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Filii NoctisApocalypse

Third Act

By Benjamin R. Long

Copyright 2012 All Rights Reserved


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Other Books in this Series

Filii Noctis Genesis

Filii Noctis Evolution

Filli Noctis --Apocalypse

Filii Noctis -- Rebirth

Benjamin L.

This title is part of the collection known

as the Darkness Saga

*** Disclaimer***

This story is classified as fantasy horror, it contains scenes

of graphic violence and gore. It also contains strong

religious references and possible blasphemies against

some organized religions, if you are easily offended then

do not read this book. This book is written as

entertainment and should be regarded as entertainment.

This book does not depict any real people or locations,

however some characters and locations are inspired off

actual places, events and people. Any similarity between

any depicted person and reality is strictly coincidental and

unintentional


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Apocalypse Listing

Apocalypse ..................................................................... 4

Chapter 1: The Gods Convene .................................... 4


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Fellow warriors the time for war is on us!

This is not a treaty for peace, but is the twilight. The

world of the Elves has burned, and the Elven Queen

has been driven from her home, Surt now threatens

us as his world closes in on ours, The old man said

with the wisdom of a hardened general or king.

Father we do not have the forces to fight off such

an assault as this, If the Elven world has fallen then

we may fall as well, even the Vanir are just as

powerful as us! One of the younger warriors at the

table said.

Vali, we have not chosen the battle, we cannot

surrender or concede when the enemy seeks to

annihilate us, The Old Man said.

After all these years, why wait till now to attack?

He has had eternity to attack, Another warrior, this

one with a missing hand said.

Tyr, all these years has not wizened you to the fact

that the execution does not matter when it


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happens, but the fact that it eventually happens, the

fact that he waited til now attests to his patience,

the King is always patient before his invasion, The

Old Man said.

Lord Odin, what of the Einherjar? One of the

women warriors asked the one identified as Odin.

They should be ready as they have prepared. There

is no reason to doubt them, they are some the finest

warriors that lived my dear Valkyrie, Odin said.

I believe we should pre-emptively strike Surt before

he crosses the bridge, Tyr said.

It would ultimately fail, we cannot violate fate,

anything we do will make the inevitable happen as a

result, you should know the inherent dangerous of

trying to change fate dear Tyr, all roads lead to the

same destination. If the destination is the same

then how can you change the end result? Odin said.


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It is frustrating Lord to think that we are merciless

to change what is happening, Tyr happened to say.

A Woman dressed in a robe then spoke up.

There are things about this event that the Norns

have failed to reveal to any living thing. They do not

know the inherent dangers of attempts to change

ones fate, so the fact is that they did not tell you

the whole story, nor did the Volla. As a seeress

myself I cannot reveal the fate of what will happen,

but I can say that your whole fate is still shrouded in

mystery. No seeress will ever tell you the whole

fate, the futility of attempting to change ones fate is

the reason men as gods cannot know their fate. The

fate happens regardless of all intervention, The

woman said.

I concur with Frigga, our fate must remain

unknown. Our warriors if they knew they would

ultimately die would not fight as well as they had

the chance to taste victory, Odin said.


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What of the Wolf? Tyr said.

The Volla said he will be set free, there is nothing

we can do about that. The only thing we can do is

stand against the giants as they wage their war on

us. Twilight is upon us, Odin said.

Well the fact is that Surt intends on destroying the

entire universe as he had destroyed the world of the

Light Elves, We must stop him from laying waste to

our world, as well as the world of men, Lady Freya

was fortunate that she escaped, without either Elf

Queen the world would be utterly destroyed, Tyr

said.

For life to continue after the twilight, it is

imperative that both Hela and Freya live. The cycle

of life is entirely dependent on their existence. The

most important creatures on the universe are the

Elves, both Light and Dark. Without them the life in

the Universe would cease to exist, Odin said.


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We must find the Dark Elf Queen before Surt finds

her, she is one of the pillars of existence. I find it

odd that she would flee Helheim unless she was

threatened, Tyr said.

Well more than likely she still lives, however if she

may have avoided battle rather than overtly fight

Surt. The fact that Helheim is not burning means

that she left to preserve her home, Surt would find

no value in assaulting Helheim unless the Queen was

there, yet the fact is that if Hela is on Midgard she is

in danger when Surt comes unless she finds shelterfrom his wrath, Odin said.

