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<blockquote data-quote="Zeromaru X" data-source="post: 7432739" data-attributes="member: 65487"><p>The Shard of Pure Evil is what remains of all the evil of an older universe (the universe of the obyriths). According to Demonomicon (sourcebook), the obyriths pushed the Shard through a rift between their universe and the Dawn War universe, but between the time they pushed the Shard and Tharizdun found it, "eons" passed.</p><p></p><p>Now, the novels about the Abyssal Plague (especially, the Eye of the Chained God) state that Tharizdun got the Shard from the Living Gate (and we know the Living Gate separated the Dawn War universe from the Far Realm). </p><p></p><p>Notice also that Monster Manual 3 has these monsters named the Weavers, that supposedly existed since before the Dawn War universe was created. And, their civilization was destroyed by "a Seed of Chaos that came from the Far Realm", and this disruption not only destroyed their civilization, also caused the catastrophe that created the Astral Sea and the Elemental Chaos. </p><p></p><p>So, with the information given in official sources, we can speculate a bit:</p><p></p><p>The obyriths send the Shard of Pure Evil through the Far Realm, it rips through the dimensional bordes, destroying the Weavers' civilization and the point of infinite potential that existed before creation, creating the Astral Sea and the Elemental Chaos (as mentioned in the Worlds and Monsters sourcebook).</p><p></p><p>Then, someone creates the Living Gate to seal the breach between the universe and the Far Realm, were the Shard is still embedded, and nobody knows about it (leaving the obyriths to die) for eons, until Pelor, Ioun and Tharizdun find the gate again, when they were young (as mentioned in PHB 3 and in the Gates of Madness novella). </p><p></p><p>We don't know why Tharizdun became power hungry, but eventually he returns to get the Shard to make it a weapon to gain power over all the other deities, and then is when the Living Gate is destroyed, Tharizdun got corrupted and created the Abyss. </p><p></p><p>This is my interpretation of these events.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zeromaru X, post: 7432739, member: 65487"] The Shard of Pure Evil is what remains of all the evil of an older universe (the universe of the obyriths). According to Demonomicon (sourcebook), the obyriths pushed the Shard through a rift between their universe and the Dawn War universe, but between the time they pushed the Shard and Tharizdun found it, "eons" passed. Now, the novels about the Abyssal Plague (especially, the Eye of the Chained God) state that Tharizdun got the Shard from the Living Gate (and we know the Living Gate separated the Dawn War universe from the Far Realm). Notice also that Monster Manual 3 has these monsters named the Weavers, that supposedly existed since before the Dawn War universe was created. And, their civilization was destroyed by "a Seed of Chaos that came from the Far Realm", and this disruption not only destroyed their civilization, also caused the catastrophe that created the Astral Sea and the Elemental Chaos. So, with the information given in official sources, we can speculate a bit: The obyriths send the Shard of Pure Evil through the Far Realm, it rips through the dimensional bordes, destroying the Weavers' civilization and the point of infinite potential that existed before creation, creating the Astral Sea and the Elemental Chaos (as mentioned in the Worlds and Monsters sourcebook). Then, someone creates the Living Gate to seal the breach between the universe and the Far Realm, were the Shard is still embedded, and nobody knows about it (leaving the obyriths to die) for eons, until Pelor, Ioun and Tharizdun find the gate again, when they were young (as mentioned in PHB 3 and in the Gates of Madness novella). We don't know why Tharizdun became power hungry, but eventually he returns to get the Shard to make it a weapon to gain power over all the other deities, and then is when the Living Gate is destroyed, Tharizdun got corrupted and created the Abyss. This is my interpretation of these events. [/QUOTE]
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