Ghirahim's Forces were originally the army of monsters and demons lead by the Demon King, Demise who sought to obtain the Triforce, a divine artifact left behind by the Golden Goddesses. Under the Demon King, they plunged the land in darkness and bloodshed. They where opposed by the Goddess Hylia who protected the Triforce from evil. Hylia gathered the surviving Hylians and used her divine power to raise several land masses up into The Sky, with the largest becoming the land of Skyloft, while she herself remained on The Surface to fight the Demon King and his army, supported by the Gorons, Ancient Robots, Mogma, Kikwi, and Parella that remained on the Surface. Eventually, Demise was defeated and sealed within the Sealed Grounds by Hylia. The remnants of Demise's army rallied under the lead