Well, if the Queen does not wish to be found then

we would be powerless to find her unless she was in

her home. She could look like anyone at the

moment, in fact she could be influencing warring

factions on Midgard as we speak. The fact is that we

are not elves and only the elves can recognize each

other, Tyr said.


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Hela is resourceful, she may intend on raising the

dead to fight Surt on Midgard, if both Elvish Queens

are on Midgard then that means that Midgard is

going to be the place of battle, Odin said.

The dead have no power to fight Surt, Surt would

burn them with a wave of his hand. Hela can raise

armies of Zombies, but the fact is Surt is Fire

incarnate, no Elf could ever possibly stand against

Surt when his very essence would incinerate any

elf, Tyr said.

That is the reason the light elves fell to Surt, Odin

said, No elf in the universe could ever fight the fire

giants. It is simply impossible when the Elves

weakness is the very nature of the Surts existence.

Elves cannot even enter his dimension; they would

be incinerated before they even cross the portal.

Heimdall watches the bridge as he always had, he

has said there are strange sounds in the distance,

Valkyrie said to Odin.


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Our enemies gather they rally for war. When they

reach the bridge, the horn will sound, Odin said.

Albert sat in tower talking to Freya, he looked at her

and said, What do we expect now?

I do not know, it might take a while for the horn to

sound, but when it does, we must seek refuge in

your shelter, Freya said.

It is kind of strange, that if we survive this that it

would be our duty to rebuild the world, Richter

said.

It has not come to that yet, I suspect that things

will pass at the proper time, Freya said.

Well I have come to understand the futility of

fighting against your fate, Richter said.

You have to do what you must, the things that you

do is the fate that the Norns have assigned. If you

are victorious in Battle it is because the Norns have

ordained it. The Norns decide the ultimate fate of


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the universe, their power even rivals that of the

Gods, Freya said.

I cant imagine something being more powerful

than the Aesir, I mean was it not Odin that forged

the earth? Richter asked.

That is the mere work of a craftsman. If anyone

had the same tools they could do the same. It is the

universe that grants us the power to do what we

must do, we are ants in the face of nature, even in

the destruction of something like the Ragnarok, the

Universe can fix any damage caused by Surt, even

under total annihilation, Freya said.

From what I understand then the tree itself is the

ultimate authority in the universe, wouldnt that

make it a god, Diana asked.

Not so, a god has to have direction; he must have a

will to do the things that he does. The universe is

not an entity more so than a space in the multi

verse. The fact is that there are things out there


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greater than Yggdrasil. However, we are entirely

too small to see them, Freya said,

Well wouldnt go on and on until there was an

ultimate authority? Diana asked.

Well that would be like us trying to cross the galaxy

to find life. If you do not have the capability for that

mode of travel, it would be impossible, Freya said.

Have you not travelled the galaxy to get here?

Richter asked.

We have the knowledge to pass great impasses, yet

there is a limitation to our power. Our power is

relegated to travelling within this Universe. There

are other Universes out there that we have no

power over. The fact is that if somehow do manage

to make it to another Universe we would be limited

to the rules of that Universe, Freya said.

I think I am starting to understand now, Richter

said.


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Victoria stood up and came over to the Queen and

embraced her. Freya put her hand on her head and

caressed her hair as she locked her arms around

Freya.

I wish there was something more I could do, I just

feel so powerless huddled in this building impotent

to do anything, Victoria said.

Freya smiled and kissed Victoria, she then said,

Fear not young Elf, there is reason to do anything;

Anything that you do that would be other than

hiding would lead to your death, I feel that you are a

very important elf in the future. I should learn the

ways of rebuilding the world so that you can be

productive when the time comes, Freya said.

I am so glad I am not a Dark Elf, I would not be able

to live with Flowers and his cruelty, Victoria said as

she embraced with Freya.

Sister, fear not; should you had become the

dokkalfar, you would have been ruled by Hela, not


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in the Universe. He is the most powerful of giants.

In fact, he is the creature that gave substance and

formation to the Universe. Had it not been for him,

Midgard would not have been possible, Freya said.

Who else is there? Richter asked.

Well there is Surt of course. He is the energy that

gives life to the formations that are created in the

Universe. He believes that he should rule the

Universe, but his flames are entirely too intense. If

he ruled the Universe it would be like living on the

sun, he would scorch all existence, Freya said.

