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Idea for a cosmos eons after an "inverse apocalypse" and an unusual deity that rises as a result.
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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 7936335" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>Kind of but not really. Good was arguably strong in the world at the time, but it was hardly as though evil had been eradicated. It's more that the world was in balance but "good" chose to try and destroy that balance.</p><p></p><p>It has been a while, but iirc the Cataclysm began because the Kingpriest became too fanatical in his "good" beliefs. He tried to eradicate evil from the world, but his definition of evil encompassed anyone who did not think as he did.</p><p></p><p>Lord Soth was given an opportunity to avert the Cataclysm, but put his own selfish interests ahead of the world. However, he was already arguably evil by this point, having not only been unfaithful to his wife but also murdering her and their child. Averting the Cataclysm (at the cost of his life) was a last chance at redemption, which he failed at.</p><p></p><p>Edit</p><p>Will Wight's Traveler's Gate Trilogy is the closest example I can think of like this, although it doesn't really fit.</p><p></p><p>[SPOILER]In it, mages draw upon other planes of existence for magic. One of those planes is essentially the plane of goodness. The issue is that any mage who overuses that power risks being possessed by that plane, essentially becoming a powerful incarnation of that plane. However, even the good plane is so fanatical that anything that doesn't fit its narrow definition of good is branded as evil.[/SPOILER]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 7936335, member: 53980"] Kind of but not really. Good was arguably strong in the world at the time, but it was hardly as though evil had been eradicated. It's more that the world was in balance but "good" chose to try and destroy that balance. It has been a while, but iirc the Cataclysm began because the Kingpriest became too fanatical in his "good" beliefs. He tried to eradicate evil from the world, but his definition of evil encompassed anyone who did not think as he did. Lord Soth was given an opportunity to avert the Cataclysm, but put his own selfish interests ahead of the world. However, he was already arguably evil by this point, having not only been unfaithful to his wife but also murdering her and their child. Averting the Cataclysm (at the cost of his life) was a last chance at redemption, which he failed at. Edit Will Wight's Traveler's Gate Trilogy is the closest example I can think of like this, although it doesn't really fit. [SPOILER]In it, mages draw upon other planes of existence for magic. One of those planes is essentially the plane of goodness. The issue is that any mage who overuses that power risks being possessed by that plane, essentially becoming a powerful incarnation of that plane. However, even the good plane is so fanatical that anything that doesn't fit its narrow definition of good is branded as evil.[/SPOILER] [/QUOTE]
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