When Soi Ali sent Strun Drio out of this world and into the next it simply moved the time of hardship from this world to that one. It was a padded hardship compared to the one before, for much of Strun Drios power had been drained in his defeat. He found that he could no long control more than 10 people at a time. It was enough however to be an enormous threat. He seized the minds of those sent to with strain him instantly. For he was known on this world as well, having sent many to it. He used them to gain access to the head honchos in the surrounding area. They silenced those who knew he was there. Things continued as normal, at least, as far as anyone noticed. Those who gave out commands still gave commands. It was the same people giving the commands; they just weren't their commands. And so with no one realizing it, Strun Drio had taken an effective control on the goings on.
After the girl had come so close to destroying him, he had researched the gong. He knew that it could return him to the world he had come from, and se he ordered to have people search for parts of the gong. They recovered three of them before he met with opposition. There were increasing numbers of people who were discovering something was amiss. It got to the point that they couldn't all be assured or silenced before they started to spread the word. Soon everyone knew and there was no point in trying to stop them. They no longer took the orders through those he commanded, so he took the three parts of the gong he had collected and left, with the best ten people he could find, to go and search for the rest. But now that everyone was on to him, they sent out search parties as well. It was now a contest of who could find them first. One on which was staked the future of two worlds. He built an army, using the ten he had under his power to get followers. They built him a castle and started killing off the other search parties, taking the pieces of gong from those whom had found them. In this way Strun Drio managed to get his hands on 6 of the eight pieces of the gong. Only two remained. The two remaining pieces were hidden away from him by a new organization formed to stop him. The Conclave. The conclave attacked Strun Drios castle and a long bloody battle ensued. Strun Drios army was obliterated, but the war wasn't over. They still had to take out Strun Drio and get the 6 pieces of gong. The conclave split into two divisions, one section fought their way to the storeroom where Strun Drio kept the gong, and the other fraction went after Strun Drio. Although Strun Drio could only control ten people, it was enough. He simply took control of the first ten entering his chamber, and set them to attack the one behind them. If any of them fell, he simply took over the one who did them in, until only the ten most powerful remained and were under his control. Then the archers came. They could strike from a distance and get him before they could fall from their friends. Strun Drio fled his castle and disappeared. The gong was restored and had various spells placed on it, one was so it would remain in this land, should it ever be used, and not go to the other. Then it was hidden away in the castle under guard so that it would never fall into Strun Drios hands again. He hasn't been seen since.