So we have Substance and energy to animate

substance, what else is there? Richter asked.

Well of course there is myself and Hela, We govern

the balance between life and death, as it is our duty

to transfer things to the right places when they die

and to reassign new souls to bodies when they are

born. As well as control over the natural world as to

create life when no life flourishes, Freya said.


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Are the Aesir Gods a pillar? Richter asked.

No, they merely establish order in the Universe, but

the sanctity of the Universe can exist without them,

Freya said.

I think I understand, but it is kind of strange, I

always thought of gods as the creators of the

Universe, it is strange that they really have no

impact on the ultimate fate of nature, and the

smaller beings are the ones that have a greater

impact on the Universe than the traditional ones,

Richter said.

The Glory of the gods such as Odin, Thor and such

are great men for humans, but in reality they only

serve humanity. The people that maintain the

Universe are the Eles and the Giants. The Aesir have

no impact on the Universe as a whole, the only thing

that they can do is manipulate the things that the

Universe has provided, Freya said.


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If Surt intends to kill the Gods, then how can the

Gods win if killing Surt would invariably result in

their own destruction, Richter said.

The Gods are ignorant to the fact of Surts

importance to Yggdrasil. The fact is that they are

doomed to fail from the start, Freya said.

That is unfortunate, I see the need of staying out of

the battle; how do you fight when you cannot win,

Sigrid said.

The fact is they fight because they must, it is their

fate, Freya said, Odin knows he cant win, but he

makes appearance that there is Victory so that his

soldiers fight valiantly, but in the there is no real

victory, Freya said.

Well I assume a king would need his men to fight,

even if he tells them that they may win, even though

the odds are stacked against him.


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Sigrid sat there and popped some IPod head phones

into here ear. Freya looked curiously at her and

then said, What are those?

Music player, lets listen to music, Sigrid said.

How do they fight the band in such a small device?

Freya inquired.

It is a recording, the band plays in a studio and

makes an electronic copy of the music that is

recorded onto the device that she has, Albert said.

Very strange, Freya said as she walked over to

Sigrid. Sigrid gave Freya one of the Ear buds and she

placed it in her ear.

What is this noise you listen to? Freya asked

Sigrid.

Its awesome, modern music, Sigrid said.

Victoria, it is horrible crap that only Sigrid listens

to, Victoria said openly.


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Awwweee someone wants a serenade each and

every night Sigrid opined.

I will shove that radio up your Victoria said

before Freya hushed her.

I dont think you should be antagonizing Victoria

like this, Freya said to Sigrid.

Yes, sister, Sigrid said signing.

Victoria started grinning at Sigrid, and when Freya

turned and glared at her, she wiped the grin off her

face.

Freya walked over to Victoria and sat down next to

her. Victoria leaned against the Queen and started

to hum. Freya ran her hand through her hair as she

sat there purring. Diana walked up on the other sideof Freya and leaned against her. Freya put her free

arm around her and comforted both of the elves at

her side.


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Sigrid walked over to Richter and put her hands out

to be hugged.

You know what I want, she said grinning.

Richter leaned into her and put his arms around her

waist and kissed her on the forehead. She purred as

she rested in his embrace and remained in the

position for a few minutes.

How does my little blueberry feel? Richter said to

her.

She giggled and snuggled a little before

responding; Only being like this matters.

Freya looked up at Sigrid and smiled, You

two look great together, I imagine your offspring will

be great members of our tribe.

Sigrid giggled as Richter sat there running his

fingers through her hair.


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We will be together for the next 2000

years, Sigrid purred quietly.

The two of you are a beautiful union, you

two are entirely what it means to be a creature of

the light, Freya said addressing Sigrid and Richter.

The display is entirely revolting, why dont

they go to the bedroom to get it over with already,

Victoria said as she appeared to be nauseated.

You are young my sister, when you find

your man you will be entirely merciless to control

yourself, you will do the same and there is no way

you would be able to control yourself, Freya said.

Ungggh, Victoria replied as she rolled her

eyes, I think I have more control than that.

You may fight your urges now, but when it

comes time for you, you will be just as Sigrid. You

are her sister, you cannot deny what you are; you

affinity will come to you, and when it does you will


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have no control, you will be as you are possessed,

Freya said.

