Next morning
I arrived to the castle early in the morning, with me I had the Palantir covered in a thick blanket covered in runes to protect others from its power. I made my way into the castle and reached the council room, I was the first to arrive so I just relaxed on a couch while I waited for the others. I didn't have to wait much, Celestia and Luna arrived after a few minutes and kept me company while we waited.
The guests and dignitaries started to arrive and fill the room, we waited for everyone to arrive before calling the council officially starting the meeting. I sat down next to Celestia there were around 15 people in the room with us, several of them were of course familiar faces, the dragon king Torch, Daron Stonpelt and Queen Phaenna. The latter seemingly brought with them their heir, a young zebra with long braided hair, she wore a long silver coloured dress and a necklace she was maybe fifteen or sixteen years old and was obviously not comfortable with the situation often looking left and right to avoid eye contact, but even with that I could notice a long scar right under her right eye which was completely white. Obviously the injury costed her her sight.
"Who is the newcomer and where is Dainn." A booming voice asked, the voice belonged to a lion, his figure was imposing with golden hair under his crown, a rather simplistic one at that with very few jewels in it but probably made out of pure gold, the design was also simplistic in nature with few and scarce details. He wore an elegant suit but nothing too frivolous, on his chest he sported a lot of medals from war, on his hips a sword was strapped, on his shoulders was draped a long red mantle with a fine line of gold adorning it. The king obviously didn't take the throne without a motive, he seemed a skilled fighter and probably a well experienced general.
"I am a new king, as for Dainn I am glad to say he is no longer with us." I said simply, many gasp rose from around the table but the lion king silenced them all.
"What do you mean?" He asked in a low threatening voice.
"He is dead and I have taken over his land overseas." I said and that shocked everyone in the room beside the people I knew there.
"That's impossible! His army is massive and his land is vast, I know about his secret research that can draw magic from unicorns and inject them into caribous." The lion king said as he banged the table with his clenched fist sporting a lot of rings that I previously missed. I snapped my finger and several screens appeared around the room, the screen showed how I contacted Torch, Daron, Phaenna, Celestia, and Luna, how my undeads fought against Dain's forces and how they all contributed to our final victory. Lastly the screen showed how I defeated and killed Dain.
"This should cover why I am present here, now unless there are other question I suggest we starts this council. Celestia if you may." I said, everyone remained silent and let Celestia use her magic to create a map that stretched along the whole table.
"Demons have been coming to our world and started attacking our nations, the first attacker was unfortunately the dragon kingdom, before we discuss any strategy though I suggest we all introduce ourselves to our new member of the council." She said and the lion spoke up first.
"I am Regem and this is my son, Leo." He said pointing to his son, a young boy in his teens. He wore a pregiate suit that showed off his title as prince, he also had a small sword strapped to his hip, his hair was like his father's golden in colour. He also had a small crown, this one silver in colour probably to show that he was a prince and not a king yet, he like his father also had a cape over his shoulder with the same golden patterns and coloration. The boy simply nodded, then the Zebra chief spoke up in turn.
"I am the chief of the Zebra tribes my name is Toa Kaha of the white clan, you've already met my daughter her name is Wairua Kaha." He said gesturing to his daughter she blushed and hid her face behind her hands. The zebra chief was a tall man, his eyes were brown and his mane was a deep black, short but not too much he kept it in a maokai like style. He wore a pelt armor with a diagonal leather strip. The armor showed off his impressive musculature and the many scars he gained in time. Wairua instead wore a simple cloth made out of leather and fur which covered her breasts and hip but left her stomach uncovered, the armor also covered her legs in the same brown like texture.
The final one was a rather interesting one, for I've never seen something like her. She was a tall woman, her eyes were a deep purple while her hair were straight and long with a combination of violet and cyan, her skin was an alabaster white similar to Celestia's. She wore a long white dress which also showed a lot of her voluptuous breasts, the dress was long enough to cover her legs, it was short sleeved but a pair of long gloves covered her hands up to her elbow. At her neck there was long necklace made out of pearls with one in the center that was especially big. She had a pair of wings but her body figure wasn't one of a gryphon. "I am Queen Novo, ruler of the hippogryphs. This is my daughter Skystar." She said presenting her daughter, a cream coloured girl with a similar dress to the one of her mother but without the necklace. "Hi." She said happily.
"It is nice to meet you all." I said nodding and we got down to business.
"The reason we are here today is because the gates of Tartarus are missing and demons are roaming free in our world." Celestia said.
