Domination of Equestria - T-90 days.
Tartarus, prison of demons, evil emperors and unnamed horrors which used to lurk under the bed. The hardest place in the whole world to get out of.
Or, get into.
In the depths of the wildest place in Equestria known as the Everfree Forest, is a cave. Inside that cave is a tunnel where no light, natural or magical may shine.
At the end of that tunnel is a river, wider and faster than any sea which sat upon the surface, filled with creatures of the kind even their mother couldn’t love.
On the far side of that river is a labyrinth, said to be the birthplace of the Minotaur race and still filled with their more beastial and mad progenitors.
At the centre of the labyrinth is a well. This well feels deeper than even the earth itself is capable of being. The walls are smoother than glass, and harder than diamonds. There’s no purchase for even the most experienced of Goat climbers.
At the bottom of the well is a cavern. This craggy massive space is the home of Cerberus, keeper of Tartarus. This three headed dog may be the cutest thing in the sunlight, but down here in the dark and the depths he lives up to his name as the Grim Keeper. No pony, no creature has ever gotten past him and lived. Until now.
Past the Grim Keeper is The Gate. The massive wrought iron edifice enchanted to be stronger than any material known to any sentient races. Unbreakable, lock unpickable.
On the other side of The Gate, Rainbow Dash’s hoof met her face.
“You said it would be here Twilight.”
Beside her, the Alicorn of Friendship was staring at the pedestal in horror. The large, empty pedestal.
“It should be here Rainbow! All my research said it would be in the hardest place to reach! In the place nopony may gain entry! It has to be here!”
In Tartarus, prison of demons, evil emperors and unnamed horrors which used to lurk under the bed, somepony groaned.
Overlord Rule No:5 The artefact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the object which is my one weakness.
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So the safe deposit box is somehow more secure because it is more accessible to the big bad?
That is possible, but again that doesn't exactly ensure that it will never be reached or penetrated.
~Leonzilla
6498181 But no one would think about searching there
Or you could make copies of the source of your power, destroy your one true weakness or research it to make defenses against it, etc. The better idea would be to lose your weakness.
There are plenty of movies where the safety deposit box is broken into too, and it usually takes less time to get into. Though, given this series of events, you could also bury it underneath the pedastal and it would have the same effect. Misdirection can be useful even in small amounts.
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Actually, going by the movies with modern villains, that's usally the first place they search.
See also "I know my weaknesses and I will either defend them or turn them into a strength".
I wonder what exactly you were 'researching' there Twilight. It's like you got the opposite of the list, and followed that.
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There's also the possibility of using fakes. If you've got a true source of power, make an imitation, declare that you have absorbed whatever it is that it does into yourself, and publicly destroy it. That way, nobody is looking for it. Ditto goes for the weakness; make a fake, demonstrate it's ineffectiveness, and destroy it. Alternatively, seal the fake up in a concrete block somewhere; then you'll know if somebody isn't buying your act.
6498181 to a hero, having a belligerent bank teller inbetween them and the magical macguffin is a greater obstacle than trudging through 13 different hells.
You've got a tiny but significant error there:
There's a comma missing after "Forest." Due to that you're saying that Everfree is a cave, instead of what you meant to say, i.e., that Everfree is the wildest place in Equestria.
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More like Trolololol
Took me awhile to find this quote from Fallout Equestria
6771939 link pls
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I think you mean Trololol
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That is true, put it in a place full of professional security and put people the hero(s) is/are unwilling to harm between it and them.
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Maybe just drop it in a pond somewhere while on a hike and kick some silt on it or whatever. Or put it under a rock.
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if i remember, another rule is to spread false rumors of a fake weakness...