Before the Dark Times: Difference between revisions

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In some works, restoring the world to this once grand state may be the goal by the characters. Conflict may arise when there are different factions each with their own ideas on how to recreate this utopia. In cynical works, older characters who lived in this time, or educated characters about this time may also comment on how it really wasn't that grand of a time, and that in reality, it was just as bad, but in its own ways. In other works, there may be no way to restore the world to its once-grand state, and the details of it only exist to highlight how far the work's society has fallen, and to add drama to the story.

 

 

What separates this trope from [[And Man Grew Proud]] is that this "better" time is still well remembered, and not relegated to myths and legends.

== Tabletop Games ==

 

* [[White Wolf]] ''loves'' this trope ([[Tropes Are Not Good|and not always doing it in a believable way]]):

** ''[[Exalted]]'': The First Age, when the Exalts actually were building a world that catered to humankind's needs. Then the Usurpation happened. Then the Great Contagion happened.