: I don't know how to start either, so here goes. The way I
: see it, if the book tells the destiny of every being
: that ever was, is, or will be, that means that what it
: says is final. You don't just look in the book, see
: what's going to happen, and say I don't like that.
: That is what WILL happen.
: Have you ever read or heard about the full implications
: of time travel? If not, I suggest you do. The main
: part I'm getting at here is that if you go back in
: time and change something, the future will be horribly
: &@$*ed because of what you did. Now, the codex is the
: future. If Alric screwed with his destiny, then he
: will screw up the future, and everything will be
: screwed up.
: Soulblighter tried this. His part in the codex probably
: said something like "will be a general(?) in
: Connacht's army, will come back 1000 years later to
: serve as a fallen lord called soulblighter, and died
: when Balor was killed." Damas may have read about
: his destiny, and being the badass that he is, went and
: learned the dark arts before he became a fallen lord,
: so that he could sustain himself after Balor died.
: When Balor died, and soulblighter escaped, that
: screwed up his destiny. What's more, he also tried to
: be the leveler at the wrong time.
: Now look at what's happened to Damas. He's been trapped
: inside a computer game and is being killed every time
: some gamer decides to play through "The
: Forge." Unending torture if ya ask me. :)
: No really, he's thought to be being tortured by the Gods
: that set the cycle in motion. Soulblighter disrupted
: the cycle by disrupting his DESTINY. It was an age of
: light when Soulblighter did his thing, so light was
: destined to win. BUT, he $@&%ed with destiny, and
: defeated light in many of his battles. When he was
: defeated, dead or not (see posts on SB from long ago)
: he was punished horribly by the gods that set the
: cycle in motion. If he had just been a normal guy,
: Balor's defeat would have been where it all ended, but
: he ruined everything that the codex stood for, and
: paid the ultimate price.
: Damn, ranting again. Where was I? I guess my point is
: this. His destiny was supposed to be inescapable. By
: trying to escape, he screwed everything up and pissed
: the gods off. Pissing gods off is not smart no matter
: how you look at it.
Time travel and destiny are very bad things to mess with, and this, mixed with the fact that the codex isnt longer than existance itslef, I think the gods put it there as thier tool. Knowing what is soposed to happen and changing it would be a good way to get around the gods, but what if the gods put it there and had it say what they wanted it to say, and therefore making anyone who tried to mess with their own destiny actually doing the bidding of the gods. That is rather sneaky, isnt it? But if it has actully has all the info ever, the gods would have destroyed it a long time ago. The fact that it still exists(and the fact that it is the size it is) proves that the gods want it there.(and I think whats in it changes on when and who reads it)
I like that thoery. But you still can argue if you want :)
-Cryoblue
