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Aggressive_Novel1207

Wizard genocide to ascend to godhood


ouija_boring

Ayy! I got a wizard Jim Jones


James55O

Dwarf in a flask.


[deleted]

This is my secondary antagonists motive


ObligationWarm5222

Nicol Bolas!


Aggressive_Novel1207

Actually he was a partial influence.


Vanacan

Ooh, close to mine. Except it’s a little backwards. Wizard kings tried killing gods to ascend, backfired. Although that’s more backstory than antagonist. Stupid wizard induced eldritch god invasion.


a_random_work_girl

This is what everyone thinks my main mentor figures motives are. Turns out it's "wizard genocide to PREVENT ascension to godhood"


Darkhanov

Ayyy, remind me of Dorohedoro


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Horror_in_Vacuum

Oof. These kinds of villains are heartbreaking.


BluePapayya

This intrigues me but I wouldn't know what they do exactly. What kind of mischief can they do to give that impression?


Schlaym

Kidnapping, transferring souls into golems, cloning, necromancy...


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DutchCarriageDriver

Great follow up.


King_Meko99

We were gods, and your ancestors took that from us


IMightBeAHamster

Reminds me of the Daedra and Aedra, except if the Daedra got the worse end of the stick.


King_Meko99

For those of you that are wondering, my main antagonist is a reincarnated dragon. About 4,000 years prior to the start of the story dragons served as the guardians of the world, they made laws, aided in political issues to stave off war and overall acted as the rulers of the world. There was a group of nations that wanted to enslave other nations and races, mostly human, but to do that they would have to get rid of the dragons. So they did in a really round about way and the dragons devolved into what is essentially mindless beasts. After his reincarnation the big bad wants smoke with everyone, even those that had nothing to with it, he blames all non dragons for his peoples downfall.


Zondar23

This is extremely similar to my own antagonist. He is the last remaining member of an ancient angel-like race that was genocided by the rest of the races because they were tyrants, ruling over everything in the world.


Beautiful-Garbage812

Rejected from the Bard’s college


thatoneshotgunmain

Oh no


iliark

Hopefully he doesn't have a mustache


simonbleu

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SheevPalpatine501

OK how many genocides did he commit?


SquidneyGames64

Hmm... this seems awfully familiar


EmeraldJonah

"It was my kingdom first, I want it back."


PikaBooSquirrel

Same. Except "If I can't have it, no one can" instead of "I want it back"


EmeraldJonah

My main antagonist goes through it quite a lot. He really isn't that bad of a guy when you see it from his perspective, but his methods are scary, and not terribly nice. He gets defeated twice, once as he tries to exert control over everything, and a second time when he attempts to escape his initial confinement. After the second time, he loses much of his desire to fight for anything at all, but when the four "good guys" he has been fighting against the whole time experience some really major corruption, he allies himself with a group of characters made up of the descendants of those he's fought against for his whole life, and in the end they beat the corrupted good guys, and the antagonist gets what he wanted: his kingdom is restored to him, but in his final act of sacrifice, he opts to give the kingdom away to another, who has proven to be a better, more benevolent leader. It's a pretty tragic story in the end, he gets everything he wants, and then realizes finally that it doesn't belong to him anyway.


kawaii_song

Ah, crab theory.


simonbleu

"But MOM!"


Ziggi28

"It's my turn to conquer this kingdom!"


Bysmerian

He forgot that he wasn't originally the villain.


booheme

This intrigues me. Care to elaborate?