I can resist anything, I have done so for

years, Victoria said.

You were human then, the fact is that you

are now one of us, your will is relegated to fate. If it

is written in the Web of Wyrd then all roads will lead

to the same destination. Any path you take to resist

it will have stop at the same destination. You

cannot stop you fate, just as much as a creature

cannot deny what it is, when the time comes fate

will come down on you like a sledgehammer, Freya

said.

I have resisted so far, Victoria said.

Have you, I see that you are slowly

accepting your fate. Did you not embrace your

sisters even when you tried to deny your fate, even

Diana knows you coming to terms as you have

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matter of time before you fully accept. You are one

of us, you cannot deny what you are, eventually you

will become a full light elf and acceptant of your

fate, no elf can resist the call of their nature, Freya

said.

Diana walked up to Victoria and put her

hands around Victoria and Victoria likewise rested

her head on Dianas chest. Diana and Victoria both

fell down on the sofa where they remained there

locked in embrace. Freya smiled at this, walked over

to them, and kissed each of the elves on theforehead as they laid there.

Sigrid looked over and smirked at Victoria as

she laid there with Diana and said, Looks like

Victoria likes Diana hehe.

Victoria looked at her and hissed with a little

contempt in her eyes, Its not like that.

Freya laughed and said, She will find her

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urge of the Elven nature will over power her and she

would be merciless to choose, Freya said.

Sucks to be you Victoria, fate is gonna drop

some bricks on you, Sigrid laughed.

Victoria rolled her eyes as she lay with Diana.

Diana lifted her hand and stroked the Blonde locks

of Victorias hair. Freya likewise went to the Cooler

and pulled a large vegetable tray out of the cooler

and brought it over to the girls.

Ohh lunch time, Sigrid piped up releasing

her hold of Richter and hopped over to the other

elves. Victoria and Diana sat up and Freya sat next

to Victoria on the Sofa. Victoria went to reach for a

veggie when Freya halted her.

This is a community meal that we are

sharing; we must bless our food before we consume

it. It is only right to give nature its thanks before we

take part of it, Freya said to Victoria.


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With that, Freya spoke a small prayer and

blessed the food. She took a small bowl for each elf

and passed out a share for each elf there, including

Albert and Richter.

As each elf received their share from Freya

they each kissed the Queen on the cheek as they

received their food from Freya. When all the elves

we served, Freya simply stated, Now that

everything is right with nature you may consume

your share of the community meal.

The elves all thanked Freya from her

generosity and at the shares that they had been

provided.

These are interesting customs that you have

Freya, Albert said to her.

It is our custom, when Light Elves

participate in a community meal they must follow

the tradition, Freya said.


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Well I cannot argue against the tradition,

Albert said.

Nor should you brother, we are sworn to

uphold the will of the tree. All elves, both light and

dark are avatars of the tree. We are entirely more

important to the Universe than any god is. Even

though we do not match their might, nonetheless,

the world can do without the gods, but the world

could not live without the elves. Both Dark Eles and

Light Elves maintain the balance between light and

death in the Universe. Should Hela, or myself fall aswe are the first of the Elves, then our descendants

would lose their power, Freya said.

It seems that the world would mourn your

loss, but would the tree replace you if you were

destroyed? Albert said.

They would, but not right away, If I died it

could be another 100,000 years before I came back


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into existence. That is a long time for nothing to be

born or grow, Freya said.

Why wouldnt the tree replace you

immediately? Richter asked.

It wouldnt know I was dead Freya

replied.

If it is so powerful, Wouldnt it know?

Albert asked.

The tree has no will or mind of its own, it

creates things at random, it may replace me right

away, but then again, something separate from the

tree would have to reconstitute me. In the event

that I die, The other Elf Queen could resurrect me,

as both of us have the power to restore the other,

Freya said.

Would Hela restore you? Albert asked.


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She would have to, she would be powerless

if I died, as I would be powerless if she died, Freya

said.

So the balance of light and dark is entirely

dependent on each other from what I understand,

Richter said.

Exactly, I have the power to restore and

create any elf, as does Hela, If she were to die then I

would have to restore her before I run out of souls

to use to create more elves and life forms. She

provides me the souls that I place in vessels; she

removes and stores the souls from the vessels that

have expired. Both Elven Queens can restore life.

