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** On a larger scale, a coven of powerful Dark Others gathers together to destroy a horribly powerful evil Other that is [[Genius Loci|'the spirit of St. Petersburg city itself']], awakened by the aforementioned wizard. |
** On a larger scale, a coven of powerful Dark Others gathers together to destroy a horribly powerful evil Other that is [[Genius Loci|'the spirit of St. Petersburg city itself']], awakened by the aforementioned wizard. |
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* The ''[[Everworld]]'' series of novels has several instances of humans attacking gods, with varying amounts of success. |
* The ''[[Everworld]]'' series of novels has several instances of humans attacking gods, with varying amounts of success. |
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* At the end of the story ''Interlink'', Trent, the villain, and Lonny, the protagonist, fall from a plane and hit the ground, creating a crater. Lonny gets out, unharmed since Trent broke his fall, and reunites with Maggie, Kay, and Jack. Although Trent seems to be dead, {{spoiler|he gets up and is about to kill the four when Lonny tells him that his cell phone, which gave him his godlike powers and the ability to control the Interlink, shattered after the fall. Trent's eyes scream "[[Oh Crap]]" as he realizes he is now only human, and is suddenly shot in the back of the head by Evan, who [[Back |
* At the end of the story ''Interlink'', Trent, the villain, and Lonny, the protagonist, fall from a plane and hit the ground, creating a crater. Lonny gets out, unharmed since Trent broke his fall, and reunites with Maggie, Kay, and Jack. Although Trent seems to be dead, {{spoiler|he gets up and is about to kill the four when Lonny tells him that his cell phone, which gave him his godlike powers and the ability to control the Interlink, shattered after the fall. Trent's eyes scream "[[Oh Crap]]" as he realizes he is now only human, and is suddenly shot in the back of the head by Evan, who [[Back from the Dead|was believed to have died earlier.]] After shooting him, Evan says "God Mode...deactivated."}} |
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* None of the gods actually die in Dan Simmons's ''[[Illium]]'', but the Greek heroes send several teleporting away with injuries, [[Unfazed Everyman|Hockenberry]] tasers Hera with 50,000 volts, and Mahnmut (who is a kind of sentient non-combat android) steals a flying chariot by jumping in kicking out the goddess driving it. |
* None of the gods actually die in Dan Simmons's ''[[Illium]]'', but the Greek heroes send several teleporting away with injuries, [[Unfazed Everyman|Hockenberry]] tasers Hera with 50,000 volts, and Mahnmut (who is a kind of sentient non-combat android) steals a flying chariot by jumping in kicking out the goddess driving it. |
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** Actually, in ''Olympos'' {{spoiler|Hector}} decapitates {{spoiler|Dionysos}} and feeds his body to the dogs and {{spoiler|Paris's}} funeral pyre. |
** Actually, in ''Olympos'' {{spoiler|Hector}} decapitates {{spoiler|Dionysos}} and feeds his body to the dogs and {{spoiler|Paris's}} funeral pyre. |
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** Achilles can't really kill Zeus, but since the gods are very carefully recreating mythology Achilles is protected by destiny. Specifically they made sure that he could only be harmed by an arrow fired by Paris at his [[Achilles' Heel|infamous heel]]. By this point Paris is slightly deader than he's supposed to be. Things go poorly for Zeus. |
** Achilles can't really kill Zeus, but since the gods are very carefully recreating mythology Achilles is protected by destiny. Specifically they made sure that he could only be harmed by an arrow fired by Paris at his [[Achilles' Heel|infamous heel]]. By this point Paris is slightly deader than he's supposed to be. Things go poorly for Zeus. |
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* At the end of the first book of ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'', the protagonist (a 15-year-old scullion with barely any formal training with weapons, noted by several characters as having not stopped growing) kills or at least seriously wounds one of the last remaining dragons in the world, which had already killed two of his much stronger/faster/more skilled/generally better at killing things comrades. |
* At the end of the first book of ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'', the protagonist (a 15-year-old scullion with barely any formal training with weapons, noted by several characters as having not stopped growing) kills or at least seriously wounds one of the last remaining dragons in the world, which had already killed two of his much stronger/faster/more skilled/generally better at killing things comrades. |
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* In the ''[[Warhammer |
* In the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' novel ''[[Blood Angels|Deus Sanguinius]]'', Rafen manages to kill the Lord of Change Malfallax. However, to do so he had to use the [[Ancestral Weapon|Spear of Telesto]] to do so and {{spoiler|[[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|Broke His Arm Doing So]].}} |
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* In the ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' ''Kamigawa'' saga, we have Hidetsugu, an ogre warlord who [[Badass|has every qualification to be categorized as a badass]], including serving a [[Eldritch Abomination|ancient demon-god with the conspicuous moniker of 'All-Consuming Oni of Chaos']]. Eventually, Hidetsugu {{spoiler|turns on his employer-unspeakable horror for wussying out of an epic fight, and thus proceeds to fist said Oni into submission. In an subversion of [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|breaking his arm while doing so]], he actually merges with the god and takes his place.}} |
* In the ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' ''Kamigawa'' saga, we have Hidetsugu, an ogre warlord who [[Badass|has every qualification to be categorized as a badass]], including serving a [[Eldritch Abomination|ancient demon-god with the conspicuous moniker of 'All-Consuming Oni of Chaos']]. Eventually, Hidetsugu {{spoiler|turns on his employer-unspeakable horror for wussying out of an epic fight, and thus proceeds to fist said Oni into submission. In an subversion of [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|breaking his arm while doing so]], he actually merges with the god and takes his place.}} |
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* {{spoiler|The defeat of Typhon the Storm Giant}} from ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]''. |
* {{spoiler|The defeat of Typhon the Storm Giant}} from ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]''. |
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