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Originally Posted by skarlorn
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Norrath is actually a post-apocalyptic Terra. Haleys comet crashes into Terra and a bunch of nukes get fired off in the process. This alters the face of the earth. Humans are warped by nuclear, cosmic, and spiritual radiation.
History is lost. We lose the ability to communicate long distances. Everything is forgotten and eventually from the ashes is born myriad new cultures. Some entities have gathered enough nuclear/cosmic/spiritual radiation to become "Gods" in their own right.
The combine emperor is the ruins of our own civilization at its apex. Elon Musk created a business called Pyramid Portals after buying the Pyramids of Giza from Egypt and unlocking the Secret of the Pharaohs, namely Wizard Ports.
This theory is flawless because it accounts for variants of racial stereotypes exhibited in the fantasy menagerie of humanoid races. Humans are gentiles. Erudites are black people. Dwarves are jewish people. Gnomes are short people. Halflings are less short people who love beer. Elves are humans who cut the ears of their infants like circumcision. Iksar are humans who bred with the horny toad. Trolls are humans who ate too many swamp fungus. Barbarians are humans who are particularly uncouth. Ogres are humans who shopped at the post apocalyptic equivalent of walmart and never learned to read. And they are ALL affected by the cosmic, spiritual, or nuclear Radiation sickness.
Hope this doesn't upset you too much, OP
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A worthy and imaginitive interpretation in it's own right!
However... I think Ayleth has blown the meaning of EQ out of the water with his heavily researched theory.
Drawing extensively from cuineform writings taken off actual clay tablets found in Iraq which were originally created by the Babylonians who held all known secrets of the past, present and future, it's clear Ayleth has cracked at least part of what EQ is really about.
Tapping knowledge from such unnatural sources is dangerous, but only Ayleth could do so responsibly without going totally bonkers-insane. Kudos Ayleth!
I always love how you stretch the realm of imagination and reality, weaving them together so fluidly.
You are the living body of existentialism.
Thank you for your very entertaining read.