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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 1933337" data-attributes="member: 990"><p>Why would gods destroy a continent? What about:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The flora/fauna on the continent developed a malign sentience and would have eventually consumed/polluted/taken over the whole world.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The inhabitants became overfond of the use of magic, and developed so much power that they rivaled the gods themselves. (IOW, jealousy.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The gods were warring amongst themselves and the continent was just caught in the crossfire.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The gods were warring, but the god that "owned" this particular continent actually destroyed it accidentally while trying to kill or maim another god. (IOW, friendly fire.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The gods didn't actually do it. Some long dead species did it, but the gods claim to have done it so that no one now living will ever find out how it was done and destroy the rest of the world.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The inhabitants were wicked and the gods destroyed the continent as punishment.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It was a natural phenomenon. For some reason, the magic all leached out of the land, and it just...died.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Aliens did it. Then they stayed around and convinced everyone they were gods. So the "gods" everybody worships are just lousy carpetbaggers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The continent was hit my a meteor. In order to save the planet, the gods had to sacrifice that continent. Or maybe they just didn't care.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>

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