Subject: Re: Cataclysm decided!
From: Sinister Serpent (sinister.serpent@sci.fi)
Date: Thu Nov 25 1999 - 14:56:07 EET
Kaoru Shalamberidze wrote: > > We had a chat about the cataclysm and now its decided, there will be no > whining after this :) > > The events before the cataclysm went about as follows: > > - first there was a few individual great wizards and other powerful beings > who in their envy shun the gods and envied their power. Perhaps partly > because of god Mandor they got really power-hungry > - Next they formed an alliance, tho perfect their power and perhaps > became gods themselfs. > - They had great influence among the people and they changed the way > people thought about gods. People became ignorant and more supportive > towards their powerful and present cabal. > - First effects hit the weaker new gods at this time. > - The power of the cabal grew considerably when they started to attract > a huge volume of followers for their ideals, which were atheism and > satanism + others. Worshipping "old gods" was no longer needed > and this powerful cabal of wizards was very popular > - More effects backfired on gods > - Next the cabal and their followers started to go offensive. > They killed few gods, demigods and ancients > - Their religions and ideology spread all over the world, mostly > enforced but it did. > - The gods realized that this would lead to destruction > - The good gods like dazzt and others tried to help humanity and > save them for their fate. But the evil ones like Yorkaturr, sinister > and perhaps the worst Mandor (feeding the cabals hunger for power) > resisted the good gods, and made their attempts to save humanity > pretty futile. > - The ranks of new gods started to fall apart, most of their worshippers > and support now gone and everything going to hell. They tried to > save themselfs and do something about it. But again the strong elder > evil ones came about and kicked their asses. For a short time > there was "a war in heavens" > - As the world escalated towards chaos and destruction the gods fought > over its fate. Finally the greater god Namhas came forth and > decided that the world must go if the people are behaving like > this. > - Conclave of gods decided to do nothing, just sit and watch as > mortals destroy themselfs. > - Chaos and disorder spread and finally the attempts of the cabal > lead to devastating destruction. the cataclysm. > - Lord Sinister laughed at that day. > > Now the world is in ruins, all because of powerhungry great wizards and > their followers. Lots of new gods are very weak and many of them even > dead. Old cities, old nations, people, tribes.. lost. Destroyed by their > own stupidity. The world had first suffered many years under the madness > of the cabal and under the chaos that came from the mini-war of the gods, > and because many new gods left their duties in order to save themsefls. > People who live after the cataclysm have either suffered greatly themself > or are the descedants of those you lived in the troubled times. > But now its time for a fresh beginning and a new start, perhaps this time > the people will learn to behave. > > Thou you can be sure about Mandor trying to feed their hunger for power > the best he can - again :) ... Unfortunately I do not agree on this idea. My vision about the cataclysm differs a lot from this. Mortals caused the cataclysm WITHOUT divine intervention. The gods did not fight mortals or other gods, instead, the power mortals invoked in the world was so powerful that it got off their hands, backfiring and causing terrible destruction and havoc. These wizards could not stop their experiments with true magic. They unleashed its powers upon the world in their quest for immortality and ironically this quest finally became their end since when the first shockwaves hit the world, they started from these wizards' laboratories and towers, so these parts of the world (where these towers were located) have suffered more damage from the devastation than any other places. It is up to you, fellow designers, where the towers of these powerful wizards were located originally. You may also decide how many there were these wizards and if they all had allied together or not. Probably there were at least TWO alliances which were competing against each other on this quest for immortality. Their pure selfishness and lack of understanding towards true magic lead these wizards to the Cataclysm which almost tear the world apart. -- | ~ Sinister / Serpent of Nightside ~ | | <sinister.serpent@sci.fi> http://i.am/sinister.serpent/ | --o-- Nightside homepage: http://www.netti.fi/~halsa/ --o-- | Nightside e-mail: <nightside@hotmail.com> |
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