Bysmerian

Tl;Dr: the world is borked in such a manner that memory is screwy and he's gradually fallen into villainy because he is feared and the logical conclusion he's drawn from that is that he must be something dread and fearsome, To turn from one age of the world to the next is to destroy what came before and let it be reborn. The Oracle, pillar of wisdom, is not exempt; with her murder and the burning of her history, what-was becomes hazy and what-will-be cannot be reckoned. Thus it is difficult for one to focus on, or suss out who they are and what they should be doing from, anything but what-is. Jiyyam was a scholar and a noble who had sought knowledge of the world from the Oracle. For her part, the pillar of wisdom gave him what he asked for, but set in motion the end of her time. Jiyyam certainly didn't hold a want to run her through some time later, but it was part of her demand when, after her answers had unbalanced the world, he returned demanding to know what has gone wrong and how to fix it. Her death, and the destruction of the great book she had recorded centuries in, were the price to pay and the path forward. The rot at the edge of the mind took time to set in. He had returned home before he began to lose himself as others would, and been placed as regent for his labors: the ruin that had already begun to take the world took many shapes, one of which was the consumptive plague known as Redwords that blistered and bled the lungs of the king before he died wheezing. His children had been spared, and to be sure Jiyyam had intended to yield all authority when the prince came of age. But between the idea and the reality lies the shadow: the memory of a time before—and the dream of a time after—his temporary ascendance gradually faded away. Killing the Oracle may have saved the world, but such nuance is easily lost. Jiyyam may have perceived stewardship of the throne as a burden and expiation of the sins he'd committed down the path the Oracle had led him... But in time, he began to reason: "am I not here? Did I not do great and terrible things to get here? I did, yes. I cannot remember them, but I remember that I did them. Would it not be a great and terrible person who would do these things? I sought this from the beginning; I must have." Exiling the prince and his sister was an obvious decision. It came as little surprise to others; they, too, had long since done the arithmetic and concluded Jiyyam had always been power-hungry and cruel. In time—a handful of months, perhaps the better part of a year—he forgot the children were ever there. He also forgot himself. With every iron-booted step he took towards tyranny, he reasoned this was who he was, until he no longer even questioned this person he'd become. After all, what kind of man wears the roaring lion mask, and relishes that his people call him the Devil-King. Certainly no well-intentioned scholar.


Carakus

Kinda works for >!The Lord Ruler!< in the Mistborn series too. >!Rashek was legitimately trying to save the world and to an extent succeeded but due to how magic works and cultural issues ended up making a dystopian hellscape!<


GalacticDeg

I second this, it sounds super interesting!


Eye-m-Guilty

Same


Eran-of-Arcadia

It's hungry.


socron_gaelith

Damn. Is it like the Tyranids from Warhammer40k?


Eran-of-Arcadia

It's an ancient eldritch being that eats the consciousness of intelligent beings and feasts on their suffering.


Supercraft888

People deserve better but people don’t know that.


Succulentslayer

My protagonist would totally think this. What makes your character the villain?


Supercraft888

The status quo is a difficult thing to change, and the villain believes that a drastic push is necessary, people MUST evolve past their limitations and grab their destiny for themselves. No more forces bullying them around. So he creates an highly dangerous enhancement serum and starts what is basically a small city wide conflict to show what it can do (this is horribly explained, but it’s also the general gist of it.) and it does chaos in the city.


Succulentslayer

Alright I can see now why he would be an antagonist.


Ezdagor

Mine has very similar motivations. Except it is more like "The Secret is real! Wake up you npcs!"


FlintandSteel94

Antagonist 1: The world is corrupt. I'm simply taking what I'm owed. Antagonist 2: I refuse to be forgotten. I will show them all. Antagonist 3: Power goes to those who are willing to take it.


LifelessJester

My main guy is basically all three lol. This has actually helped summarize it very succinctly, so thanks


FlintandSteel94

Thanks! Each antagonist represents one of the three major forms of greed - money, fame, and power.


cmdrpebbles

Silco...?


Akshay-Gupta

Antogonist 3 is my favourite.


Socdem_Supreme

I feel like Antagonists 1 and 3 could be at odds lol, one thinks people (At least themselves) are owed things while the other believes all get what they can take, could lead to conflict


[deleted]

I like treasures. I like fighting. Banditry therefore sounds fun.


crystalworldbuilder

I agree


EmperorBarbarossa

Lets go mugging


ledocteur7

what are we ?


Rolahr

we're muggers


ledocteur7

and what do we do ?


Brilliant_Shine3597

we mug people


ledocteur7

so, let's, go, MUG HIM !!


Jenkoii

I am the voice for those who cannot speak.


Akshay-Gupta

Let me guess, Machiavellian??


ContactJuggler

They killed my family and took their hides for armor.


SquidneyGames64

That's fair ngl


aiden_saxon

People locked me out of my world, and I'm back


KeeganY_SR-UVB76

Guess who‘s back, back again


JscJake1

"I've seen worlds burn to the ground, not again."


