Difference between revisions of "Evil"

The '''Evil''' is a semi-mythological force or being on [[Threnody]], the [[Shardworld]] that contains the [[Forests of Hell]].{{book ref|sfs}}

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Sometime after the people of Threnody discovered the continent that contains the [[Forests of Hell]], an unknown cataclysm occurred in their Homeland.{{book ref|sfs}} A being or force referred to only as the Evil appeared and somehow managed to kill the majority of people living on their continent. The survivors were desperate enough to flee across the ocean to the Forests that they had once believed to be hell, where the [[Forescout]]s had already beganbegun to settle. The Forescouts helped care for the refugees and acclimatize them to their new home, coexisting with the [[shade]]s and following the [[Simple Rules]]. Much of the government, cultures, and technology of the old continent, what was now called the [[Fallen World]] was lost. Ideals such as justice, kindness, or moral living became things of the past, worship of the [[God Beyond]] became less common, and much knowledge, such as the use of gunpowder, was nearly forgotten in the Forests. The people who survived in the Forests were a harsh, hardy people that focused more on practicalities and less on things such as love and family.

== Nature of Thethe Evil ==

It is difficult to ascertain precisely what the Evil is and what it did. What is known for certain is that it is not a full Shard.{{qawob ref|1086|11|There's not a Shard there but there are interesting things happening|date=Mar 4th, 20145808}} It certainly seems to have the ability to cause widespread death and destruction.{{book ref|sfs}} It is apparently dangerous enough to cause an entire population to abandon theirits original continent and flee to the land containing [[Forests of Hell]], a place they considered to be the realm of the damned. TheA chunk of [[Ambition]] is ripped off here by [[Odium]], so the possibility remains that it is a [[Splinter]] of sort, but that seems unlikely. It has something to do with the same natural magic of the [[cosmere]] and the [[cognitive shadow]]s that have to do with the [[shade]]s.{{qawob ref|1052|22|Since the evil on Threnody isn't a Shard, can you tell us anything about its actual nature?|date=Mar 21st, 20147726}}