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The Shadow Army was the Shadow Lord's main force of attack, especially during his first invasion. The army was comprised of various creatures created in his Factory, led by human commanders. The army was initially defeated during the Battle for Deltora and after many centuries, revived with the creation of Grey Guards.
History[]
When the Shadow Army was built, it was first used to guard the Shadowlands, in case any of the three Pirran tribes tried to take back their lands.
Invasion[]
- Main article: Invasion of Deltora
The army marched through Deltora through the Barrier Mountains destroying everything in their path. The army was determined to move south, however during winter they were forced to halt.[1] Three commanders in the army drank the water from the Dreaming Spring and were transformed into trees.[2]
Battle for Deltora[]
- Main article: Battle for Deltora
Waiting on the Hira plains, the army charged towards the Plains troops. However, many were killed in the trap set by the Ralads. Although Sheela abandoned her post, the army continued to fight and after the aid of the Torans, were destroyed in their hundreds.[1]
Second invasion[]
- Main article: Shadowlands invasion
After many years of preparation, servants of the Shadow Lord had spread to different parts of Deltora, causing teror, pain and despair. His servants also deceived the royal family, through normal trickery as well as magical illussions, into believing that everything was fine and well in the kingdom. This made the people of the land believe that their monarch had abandoned them and caused them to stop believing in the royal family, which resulted in the magic of the Belt of Deltora being weakened. The Belt, too, was being worn less and less by the monarch due to the influence of each monarch's chief advisor, instead being kept in the tallest tower of the royal palace. Around two decades ago, after Endon had been crowned king by wearing the Belt in a ceremony, after which it was placed back in the tower, the chief advisor finally made his move, breaking the Belt physically, after which the Ak-Baba entered the land to take the gems of the Belt and hide them in fearful places all around Deltora. This allowed the Shadow Lord and the forces of his army to finally enter the land of Deltora safely and overtake it, and Endon and his wife, Queen Sharn, fled the palace.[3]
After the Victory and Conquest, the Shadow Army was used to crush anyone who would try to resist their master rule, mainly the resistance groups.
Endon and Sharn swapped places with the blacksmith Jarred (Endon's former best friend) and his wife Anna, and dwelled in the forge. Using the blacksmithing skills he had been taught at the palace, he remade the belt and leave the quest to collect all the gems to his son Lief, a former palace guard named Barda agreed to go on the quest in his place, and with additional help from a girl they met at the Forests of Silence named Jasmine, they recovered the gems and restored the Belt of Deltora, using its power to banish the Shadow Lord and his creations from the land once more.[4]
Liberation of Pirran[]
- Main article: Liberation of the Shadowlands slaves
While the Shadow Lord had ruled Deltora, he had ordered his Shadow Army to gather slaves from all over the kingdom to be taken to the Shadowlands to be tested for his new experiments. The slaves who escaped created a resistance in the Shadowlands, which was to fight the shadow army. When Lief and his friends managed to collect all three parts of the Pirran Pipe and used its music, that it’s point many monsters of again the Shadow Lord’s army went extinct with the survivors and it were banished. The Shadowlands had once again return to land of Pirran like it was many years ago.
Dragon Night[]
- Main article: Dragon Night
Around two years after the quest for the Belt of Deltora, the Shadow Lord summoned up all of his magical powers to allow his seven Ak-Baba, which served as the air force of the Shadow Army, to defy the shielding magic of the Belt and enter Deltora to have them protect the grey tide and fight against Lief, Barda, Jasmine and the Deltoran dragons, during the battle of which four of them were slain, only leaving three Ak-Baba alive, which subsequently fled back across the Barrier Mountains to their master.[5]
TaKing of Doren[]
- Main article: Breaking of the Wall
after losing four sisters, other monsters, and most of his shadow friends (including the four Ak-babas), Shadow Lord was forced to flee again but it was still alive and no spells, magic items or magic weapons were found in this world that could kill it, so shadow lord began it’s plan to Conquer the world. first the Shadow Lord gather it’s survivors of the army and Servants, so it turned it’s attention to Doran, because shadow lord could not go to the island as long as the Fellan banishment spell was in effect, it sent it’s servants to turn humans against the Fellan and destroy their forest so that Fellan’s magic would weaken and the Shadow Lord could come back the island. When it found the Skimmers, the Shadow Lord began modify and Breed them, which took it many years than when it had the factory, when it’s forces were ready it began it’s attack.
Army[]
Grey Guards constantly marched through cities, killing anyone who threatened them.
General infantry[]
The general infantry division is the ground force of the Shadow Army and main fighters of the army, in war they kill enemy soldiers, in land that are under the Shadow Lord's control they are used to enforce his rule, some to spy and to Scout.
- Ols (formerly)
- Grey Guards
- Greers (formerly)
- Brainwashed slaves (including the people of Noradz) (formerly)
- Ra-Kacharz (formerly)
Beasts[]
The beasts division are the wars beasts of the army, but because they are as intelligent as animals, they are difficult to control, and will run away if they get an opportunity.
- Vraals (formerly)
- Green Beasts (formerly)
Air force[]
The air force division is responsible for air defense and reporting directly to the Shadow Lord. This division originally only numbered seven, the air force received additional numbers later.
- Ak-Babas (his creations, seven of which used to serve him[3]; four of them were killed in the Dragon Night, leaving only three alive[5])
- Skimmers (in an alternative future)
Shadowlands[]
The Shadowlands division includes forces from general infantry, beasts and air force divisions, but has some special units that protect the headquarters.
- Wild Ones (only some of them serve him) (formerly)
- Carriers Worms (formerly)
Trivia[]
- After the conquest of Deltora, the Shadow Army gained access to more food, weapons and etc. Food from the territories that was under the Shadow Lord's control and weapons from the blacksmiths that were near the castle of Del and other supplies from other places.
- The reason why the Shadow Lord didn't have a naval division in the Shadow Army is because the division never had a chance to build a fleet, as whenever the Shadow Lord tried to build the division, someone always stopped it.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rodda, Emily. Tales of Deltora. Scholastic Australia. 2005.
- ↑ Rodda, Emily. Secrets of Deltora. Scholastic Australia. 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rodda, Emily. The Forests of Silence. Scholastic Australia. May 1, 2000.
- ↑ Rodda, Emily. Return to Del. Scholastic Australia. November 1, 2001.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rodda, Emily. The Sister of the South. Scholastic Australia. October 1, 2004.