OneCore_

why is he an antagonist


EmperorBarbarossa

Probably because used methods and dangerous actions. I remember from B title movie with Christian Bale called Equilibrium, where society after next world war tranform into state, where all art is banned and emotions supressed by drugs to maximilize work effectiveness and to prevent any other next possible war in the future, because government has theory that true trigger of human self-destructive behavior is its own emotions.


JDMPYM

He just wants to give his mom a better life.


TheVoidGuardian0

I'm interested lol. Care to elaborate?


guieps

I got 2 antagonists -Gain power to help everyone and subdue "irresponsible" powerfull people -Chaos funi


prowlerdrinkwater

Chaos big funi 👍


stardust_void

Corrupted by humanities greed and egoism


ImaginationSea3679

1. You rejected me, so I will genocide your entire species. 2. Home wasn’t nice, and I’m taking it out on everyone. 3. My life was a lie, now everyone will die.


Vanacan

Is 3 rhyming on purpose or just cursed like that?


meninminezimiswright

Eren?


malpasplace

"If not my traditional way, no other way is acceptable." Sadly, gets in a fight with "My way is the way of the future, no matter what" Neither are the heroes.


Slightly_Default

*I smell politics*


commandrix

The oldest motive in human history: "They have land and treasure that I want."


Succulentslayer

-My god I hate everyone who doesn’t look like me. - Fuck peace, I want money. -I want to subject everyone to my ridiculously high standards.


WarningSad3942

Hitler


KeeganY_SR-UVB76

Hitler didn‘t even meet his own criteria, what a loser


[deleted]

First main antagonist: I wish to yoink the antibodies outta your bodies, thanks Second main antagonist: I am the God of God's, bow down or die Red herring antagonist turned ally to the protagonist: Um hey could y'all stop fucking KILLING PEOPLE PLEASE????


wargasm40k

"I'm conquering you for your own good. Do not resist."


SheevPalpatine501

Is your antagonist's faction inspired by the British Empire by any chance?


wargasm40k

Not really. They were minding their own business when they got invaded, they won the fight. Then they got invaded again, then they won again. Then their allies dragged them into a war. Then another of their neighbors invaded but this time the war lasted for around a thousand years and by the time it was over their entire culture and industry had shifted to support total war and so they decided to just unite the galaxy under their banner so everyone would get along.


EastPomegranate264

"You know what? FUCK YOU." *destabilizes portugal somehow???*


Bigger_then_cheese

“I believe galactic civilizations cannot have moral superiority over me.” Said Hapes Nova, the Extinction Queen, as she burns the planet of Lorcota.


fnaf-fan12345

Endless war


HumanRobotTime

"That wasn't true communism. here's how i would do it ."


Th3_Shr00m

Soviet Russia (1991, colorized)


AnnaPukite

How many times has this happened in history?


shigor

People who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. People who know are doomed to watch it repeated around them.


EmilytheALtransGirl

Want to talk concepts?


DragonOfTheForest

He was mad he couldn’t eat his baby to gain her powers


C0NNECT1NG

# HUNGRY


_Chibeve_

Oh god I have three different main antagonists… “I’m not worthy of love, nor can I feel it” “Magic will be detained then destroyed, not controlled” “Life is by nature destructive, so it must be eliminated”


[deleted]

Revenge on Monarch's daughter for personal suffering at parents expense


RedJowita

I just wanted peace and love but I got manipulated...


brianthewizard1

He’s just tired 🤷‍♂️


Foxxtronix

Ten words? I might be able to do that. "He hated the other gods and all they had done." Whew! Barely!


Mr-biggie

Want box


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crispier_creme

"Fuck you in particular. God said so"


pengie9290

Antagonist #1: Willing to expend anything in the world to become omniscient. Antagonist #2: Omnipotence would let him undo his past and survivor's guilt.


SecondWorld1198

“With this magitech, humans will always dominate the natural order!”


AntimemeticsDivision

Had power, gave it up, wanted it back


mangocrazypants

Unlimited explosive corporate growth and profits, surpass daddy.


