In real life? I know they weren't monsters like in the legends. On the outside, they all looked like ordinary people with homes and families. It was their hearts and the strength of their magic that made them different. But they grew so powerful, they decided the world didn't need human bodies at all, only souls. A declaration of war on everyone who didn't think humanity needed to evolve that way. With magic strong enough to take each other's souls by force, the gods couldn't reason with each other any more - so they just fought and killed each other over it instead, until nobody was left. In the modern age, we barely remember anything about them, but we still live with some of the consequences. It's weird to think about.
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But they grew so powerful, they decided the world didn't need human bodies at all, only souls. A declaration of war on everyone who didn't think humanity needed to evolve that way. With magic strong enough to take each other's souls by force, the gods couldn't reason with each other any more - so they just fought and killed each other over it instead, until nobody was left.
In the modern age, we barely remember anything about them, but we still live with some of the consequences. It's weird to think about.