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Jared Diamond's a hack and kind of a loser, but, cool quote."The whole modern world has been shaped by lopsided outcomes."
Hiya. I happen to be in the market for people interested in a story similar to my Losing Dogs prompt; a gratuitously, shamelessly indulgent story about taxes and logistics and debauched smut all rolled into one. I have... a lot of ideas for this, few of which I actually consider vital to my enjoyment and that I hope my GM accepts as 'helpful suggestions' rather than things they absolutely have to take heed of.
Currently the plot in my head goes like this; long before our story begins, the world was brought to ruin by an attack by demonkind, lead by an unseen Overlord whose reach seemed unfathomable. Through technology, flesh, and the exploitation of the needs and desires of mortals, demonkind was on the verge of victory - before the Fellowship arrived.
True heroes one and all. Kind and brave and most cunning indeed.
Bringing hope when there was one and leading where they were needed and creating leaders where they could, the demons were defeated, and the Overlord cast back into the abyss after a fateful duel that saw their empire crumble.
So it is written.
. . . Our story starts after that.
It starts with the Overlord's return, their eyes opening to a congregation of followers just as shocked as they are that their ritual succeeded, probably having really gotten used to retirement and not having to deal with paperwork and orgies anymore.
It starts with these followers, pitiful and few compared to the legions they once commanded, explaining that things just aren't really working out the way they were supposed to and that it'd be great if the title of Overlord was assumed once more and peace brought back to a disparate, horrid world that had been created after their defeat.
What this all means, really, is that our plot opens with the former Overlord, near conqueror of the universe, being brought back to the world of mortals by some diminutive groupies who offer their unholy patron their meager resources to help 'get the band back together' as it was. The world sucked once they left. A lot. And this absolutely horrible idea might just be the least horrible idea available to them.
Thus; an underdog story of sorts following the relife and times of a strange BBEG, now deeply crestfallen, and their struggle to get everything back on track and wring whatever use they can out of what's been handed so generously to them to rebuild their empire.
Maybe get some revenge on those pesky heroes who betrayed them too while they're at it.
This is a very nerdy plot that while it may include a lot of kink is not for the faint of heart when it comes to epic storytelling involving statecraft, warfare, and fiscal and legislative responsibilities. More importantly; the inhumanity of the state, exploitation of human beings, Jared Diamond actually being kind of a hack, and racism.
The player character's success is not a given to me. I'm very comfortable with MC failing, suffering various forms of defeat, and possibly even death.
Kinks will vary with the discussed-and-decided upon gender of our MC; some givens may include fantasy interracial, spankings, D/s relationships, internalized homophobia, breeding, complex (and also sensual) palace dynamics / 'harem' stuff, but mostly it's a lot of backstabbing and murder. Disaster bisexuals, disaster lesbians, outfit play, enthusiastic-and-not-so enthusiastic consent.
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