So here's the problem. I'm creating a fantasy novel LOTR-esque, with lots of races/swordplay/mystery/gods/etc..
and I have a good list of characters and even my main Villain planned out. However, I don't want to sound cliche and be like "Oh we must stop him before he destroys the world".
Essentially my main characters are twins and the father of the twins has a twin himself that is taken over by an evil entity entirely. What this means is there is no saving him, he is dead and gone. My idea is that the evil entitys main goal is to rebuild their shattered world from eons ago. Their civilization existed in the air through magical forces and were blanketed in invisibility as to not draw attention to themselves from the ground people (humans/other races). They were referred to as gods in old texts but they themselves are a civilization just like any on the ground world they just possess special abilities (hence being called gods). Their elders decided they would live separate of any other civilizations and keep secret.
Their world was destroyed by powerfull members of their society during a war eons ago over conflicting beliefs in how their world should go on. Many were lost and those who survived now live upon ground world secluded by their magics just like in the heavens. The one responsible banished.
Through events the fathers brother (twin brother) awakens the power and subsequently falls victim to it. Now the entity wants to recreate his lost world in the skies in his image and under his rule. He believes ground world does not deserve to exist apart from them, that they should bow and serve their superiors. If he was to succeed in rebuilding his lost world many would die due to the enormous amount of energies it would take basically bringing on an apocalypse. The heros want to work to prevent this.
(Not decided how many of the superior beings exist still or if they are endangered) Either way the evil entity would bring about the apocalypse and form his army from the shadow realm (to be named ).
So again the question is, any ideas on what I could possibly do instead of the save the world crap.
and I have a good list of characters and even my main Villain planned out. However, I don't want to sound cliche and be like "Oh we must stop him before he destroys the world".
Essentially my main characters are twins and the father of the twins has a twin himself that is taken over by an evil entity entirely. What this means is there is no saving him, he is dead and gone. My idea is that the evil entitys main goal is to rebuild their shattered world from eons ago. Their civilization existed in the air through magical forces and were blanketed in invisibility as to not draw attention to themselves from the ground people (humans/other races). They were referred to as gods in old texts but they themselves are a civilization just like any on the ground world they just possess special abilities (hence being called gods). Their elders decided they would live separate of any other civilizations and keep secret.
Their world was destroyed by powerfull members of their society during a war eons ago over conflicting beliefs in how their world should go on. Many were lost and those who survived now live upon ground world secluded by their magics just like in the heavens. The one responsible banished.
Through events the fathers brother (twin brother) awakens the power and subsequently falls victim to it. Now the entity wants to recreate his lost world in the skies in his image and under his rule. He believes ground world does not deserve to exist apart from them, that they should bow and serve their superiors. If he was to succeed in rebuilding his lost world many would die due to the enormous amount of energies it would take basically bringing on an apocalypse. The heros want to work to prevent this.
(Not decided how many of the superior beings exist still or if they are endangered) Either way the evil entity would bring about the apocalypse and form his army from the shadow realm (to be named ).
So again the question is, any ideas on what I could possibly do instead of the save the world crap.