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<blockquote data-quote="MonsterEnvy" data-source="post: 7606072" data-attributes="member: 6706188"><p>I think you misunderstanding what was said. While there are some holdouts like Tam. The vast majority of threats the Realms and most D&D settings face is evil rising up from the underground. (Both metaphorically and literally.) The status good is normally the good guys are dominant and everything in the parts of the world being covered is fairly peaceful, until an evil threat rises up to threaten it, before being defeated by heroes, unless it's some big event, but even then they don't accomplish all of their goals and have to go back to plotting after. This is how it is in many settings. This is not a bad thing I might as well add. </p><p></p><p>In Greyhawk evil is a much stronger force there than in most settings. Evil forces control roughly half of the map. Not counting the rising evils like in FR and other subversive elements in the Kingdoms of good and neutrality. </p><p></p><p>This is something that I feel Greyhawk has going for it. Evil is a much stronger force there than in many other settings. The Great Kingdom, The Empire of Iuz, the Scarlet Brotherhood, such large dominant evil forces don't really exist in FR. Thay is the closest there, but it's still just one Kingdom of the few on Faerun. </p><p></p><p>To elaborate on the Great Kingdom, Empire of Iuz and the Scarlet Brotherhood as they are the most notable large evil factions in Greyhawk though not the only ones on the map. </p><p></p><p>The Great Kingdom was formerly the Dominant Power on the continent, being larger and more powerful than any other at the time. However the Kingdom eventually descended into infighting causing it's territory to shrink and break off into lesser states over time. It's still however the largest and one of the powerful forces on the continent despite it's decay and struggles between it's internal powers. The current king is mad and cruel and the official religion of the Great Kingdom worships Hextor the evil god of war resulting in the Kingdom being very aggressive. </p><p></p><p>The Scarlet Brotherhood is pretty easy to explain, they are an order of Monk Nazis. They believe in the racial purity of the Suel race and that all other breeds of humanity and all other humanoids are innately inferior races, who should be thankful to be allowed to bow down before the objective superiority of the suel. And they perform various acts of subterfuge around the world to aid in their goal of rebuilding the Suel Empire and taking over the world. </p><p></p><p>The Empire of Iuz is the worst of the lot. It was formerly a bandit gang led by a Cambion named Iuz who conquered and built up bandit and monster tribes until a large chunk of the world belonged to him. Iuz using the magic taught by his mother and the demonic boons by his father terrorized and oppressed all he came into contact with and basically turned the lands he controlled into Mordor. The people of his empire were allowed to pray to no name but his, and through his great power he eventually clutched the spark of divinity becoming a demigod representing pain and oppression. Ruling over his empire as an immortal near all powerful tyrant, his people have become twisted as well knowing no other life then the one under him and having no hope for anything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MonsterEnvy, post: 7606072, member: 6706188"] I think you misunderstanding what was said. While there are some holdouts like Tam. The vast majority of threats the Realms and most D&D settings face is evil rising up from the underground. (Both metaphorically and literally.) The status good is normally the good guys are dominant and everything in the parts of the world being covered is fairly peaceful, until an evil threat rises up to threaten it, before being defeated by heroes, unless it's some big event, but even then they don't accomplish all of their goals and have to go back to plotting after. This is how it is in many settings. This is not a bad thing I might as well add. In Greyhawk evil is a much stronger force there than in most settings. Evil forces control roughly half of the map. Not counting the rising evils like in FR and other subversive elements in the Kingdoms of good and neutrality. This is something that I feel Greyhawk has going for it. Evil is a much stronger force there than in many other settings. The Great Kingdom, The Empire of Iuz, the Scarlet Brotherhood, such large dominant evil forces don't really exist in FR. Thay is the closest there, but it's still just one Kingdom of the few on Faerun. To elaborate on the Great Kingdom, Empire of Iuz and the Scarlet Brotherhood as they are the most notable large evil factions in Greyhawk though not the only ones on the map. The Great Kingdom was formerly the Dominant Power on the continent, being larger and more powerful than any other at the time. However the Kingdom eventually descended into infighting causing it's territory to shrink and break off into lesser states over time. It's still however the largest and one of the powerful forces on the continent despite it's decay and struggles between it's internal powers. The current king is mad and cruel and the official religion of the Great Kingdom worships Hextor the evil god of war resulting in the Kingdom being very aggressive. The Scarlet Brotherhood is pretty easy to explain, they are an order of Monk Nazis. They believe in the racial purity of the Suel race and that all other breeds of humanity and all other humanoids are innately inferior races, who should be thankful to be allowed to bow down before the objective superiority of the suel. And they perform various acts of subterfuge around the world to aid in their goal of rebuilding the Suel Empire and taking over the world. The Empire of Iuz is the worst of the lot. It was formerly a bandit gang led by a Cambion named Iuz who conquered and built up bandit and monster tribes until a large chunk of the world belonged to him. Iuz using the magic taught by his mother and the demonic boons by his father terrorized and oppressed all he came into contact with and basically turned the lands he controlled into Mordor. The people of his empire were allowed to pray to no name but his, and through his great power he eventually clutched the spark of divinity becoming a demigod representing pain and oppression. Ruling over his empire as an immortal near all powerful tyrant, his people have become twisted as well knowing no other life then the one under him and having no hope for anything else. [/QUOTE]
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