"That reminds me." Torch started looking at me. " Have you found it Talion?" He asked, I pulled out the Palantir and answered his question.
"Yes and no. Every time I found it it changed location making it difficult to track down." I said as they all looked at the cloth covered orb.
"What is that?" Torch asked as he looked at the cloth.
"This is the Palantir I mentioned it in our encounter at the fort." I said as I uncovered it revealing the orb. "It holds great power and it can only be used safely by one that has a great will and mind. It allows one to view what they want to see and I have been using it to track the Gates but like I said it moves everytime I find it." I said, the others showed interest in the item but many hid it well, queen Novo especially showed a great deal of restraint towards the orb putting on a stone like face. The same couldn't be said for her daughter who was looking at it with wide eyes. I put it high enough for everyone to see it and used it to find the gates, as previously stated the gates disappeared immediately after their discovery.
"So if you can't find it with your fancy orb thing we will have to do this the old fashioned way." Regem said still looking at the Palantir.
"So why did they attack my kingdom first?" Torch asked.
"From what I believe they were just scouts."I said and he nearly shouted.
"What do you mean they were only scouts?" He asked enraged. " They came by the thousands and nearly won the battle if you had not come." He yelled and that got everyone worried, if my analysis was correct that meant that the demons were far stronger than I anticipated, if just scouts could almost destroy one of the toughest fortress on the planet then their main force was something to fear. And everyone there knew it.
"From everything I have gathered from Hecale, my proxy, there are demons that are immune to flames. The question is why would they send an army that was not immune to your fire and why would they send them in the first place if they were not going to be serious about it." I said."Dragons by far are the strongest species in strength and are perfect for battle, their size and fire breath gives them a lot of advantage in the battlefield." I said.
"So why would they hold back?" Novo asked.
"They were testing their strength to see what they were up against and with their near victory they will much more bold about their movements. They will be far more vicious and aggressive, their forces will completely stomp any of us if we act Independently."I said, this made them hum in thought." If we do not join together to fight the demons, all is lost." I said and then I remember something from the lord of the rings movie and I quietly chuckled but Regem heard it.
"What's so funny?" He asked growling and I was surprised he could hear me.
"Just remembering something from my world." I said simply.
"What do you mean from your world?" Novo asked actually surprised.
"I am not originally from this world." I said, this made them all fall, the silence was broken by Leo.
"You can't honestly think we would believe such bullshit right." Leo said as he crossed his arms.
"It's true, he is from another world." Celestia said and everyone in the room looked at her.
"You can't be serious." Regem said and she shook her head.
"It's true he is from another world." She said and Regem, Novo, and Toa Kaha started whispering to their heirs but then they stopped shortly after.
"So what was that funny from your world, which obviously outweigh our current situation." Novo asked me looking at me with cold eyes. I wasn't scared by that so I just continued and explained myself.
"There was a situation just like this in my world Celestia knows about this." I said and she looked at me.
"You mean Sauron?" She asked and I nodded.
"Who is Sauron?" Phaenna asked.
"He was the dark lord that tried to take over the world with is army of orcs." I said.
"So how did your stopped him?" Torch asked
"Well first I need to explain the rings I guess, first I will recite the poem that was written about them let me see if I remember." I said and I thought for a moment then it came to me and I started reciting it.
"Three rings for the elven kings under the sky, seven for the dwarf lords in their halls of stone, nine for mortal men doomed to die, one for the dark lord on his dark throne in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie one ring to rule them all one ring to find them one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the land of Mordor where the shadows lie." (Link in case you forgot where I got it) I said and the same thing happened when I first told Celestia and Luna it and I started to explain the rings." The rings were created by an elf by the name of Celebrimbor but the designs were created by Sauron, after they created them they gave them to the rulers of each race but Sauron forged his own ring after that and made an army of orcs and a last alliance of men and elves was the only thing that could stop them, but after the war instead of destroying the ring a human king took it for himself. But the ring had a will of its own, Sauron poured his malice and will to dominate all life in it this in turn corrupted the foolish king and plunged his kingdom into darkness." I said finishing it and I snapped my fingers and a hologram of Sauron aperred behind me.
"Well I guess we have a common enemy don't we." Regem said and we all nodded, then I noticed that Leo was missing, I looked around and saw him sneaking up on me. When he noticed that he has been caught he shot off and grabbed the Palantir in both his hands looking into it.
"What are you doing you fool?" I yelled.