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<blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 2679356" data-attributes="member: 1164">Short answer, Derleth's version of Yog-SothothCreator type deity was betrayed by lesser deities and minions wanting more power than the cabals of mortal worshippers offered them.The lesser gods stole as much power as they could, dividing up among thier number the creator's goodness, mercy, wrath, maliciousness, etc. This left the creator entity in a state mortals might liken to insanity. It tried to bring about The End, but the lesser deities stopped enough so that a few souls could be preserved from The End and the worlds could be remade.The lesser deities bound a 'small' portion [star sized] at the center of prime material to keep the multiverse intact, and then reshaped &amp; reworked the cosmos to suit themselves.The remaining infinity was forced outside the multiverse along with the minions that stayed loyal* to the creator [*except for the angel of death, who would still be needed]. This remaining infinity's power is bleeding into the world. This Power, that can break the rules the deities reshaped the world with, is what mortals think of as magic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="frankthedm, post: 2679356, member: 1164"] [b]Short answer, Derleth's version of Yog-Sothoth[/b] Creator type deity was betrayed by lesser deities and minions wanting more power than the cabals of mortal worshippers offered them. The lesser gods stole as much power as they could, dividing up among thier number the creator's goodness, mercy, wrath, maliciousness, etc. This left the creator entity in a state mortals might liken to insanity. It tried to bring about The End, but the lesser deities stopped enough so that a few souls could be preserved from The End and the worlds could be remade. The lesser deities bound a 'small' portion [star sized] at the center of prime material to keep the multiverse intact, and then reshaped & reworked the cosmos to suit themselves. The remaining infinity was forced outside the multiverse along with the minions that stayed loyal* to the creator [*except for the angel of death, who would still be needed]. This remaining infinity's power is bleeding into the world. This Power, that can break the rules the deities reshaped the world with, is what mortals think of as magic. [/QUOTE]

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