgrim's treasure and return to his base. Vulgrim explains that there is a particular item that Samael was supposed to seek for him as part of an arrangement they had, but he can just as easily make that arrangement with the two horsemen with the promise of Lucifer on a silver platter at the end. There Strife explains that while they can't trust Vulgrim they also can't kill him, lest they are trapped in the void for all eternity. There Samael explains that he will answer the pair's questions after he has dealt with Moloch, in the meantime, he sends the two to meet his associate Vulgrim in the Serpent Holes along the way War discovers and makes use of a Crossblade known as the Vorpal blade. Making their way to the outer wall of Black Stone keep the two horsemen encounter and slay the monster tearing the walls apart: The Hollow Fiend.Īfter a short battle, the monster is killed and the proceed into Samael's keep. Though they can't be sure the pair suspect the demon Moloch is behind the assault though they are soon to find out. War suggests the two of them use the battle as a distraction to find a weak point in the fortress and sneak in. When the two do arrive in Shadow's edge they discover Blackstone keep under attack by an army of demons. As their first lead, the two of them are being sent to Shadow's Edge to seek its ruler, the Demon Lord Samael who it's believed conspires with Lucifer. The two of them are being sent out to foil a plot by Lucifer to bring about the downfall of Human kind. Immediately after the massacre of Nephilim on Eden, Strife and War were called to meet with their new masters in the Charred Council. After War impaled Death and was disarmed, Strife pointed his guns threateningly at War, commenting that "It was a good thing that Death's damn near invulnerable" and warns his younger brother that he will fatally shoot War if he didn't calm down since he lacks Death's durability. Traveling to the Kingdom of Man with his brethren to retrieve an out-of-control War, Strife was the one to tell his siblings that they must get Chaoseater away from him. As time went on, Strife would question the necessity of wiping out the Nephilim, acknowledging that they were wrong to try and take Eden, while feeling like the Charred Council either made a mistake or intentionally forced the Horsemen to commit such an act as a test of loyalty.ĭarksiders The Graphic Adventure Part 1 While the horsemen carried out their task and succeeded, Strife would feel great guilt over his actions.
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The Horsemen's first task was to purge their kind from creation and met them on the field of battle in Eden. Shortly after Death's tamed Despair, the others follow suit and Strife attained his steed, Mayhem. Strife and Fury would needle him in turn about his tendency to boast, but the Horsemaster criticized them for bickering like children. Leaving their weapons in a pile on the ground, War wagered with his siblings as to whom would tame their horse first. The Council made the four convene with one of their servants, The Horsemaster, who guided them in the process of taming the Phantom Horses that would become their mounts. During the ceremony, Strife watched as Fury caused a ruckus due to her impatience. The four left their brethren and swore loyalty to The Charred Council in exchange for unimaginable power. Strife grew weary of the threat their kind represents to the balance. However, along with his siblings Death, Fury, and War.
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Strife was born to the Nephilim race and took part in their genocidal crusade against many worlds. 1.2 Darksiders The Graphic Adventure Part 1.