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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ppaladin123" data-source="post: 5202867" data-attributes="member: 60923">How much longer does the universe have and what sort of death is it? Heat-death? Or does the universe oscillate (collapse and re-big bang)?One idea: In the latter case you might borrow a page out of Gallactus's origins in the Marvel universe. The previous universe collapsed into a singularity but before this happened, the consciousness of the dying universe merged with the final surviving life form (a space explorer who piloted his ship right into the collapse). They formed a new being that survived the destruction of the universe and emerged in the newly created universe with all the memories and knowledge of all the previous peoples.The "gods" and/or those powerful mortal practitioners of magic may be searching for ways to survive the death of the universe and ensure their presence in whatever new creation emerges in the aftermath. Gallactus did it in a "cosmic egg." Perhaps a similar vessel or demi-plane or whatever could be constructed to weather the end times...something like a cosmic arc. It would be vital to collect the aggregate knowledge, history and culture of the world to carry it on. Different entities would have different ideas about who and what should/should not be a part of the new creation. Imagine if the gods of avarice and murder did not survive the cataclysm to taint the new world. Imagine if the gods of justice and life did not instead.This may have happened innumerable times before...the current "gods" are beings (possibly originally mortals) who weathered previous collapses. The divine power source is, "the power cosmic," an energy harnessed from their mastery of space/time that they share with their minions. The individual gods may or may not have any intention of sharing salvation with their followers. Some motivate with empty promises. It remains to be seen who will survive this time. New "gods" and their followers (angels?) may emerge. Old gods may die. Some followers may survive by merging their consciousnesses with their "god" to create a new gestalt entity. (Or...if you want an odd spin....how about the gods and denizens of this dying world invade the far realm (a parallel universe) to escape their fate and find a new home. I like the idea of reversing the typical invasion. The aboleths and mindflayers and other abominations would of course view us as horrifying invaders. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )</blockquote>

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