Isn't that 40K lore? The gods in 40K needed mortals because they fed on emotions and such.Fallenkezef wrote:None of the gods want the elimination of all mortals, they would lose their power.Mystriss wrote:I thought Slaanesh was the only god who tried to stop/spoke out against the elimination of all mortals?
It gets murky lore and cannon wise because so many ignore Storm of Chaos and/or AoS (where this game is) But... as I recall in pre-end times Slaanesh was the /only/ god that needed mortals for their emotional "entertainment." Archaon was sent by "most" of the Chaos gods to destroy all the mortals, Slaanesh and Nurgle who sent plagues and temptations respectively to deter him, neither were successful. Nurgle grew bored and joined the rest of the Chaos gods in their decision to "restart" the "game," while Slaanesh, who was the only god who "needed" the mortals continued to fight it - and obviously lost.
"And so the mortal world fell away into oblivion. The gnawing rift at the heart of Mankind's domain devoured reality. Slowly it spread at first, but then with the hunger of ravening wildfires. Invigorated, the polar rifts slipped their ancient bounds and joined their younger sibling in its feast. The peoples of the World beheld their doom, and screamed in despair. No two watchers beheld the same vision. Some saw skies riven with fire, some looked upon an ice-cold maelstrom of stars, some saw colossal tentacles and fanged maws that drooled the molten stuff of Chaos. Perhaps the Chaos Gods raised their champions to daemonhood from the battles that raged amongst the flames. It matters little, for the truth of those hopeless wars are lost. The Oak of Ages was swallowed last of all. Mournful dryad-song echoed under livid skies as Athel Loren perished. With its destruction, the Weave that bound the time and space together thinned and stretched. Twisted by unnatural energies, it dissolved entirely into nothingess. That terrible act of uncreation might have taken the blink of an eye, or unfold across millenia. The Dark Gods were not fettered by the flow of time, and let it pass unmarked. Already tired of their victory, they turned away from the ruin they have wrought and began the Great Game anew in other worlds and other creations. In doing so, they paid no heed to the tiny speck of light tumbling in the infinite darkness -- the glowing essense of what had once been a man. Through the storm of nothingness he fell, adrift for aeons upon unseed tides. Then came a glimmering orb, a fiery world-heart grown cold as the abyss. Desperate, the figure seized upon the sphere with a grip that could shatter mountains. He stared into the void, and from the darkness, the void stared back. The figure clung tight, marshalling his faded strength. He reached forth his hand, and a miracle took shape......These were truly the End Times" —Epilogue
Then you get into 40K which is the "new game" yeah?
