Secret Ruler

FIFTHWIND · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:28 am Post subject: Secret Ruler

I like the idea that maybe a Kingdom appears to be ruled by a beloved King, but it is just a front for an advanced group of "Elders" who "Know Things" and quietly moderate how events play out.

Maybe these "Elders" are beings from another dimension, or a parallel world. Maybe they have technology, but have chosen not to give it to the world.

What if there is an equally old and secret group that is bent on revealing this secret?

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Ryezan · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:48 am Post subject:

Sounds like FFXII. xD

But yeah, it is a cool idea and I've seen or heard of it a couple times and I've wanted to try it myself. Though I always figure I'll mess it up. ><

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Bread Butterbeard · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:46 pm Post subject:

I think its a wonderful idea myself, I have always been a fan of mystery in fantasy, what if the "Elders" are actually trying to enslave the people, or bend them to their own likings?

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Ryezan · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:21 pm Post subject:

Bread Butterbeard wrote:

I think its a wonderful idea myself, I have always been a fan of mystery in fantasy, what if the "Elders" are actually trying to enslave the people, or bend them to their own likings?

Whoa...I had a flashback to a Sci-Fi movie where they did that. They were these aliens that made these people think that the only way to get to their 'heaven' is to practically be slaves. It was breeding by the aliens so that they could sell them across the galaxy. ><

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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
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Mokele · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:48 am Post subject:

Douglas Adams did it best. The mice rule us all!!

FIFTHWIND · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:53 am Post subject:

R.I.P. Doug.

Awesome narrative voice his...

***Bows head....

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FIFTHWIND · Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 2:13 am Post subject:

secret rulers... I just remembered what made me think of that.

The "Battle Circle" trilogy by Piers Anthony

Sos the rope
Var the stick
Neq the sword

Three AWESOME books.

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