As the all dokkalfar have powers to restore life as

well. Normal light elves can create vessels, but only

the Dark Elves can create the spirits that fill those

vessels. If one of the Elven Queens die then the

other would have to restore her to maintain the

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The Queen then in turn puts her hands on

Richters shoulders and kisses on both cheeks. Sigrid

approached Richter from behind and put her arms

around him and rested her head in between his

should blades. Victoria and Diana both get up and

start hugging Richter from the sides and it turned

into one big group hug as the elves sat there and

embraced each other.

See Victoria, you are one of us; as an elf this

is something you are compelled to do, Freya said.

The Gods held fast as the soldiers watched

on the tower at Bifrost. They could see smoke in the

distance as the sky turned red. In fact, it seemed as

though the sun was growing larger as the Einherjar

kept their vigil. Heimdall stood watch at the tower

as large muscular god approached him carrying a

hammer.

The sky stirs Thor, the Fire Beasts rally,

Heimdall said as he clutched a large horn on his belt.


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Fear not, it is battle we must fight, I have

fought these beasts before, a Demon is a Demon,

Thor said,

It may be more than we can wage Thor, I

have seen many battles from this keep, yet I have

never seen one where the very sun we stand under

rebels against us, Heimdall said.

Those who fight are blessed; we must fight

in the name of our kin. It may be good for the weak

to hide, but those that have the power must fight.

What use is a warrior that will not pick up his

sword? Thor asked.

There is a foul stench from this fight, I fear

the Norns may forsake us, Heimdall said.

Be it as it may there is no better glory than

those who die on the battlefield. Even in defeat, a

warrior is victorious, Thor said.


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I wished that I was as optimistic as you, but

the All Father said there is no value in a corpse,

Heimdall replied.

At that, Thor scoffed and laughed, Brother,

a warrior fights; that is what he does. I cannot

forsake my duty and desert the world I swore to

protect, Thor said.

Well if there is no victory in the battle you

wage, then what is the point of fighting? Heimdall

replied.

Would you not fight? You are the guardian,

even you must fight to protect our home Heimdall,

Thor said.

I have a duty to fight, yes. My battle is not

that of glory dear Thor, I have to protect our home,

they can only pass should I die, Heimdall said.


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As I must fight too brother, I swore to

defend the world of man, I cannot forsake them

when Surt threatens their world, Thor said.

I heard that Odin said Hela was not in her

realm, do you think they attacked her? Heimdall

said.

Doubtful, she probably fled so that her

world did not suffer the same fate as the Light Elf

planet. The Dark elves are safe, but the Light Elves

were ravaged, Thor said.

I suppose that Surt was after Freya, what of

the Light Elf Queen? Heimdall asked.

She fled to Midgard, her location is

unknown. If Hela dies then Freya would have to

restore her, Thor said.

Well the fate of the Universe depends on

the survival of those two women. Should they both


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die then the balance of light and darkness would be

obliterated, Heimdall said.

The power of the Elves is unquestioned, but

again if the Norns will it then they would be in peril

and the only thing that would be able to restore

them would be the Norns, as they are the highest

avatars of Yggdrasil, Thor said.

Of course, even Surts flames would be

useless against the power of the Norns, they solely

are the highest power in the Universe, even Surt

would be annihilated at their whim, Heimdall said.

This battle is entirely the Norns doing.

They have pitted the elements against each other,

but we will be victorious brother. Thor said.

Have you forgotten your embarrassing

defeat at the Utgard-Loki? Heimdall replied.

Not a defeat brother, they cheated, Thor

replied.


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Right, is it really in the giants nature to

honestly organize a fair competition? I love the part

when Loki was telling the story of how they told you

that you were drinking the Ocean, Heimdall

laughed.

With that Thors face turned red, Just like

Loki to run his dirty mouth, but he is not running his

mouth right now being chained to a rock in Helheim

while the serpent drops venom on him.

Well this is twilight, do you expect him to

remain there for the twilight, Heimdall said.

Loki is a pissant, he turns everything to

manure, Thor replied.

I suppose that is how he stole your

hammer, because he is beneath you? Heimdall

said.


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When Thor heard that he just stamped his

feet, turned around, and left. Heimdall resumed his

watch and noted the happenings of the bridge.

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