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Ep. 567: Archetypal Antagonists for the Mage Arc: Evil and the Weakness of Humankind

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The Importance of Evil in a Major's Story

In a story that emphasizes evil as a force, this force will usually vate the external conflict. It may even create a great war in which forces of good and evil oppose each other. Evil will result in ways both large and small, creating plot obstacles and conflict. For the ma protagonist, the climatic encounter is less about defeating an enemy and more about surrendering to the end of life whether literally or metaphorically.

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