The Darkest Time



The Darkest Time was a group of books bundled together written by J.I. Gomez. Its story revolts around three elements of darkness, and two groups that fight for them.

The book is divided in five tomes or volumes, one for each part of the quest:


 * The Darkest Time.
 * The Darkest Time: Wicked Woods.
 * The Darkest Time: Darkness Approaches.
 * The Darkest Time: The Soul is The Key.
 * The Darkest Time: Corners of Doom.

General Plot
The story unfolds in the land of Gielinor, in the fields, woods and other areas rather than cities, the only city featured is Draynor, as it's Rick's hometown, and in the last book, some fictious cities in Morytania are also shown.

The six elemental swords were crafted long ago by the Imcando dwarves for a group of heroes under the lead of Mistico, a powerful magician, since then, the group has been maintained by the successors of Mistico and his warriors, who fight bravely against evil.

Now, the group is formed around Magia, the fourth successor of the great Mistico, the warriors still use the six elemental swords: Firia, Windia, Tundra, Aqua, Gaia, and Rayka.

The sword of magic, Mana, a gift by Saradomin and Guthix themselves to Magia, is the strongest sword on all of Gielinor and can only be matched with the sword that Zamorak did to destroy Mana, simply called "Doomsword" which is the mixture of three items, namely a hilt, a blade and a bead, all of which can be used with all independency from the others.

The story centers along this items and the struggle of the evil ones with the six swordsmen over the items, and of course, more things ill be discovered on their quest.

The Darkest Time: Moving Picture
A prequel movie was made, it was rather successful and boosted the sales of the book almost by 50%.

The movie centers in one of the elements that must be found, and the troubles the group of six swordsmen have to overcome to get their hands over the item.

Videogames
Soon after the release of the movie on February, 2008, Double-Bit Axe Entertainment released a BETA version of a new MMORPG game based on the books, the game got quite popular and it began to be sold as a full game with a single player campaign and other extras on May of the same year.

Recently, the company announced a sequel game was being written as well as another movie in collaboration with Gomez. In a difference with the first game, which was non-canonical, this last game features the end of the story, which was left unresolved in the books, it will feature the player as the successor of Frederick who is under training, the story takes place 15 years after the last book and features all of the original characters.

The game is expected to be released on December 2008 and the movie on early 2009.