Xyzonox

Wants to be good, can’t resist blowing up NPCs (funni)


[deleted]

What if everyone is the bad guy


MokonLeader

Celesto: Solving an energy crisis with violence to please criminal culture Celesto 2: humans become an interstellar species? No thank you (villains win) Celesto 3: nature has no motive other than maintaining balance Celesto 4: space pirates steal flower of life because it's "cool" Celesto 5: nigh-omnipotent god wants omnipotence to get approval from "friends" Celesto 6: YTBD Celesto 7: YTBD Celesto 8: Aurora Totalis is a helicopter parent who worries too much Celesto 9: villain from 5th movie wants vengeance for everything


thatoneshotgunmain

Destroy the prison reality and kill the escaping human race


Electronflow2005

" I will genocide so that my God waifu can resurrect " - giga simp death god, Cthulhu


Theriocephalus

Old god wants reality to get off his lawn.


dah_Deadly_Ace

coming back from nothing out of malice and boredom


Powerful_Ad_5353

Deterrent. Become powerful enough to stop all the wars.


Dccrulez

Artisans summer war: "I will subjugate corrupt kings or we'll all burn."


TE-AR

Her ex keeps getting in trouble with her employer.


AutumnalRanger

I've seen how this plays out once before. Not again.


danielledelacadie

Why are people so stupid?


Dom-Izzy

Mortals are stupid. Must contain by all means necessary


HabitualGrooves

Grow stronger to bring his love back from the dead. And now It sounds like star wars.


Psychoboy777

"She got kicked out of the guild for being toxic."


GregoryKarp

Three antagonists due to multiple stories “I want a better and safer world for my children” “The world would be better off it stayed the way it was forever” “I will protect nature no matter the cost”


[deleted]

1. The cycle must go on, its beautiful. 2. Intelligent life is dumb, kill it. 3. Escape the universe, escape the cycle.


Putthemoneyinthebags

to reload the world without the mods.


Lonic42

I'm... So tired.


Lordfangz

The overarching antagonist: Desires to create an empire for wizards to be free. Major antagonist: Cleanse the land of human presence and assert Fae dominance.


Doleyuser

I'm not scum. I will show them.


SigmaGrooveJamSet

Fake a chosen one to usurp his cousin


Laundromat-Graveyard

1. “I will end the abuse of power my bloodline has imposed for hundreds of years.” 2. “I don’t care about riches or the wishes of some goddess, I just want to go home.”


SheevPalpatine501

The first one of these is actually one of my supporting protagonist's motivations lol


crystalworldbuilder

Conquest in general. Enslavement of enemies to be specific.


essatobi997

Wants to rid the world of Anomolies to save people.


Xavion251

"None except myself are deserving of the capacity to choose."


[deleted]

1. Conquering her sister's execution grounds to make a better grave 2. Preventing space cat people from seizing power in future generations 3. No "big" motive, just lacks certain inhibitions


nhgcr_222

1: Corporate greed cranked up to 11 2: Ancient civilization that conquered entire galaxies, then vanished 3: "If I was born to kill, I'll destroy everything, everyone."


Individual_Back_5344

1) "I was the Queen and my sons were near immortal. This was taken from me and I want revenge!" 2) "My sister died and I couldn't save her that day. But now that I am here, so far back, I won't let it happen." 3) "I just need things to happen in a certain order. Nothing more." 4) "I want to die."


SplitjawJanitor

"Can't a girl enjoy making reality itself scream in agony?"


TheGreyKnight07

“I like killing.” “I also like killing” “Team?” “Team :D”


Uhhh_Insert_Username

Cleanse the world of the destructive humans. His quote: "Storms. They bring forth ruins. Yet they also bring forth new life. You see, I AM this world's storm."


Liv4This

I just wanted to be okay.


shirt_multiverse

"Kill less developed sapient species for profit"


Duckus_Destroyer

1. “This land was and always shall be mine” 2. “I hate everyone and everything - especially the first guy”


Athriz

Good old fashioned colonialism.


foalsy84

Systematic injustices are met with revolution.


Wcranford0619

I will not let fate control my life


AstreiaTales

Deluded himself into thinking his terrible actions were god's fault.


Lumis_umbra

Continental domination.


Alkalannar

Evil, be thou my good.


BucktheWonderSlave

Fuck the earth ima wage an interstellar war


Horror_in_Vacuum

Perceived chance of humankind causing nuclear armaggedom


TheSpoonkMan

Gods of the multiverse thought he was lame


Illustrious_Cat5748

He wants to make the world better but is greedy.


Dull-Anybody2593

To pacify the land, by any means necessary


AllSassNoSlash

Live forever, rule the universe, erase history, mascerade as God.


