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Ruinous Return - Send Off (for now)

🕑 Added 2024-10-10 14:46:26 +0000 UTC

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Thanks for the story! Just got Patreon today and finished the rest of the story in one go. Very happy to see everyone getting a happy ending :D The return to earth would be fun, though I agree a series of reactions or skips makes more sense given Lyns power level - and it's probably better than artificially trying to reduce her strenth or introducing new powerful being on earth out of nowhere. One fun thing is that, given the time dilation, all the heroes on earth will still be alive when the invasion happens - and seeing their reactions sound very fun.

Seras Streams

Well, I already did the math. 1,000 years for Lyn in Ghomar-time is only 208 days on Earth time (give or take a few hours). So if I wanted a 75-year Earth time-skip, for example? It would be a HUGE amount of time on Ghomar. And I can't just retcon the time dilation because then I invalidate a bunch of earlier info. So, great idea, but not quite feasible for the time skip aspect. HOWEVER, I did have an idea rolling through my head that the 'bridge' that is kept hidden between Ghomar and Earth is restarting Earth's own 'mana cycle', and that is awakening 'ancient powers'. Like, dormant entities that choose champions as they cannot affect the mortal realm (being stuck in that 'Ethereal' plane). Like, Zeus, for example, could be one of those 'ancient powers' that was locked away when SOMETHING caused Earth's mana to dry up. IDK its a thought. Lots of cool suggestions I've received on Patreon I'm mulling over as well.

Aclys

Glad you like! I also considered for opposition, there's that time-difference mechanic... What if all the people who got sent for rebirth on earth got a consolation prize in the form of whatever dungeon core they replaced when swapping one for themselves as a reward to Lyn for the assorted dungeons? And they got to Keep those... and live lives with secret magic powers... Then they died and those dungeon cores stayed on earth because the original entities they where made from, stuck in that Abyss? Well they're dead... So then you could potentially have generations of humans, a selection of the 15-ish that did not get to donate their core to Lyn while still alive, getting bonded to random humans being born and then they grow up with what are effectively superpowers.... Advance this by however many generations you feel like and the earth Lyn comes to liberate might look Very different from the earth we know today, saves you the political hot potatoes of having to detail real world countries and their leaders getting Lyn'd into submission ^^; But yeah... super heroes with powers, some with more seniority than others based on managing to stay alive as one of only 15 people on the planet with powers... and most people knowing that when one dies a new one gets born... The cores themselves might have changed too, since they have been the Only cores on the planet for all that time with no god or dungeons to keep them normalized. lots of potential for conflict and struggles as Lyn tries to make this less messy without trying to just steamroll things into submission herself due to the atrocious body count that will unavoidably bring.

Seras Streams

*writing down these ideas* love it! Good concept.

Aclys

In regards to Lyn home tour of earth... I would suggest drawing inspiration from superman stories. The challenge for superman is almost never "catch the badguy", that part is relatively trivial. His challenge is making sure nobody dies, to save and keep safe as many people as possible without either burning himself out... he is no god after all (and even gods have limits) or making mankind rely on him to save them so much that they become dependent and unable to fend for themselves. Thus why he chose to be a symbol for hope, to inspire people by serving as an example rather than trying to literally lead or control people. Naturally Lyn is liable to be more willing to control things... but that's what makes her story different from a superman one. Still she faces similar challenges in the grand scheme of things. Heck, that could be a lead in... what if she tries finding people to make into champions by granting them magical powers, creating heroes who can lead by example and make the world a better place instead of trying to conquer the whole thing which, due to human nature, is going to get opposed simply because nobody is going to be willing to just bend the knee to what they perceive as an outsider. You could then give yourself a whole cast of new main/supporting characters, the heroes and their support in turn who can face challenges and even setbacks... with Lyn taking on a more overseeing role... like zordon to the power rangers.

Seras Streams

An interesting idea I can consider. Still makes the drama part a bit difficult. It would definitely lean more towards fantasy kingdom builder.

Baseplate36

You could have lyn create a mortal avatar to power her down, there's no risk because her divine self could make it's way over at any point to bail her out, but maybe she's made a game of it to try and accomplish her goals without divine intervention. Maybe she's sensed she's lost some of the mortal perspective and has grown distanced from mortal people and she wants to regain that.