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Here's a setting beat for a fantasy story that might be nothing
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But
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The prophecy states that the hero is destined to defeat the lord of evil
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The lord of evil shows up
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Starts some shit
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The hero shows up
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But half way through fighting his way through the evil lord's army he realizes that like
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he literally can't lose
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It doesn't matter what he does, happenstance and luck will make whatever course he chooses be the only one that can defeat the bad guys
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But he's also an honorable warrior type who enjoyed testing his strength against worthy rivals
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So when he realized that he couldn't test his strength because he's playing with cheat codes on he decides he's going to smash the prophecy
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Recruiting half the dark army in the process
Niamh Vibes
Oh this rules already
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while various wise and learned sages are running around in a panic because what is the hero DOING?
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Eventually the Hero meets the Lord of Evil face to face and realizes that this guy is in the same boat
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No matter what he does it turns into an atrocity
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He just sort of stumbled his way into being the most feared man on the planet
Echo
Oh, that could be very funny or very, very tragic depending on how it gets framed.
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I pictured it as a comedy
Lightning Bolt
he just needs to defeat the lord of evil in some nonlethal way so they can reach the end of the prophecy's scope
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once the prophecy is complete though they become ordinary people again