Ricki Yasha Tarr@RickiTarr@beige.party
It's true though:
Tim Hergert@cjust@infosec.exchange
@RickiTarr@beige.party This has got all hallmarks of the Fantasy Trope: The Long Forgotten Evil™
An ancient evil is almost (but not-yet-quite-completely) vanquished by the heroes.
As they move on and the society recovers - slowly but surely most everyone who remembers the actual evil starts to die (of old age - the heroes won and it's a happily-ever-after scenario - aside from the almost-vanquished-yet-most-certainly-lying-in-wait-as-it-gathers-its-strength ancient evil).
Slowly but surely - the tales of the ancient evil get muddled and watered down over each retelling over the generations - to the point many doubt whether there actually was a Festering Ancient Evil Bent On Consuming The World at all, and if the stories were more an allegory - a way to get ornery children to listen to their parents.
And slowly but surely - time marches on, and the legends who slew the Ancient Festering Evil are long forgotten, as is the existence of the very ancient evil itself.
Until. . . .
A plucky hero(ine) comes along - accidentally finds and ancient tome containing ancient knowledge and Forbidden Incantations©
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Their finding the ancient forbidden knowledge seems almost . . . guided, as if by some being or intelligence that yearns for freedom, now eagerly aware that no one remembers the ancient horrors.
The hero(ine)'s curiosity about this ancient knowledge - insatiable. The opening and reading of the ancient text is almost pre-ordained at this point.
And with a flash of lightning - and the billowing of sulfurous smoke after the words are spoken - The Long Forgotten Ancient Evil Who Has Been Awaiting This Day And Biding Its Time - is now free.
--==ALL HAIL LORD CLIPPY==--
--==IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE WRITING A LETTER==--
--==DID YOU WANT HELP?==--
(Or to paraphrase Sterling Archer: DO YOU WANT ANCIENT HORRORS BEYOND THE COMPREHENSION OF MAN? BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET ANCIENT HORRORS BEYOND THE COMPREHENSION OF MAN!)
#AllHailLordClippy