Jabrosky
Banned
I'm in the process of plotting a novel about heroes who must destroy an evil god. The story's universe has three separate forces which are relevant: divinity, magic, and mortality. Both divinity and magic can manipulate matter, but the difference between them is that divinity can act on its own accord whereas magic requires a sentient mortal user. Furthermore, magic and divinity actually cancel each other out much like reverse polarities. Therefore a concentrated "missile" of magic can temporarily break a god apart, although over time the dispersed divinity may re-coalesce.
Divinity is by no means indestructible however. It requires mortality obtained from organic matter in order to maintain its nature, which is why gods demand regular mortal sacrifices. If divinity goes without mortality for an extended period of time, it decays permanently into oblivion.
In the story I have outlined, my characters attempt to destroy the evil god twice. In the first effort they shoot a magic arrow at the god, thus breaking it apart temporarily, whereas on their second try:
I guess what I haven't figured out yet is the distribution of magic and divinity throughout the universe. I was leaning towards making divinity an extraterrestrial substance while magic is native to the earth, but then there's the question of how my characters would obtain magic.
Divinity is by no means indestructible however. It requires mortality obtained from organic matter in order to maintain its nature, which is why gods demand regular mortal sacrifices. If divinity goes without mortality for an extended period of time, it decays permanently into oblivion.
In the story I have outlined, my characters attempt to destroy the evil god twice. In the first effort they shoot a magic arrow at the god, thus breaking it apart temporarily, whereas on their second try:
they trap the god in a magic cage where it will starve to nothingness.
I guess what I haven't figured out yet is the distribution of magic and divinity throughout the universe. I was leaning towards making divinity an extraterrestrial substance while magic is native to the earth, but then there's the question of how my characters would obtain magic.