And Man Grew Proud: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|But the princes, putting the words of their wise men to naught, thought each to himself: If I but strike quickly enough, and in secret, I shall destroy those others in their sleep, and there will be none to fight back; the earth shall be mine. Such was the folly of princes, and there followed the Flame Deluge.~~|'''Walter M. Miller, Jr.''', ''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]]''}}~~

{{quote|But the princes, putting the words of their wise men to naught, thought each to himself: If I but strike quickly enough, and in secret, I shall destroy those others in their sleep, and there will be none to fight back; the earth shall be mine. Such was the folly of princes, and there followed the Flame Deluge.

|'''Walter M. Miller, Jr.'''|''[[A Canticle for Leibowitz]]''}}

Hundreds of years [[After the End]], the apocalyptic event that caused the current state of the region/world/universe has [[All Myths Are True|become myth]] and integrated into local beliefs. The surviving version of the tale can be [[Future Imperfect|twisted and fragmented]], but [[Legend Fades to Myth|remains comprehensible to the viewer (or the time-traveler)]] who knows of the events when they are recited by the [[Wasteland Elder]]. More often than not, [[Humanity's Wake|the time that ended was ours]]. If done badly, it often [[Anvilicious|hits the audience over the head]] with the premise. If done well, it can be one of the coolest things ever.

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* ''Zelda'':

** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'', the Light Spirit Lanayru explains to Link how, long ago, some of the people of Hyrule covered a dark magic, which was taken from them and the perpetrators [[Sealed Evil in a Can|sealed in a parallel dimension from which they could not escape]]. The events of that rebellion directly affect the events of the game, as {{spoiler|that parallel dimension wasn't as inescapable as advertised.}}

** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'' the record of Hyrule's existence and its [[~~Endofthe~~ World As We Know It|destruction by flooding]] is left mostly intact, but it's seen as more of a legend than a historical fact.

** In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'' the record of Hyrule's existence and its [[The End of the World as We Know It|destruction by flooding]] is left mostly intact, but it's seen as more of a legend than a historical fact.

* The introduction to the adventure game ''[[Inherit the Earth]]'' takes the form of a series of cave paintings, with the narrator explaining how Humans created the various races of [[Furry Fandom|Morph]] - giving them "thinking minds, feeling hearts, speaking mouths, and reaching hands." Before they could teach the Morph the secret of happiness, however, some terrible calamity befell them. Now the Humans have gone - where, no Morph knows - and their furry children can only wonder at the strange things they left behind.

* In the backstory of ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'', the hubris of man and use of [[magitech]]nology to wage war wipes out the [[World Tree]]; narrowly averted in [[Tales of Symphonia]] proper where they use the very same technology, with the very same hubris, to try and revive the tree. It... doesn't work. Thousands die, although they narrowly avert total global destruction.