Lord Tirathos, The Primordial of Malice (spoilers

**The replacement version of this design here - though it was cool, it didn't suit my likes, and purposes very much: so what you see here is the REAL final incarnation of Tirathos**

I may have jumped the gun, and showed everyone Tirathos in that gargantuan, primordial form that is indeed a nod to The Oni Shredder's final form, yes.

But that doesn't mean I can show you guys what the TRUE final incarnation of Darkness in Equestria looks like, now can I? The Answer: No. And now, here he is for you all to enjoy. This abomination is a result of a mortally wounded Tirek, having been cast aside by his now freed, and greatly empowered master, Apophis, who revealed how he'd been using him as the means of escaping the realm of the spiritual since day one. The devil, now stuck on life support, was hard pressed to figure out what to do. With the powers of the Mystical Relics of Equestria gone from his body, and inside that serpent now, and both the gems and hourglass of Chronos lost to him, he was at a loss as to what he would do. He was on the verge of losing everything HE had accomplished in spite of his defeats. He cared not that Apophis had been manipulating him, only that he still did everything he did. He controlled Equestria from the shadows. HE played its most conniving minds like puppets, and orchestrated history, itself. He used time itself to bring himself into being, so to speak, by completing his own glorious evolution. And he was the supreme ruler of the most foul empire in the universe! He did not spend thousands of years imprisoned to let that snake take what was his! He would see him ripped to shreds, and forever dead before that happened.

The fates seemed to answer his pleas, as the answer had been literally presented to him in the form of a harrowing suit of demonic armor that rose out of the Darkness, and actually said its name: the Kuroi Yoroi.

A cursed demon armor of many others that comes to only the most desperate of souls to give its power to the ones who unknowingly summoned it. The last time a Kuroi Yoroi had been summoned, that suit had taken human host Oroku Saki, and transformed him into The Shredder, who became a dark legend in the universe he originated. But a great battle saw The Shredder slain, and Oroku Saki's soul free. That was the catch to this potential power being offered: only the blackest of hearts could actually control the Kuroi Yoroi without succumbing to its Darkness. For if its host holds no fear of Darkness, then that Darkness can never control or destroy them. And Tirek has proven a master of Darkness in the past, with his indomitable will giving him the strength to persevere. The other price, of course, would be that he could NEVER take off the armor once it was donned, as it bonds to its host forever, until death take them both. The devil cared little for this, as he was on the verge of death, anyway, despite his ex-master's mercy in reattaching his head to his shoulders, and providing him this crude life-support. If he had to trade, he would prefer mobile life support that granted him unimaginable power, then so be it. Of course, the Kuroi Yoroi warned him that it requires a suitable source of life energy to fully charge the armor's power, and perhaps exceed it.

The end result would lead to the former centaur's former master performing a final service to him.

During the siege on the Ony Citadel, the stronghold of Apophis, which had his armies of Tiracians, and his armada of warships, clashing with the united forces of Equestria. The champions of Harmony, and Light challenged him personally, but found he was far more dangerous than even Tirek was in his last incarnation. Which prompted the dragon serpent to dismiss Tirek as a weak willed fool who could not see beyond his own ambitions to realize when he was being manipulated by the one he called master. But as he explained, the first rule of the Vashtarans, adopted by that ancient race known as The Sith, decreed there can only ever be two: Master and Apprentice. And in his useless state, Tirek would soon be replaced as the Outer God's apprentice. Together, they would finally end Lignum Harmonia, and bring the reign of Anarchy to bear. Imagine his surprise when Tirek appeared before him in an apparatus that served as his temporary life-support system, declaring Apophis the fool for saving him. Now, with this "explosive weapon" he had brought with him, alongside Professor N. Shroud, and Morpheus, he would make Apophis pay for his betrayal. The snake scoffed at this pathetic display, and said he would remind the former centaur why HE is master by first destroying Tirek's weapon, and then put the devil through eternal torment. Tirek only goaded him into doing it, saying he was too weak to do such a simple task. That got him fired up, and Apophis unleashed his power on what he still thought was a bomb.

He never counted on the Kuroi Yoroi being used for a Trojan Horse ploy by hiding inside the pod being claimed to be a bomb, only for the armor to blow it open as its chest cavity swung wide open to swallow the dragon serpent's energy.

Apophis was horrified when he realized what was happening. Especially when he couldn't stop releasing more, and more energy. It was here Tirek threw Apophis own words of insult regarding his former apprentice, then went on to explain how the Kuroi Yoroi is a Malzalam of its own calibur, as all of these demon armors were. Once they have a handle on pure life energy, they will not stop until they consume and convert it into the power it needs to waken its true potential, and pass on to a worthy wielder. When Apophis stated that he was nothing but pure energy, the armor itself stated how unfortunate for him that was, as it soon enough dragged him completely into its being, and converted him into not only raw primordial energy, but also left his Jinsei Core to empower the Kuroi Yoroi - and Tirek in turn, now that it was ready to merge with him. Dusk pleaded for N. Shroud and Morpheus to stop Tirek before he goes through with this: or he would become Apophis' literal successor, and be unstoppable with such power. Both dismissed him when they made it clear that this was the idea, and helped hasten the ceremony. The bonding process began, and in that moment, Lord Tirek ceased to be. Without a shred of light in his being, he was pure evil incarnate. Now, amplified by the power of a Kuroi Yoroi, his own master's Primordial power, and all of the magical power the dragon snake had stolen from him upon his death. He had become the equivalent of Tirek, AND Apophis, melded together as one with the successor as the dominant persona in control of this demonic fusion. The Dark Lords of old were gone.

Now there was only Tirathos, The Supreme Lord of Darkness, and Anarchy.

The Primordial of Midnight - and the doom of Equestria and beyond.

**And this is his final form down below**

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Tirek is owned by DHX and Hasbro