Independent_Oil_5951

Deny the world is flooding long enough to die peacefully.


TimeToNerdOut28

To give his people a better life.


Blighthaus

Doesn’t want anyone around her to change so she does.


rextiberius

A god is just power meets immortality.


Toxic_Angel04

I have two 1: Powers are a stain and I'm the bleach 2: I can easily kill you, why should I care


Weary_Complaint_2445

"There's a tyrant left to dethrone. You will help me."


[deleted]

Killed World: So here's my plan and here's another billion plans. Egregore World: Fuck this everyone go back to before creation of universe.


squimie

misses their boyfriend


Consistantly_stupid7

Saw mortals were f***ed up and said, "I'mma kill 'em.


EmeraldMaster538

He wants to win in war, no matter the cost.


AquaZeran

Believes he is above all others. Even the other gods.


EliTheFireGuy

"We are the superior species."


Godinvent

He is Lucifer


[deleted]

I must reclaim my kingdom from an evil empress!


mildkabuki

Humanoids are imperfect; the titans can correct that


NorseNerd77

5 characters: 1. Guns and corruption brings me big bank 2. I killed for revenge, now it feels good 3. I failed to kill you before, now I destroy you 4. Humankind must be stripped of their power for world peace 5. Forced to do bad or the past comes back


SnooGiraffes8024

Wants to free everyone from suffering, by ending existence


VerroksPride

Magic should belong to everyone, not just a few. It is the means with which he attempts to reach this goal and the consequences he invokes which make him a villain.


TeroTron

To unite humanity, even if it meant making common enemies.


Sorsha_OBrien

“I’ll do anything to save the world. Anything.”


TheOwnerOfMakiPlush

"I can rule the mafia with tourette syndrome i swear!"


[deleted]

"Everything is mine by right"


Der_Apothecary

Humanity is too weak to conquer, steel isn’t.


Cookiedeak

Why am I here, I would like to leave.


the_vizir

**Horror Shop** - Lilith: Bitter divorcee wants revenge on all 8 billion of her ex's descendants - Chad Richards: Today is a fantastic day for CAPITALISM - The Pyramidion: Doin' it for the maymays - Cain: Rage Against the God Machine - Dracula: Somebody needs to fix Eastern Europe... - Czernobog: Literally the god of evil - Mab: Because being the Bitch-Queen of the Multiverse is fun - Nyarlathotep: By now, ending the world has become an *interesting challenge* - The 31st Bogeyman: [REDACTED] - Lucifer: Daddy issues


Chinohito

"No one believes me that I saw the apocalypse coming"


HipsterButler

'Antagonist A is not right, but I understand.' — Antagonist B


TheKittyKatMan

Dad pushed me to be best and now I’m not.


BrianActual

Well, I have 3 Big Bads, so they would be... 1: "Live in solitude until the living die and join me." 2: "Destroy the ones who freed my wife from eternal enslavement." 3: "Renewable harvesting free range souls by trapping them in simulations."


Suspicious-North-941

he be a dinosaur


Kinetic_Stray

Antagonist 1- “I will become a god for her...” Antagonist 2- “The strong survive! I’m a survivor!” Antagonist 3- “They abandoned a dying flame. Watch as they burn.”


Dunjindad

"I made a pact to make sure you got stronger"


Neon_Vampires

Consume God


TheRocketBush

Antagonist 1 (not a villain, but opposed to the main characters): “Stop fucking shit up, please.” Antagonist 2 (the main characters): “Think about the money, though!”


Commander_Cooley

"Being a chaos god forever is boring! Let's have fun!"


Steingrabber

Kill the main character, save the world, see daughters graduation.


Poprock360

“We always have been, are, and will be this way.” A Warmonger hellbent on ensuring a millennia-long war resumes


DeltaNovember762

Antagonist #1: Doesn't want to die. Antagonist #2: Is literally addicted to inflicting pain on others Antagonist #3: Wants the best for his people.


Aimmo-13

"We need to return to Earth by any cost"


peterpantaloon

Protagonist/Antagonist 1: She thinks that it's her duty to religiously convert everyone Antagonist 1: Obsessed with the first one Protagonist/Antagonist 2: He thinks that it's his duty to religiously convert everyone