Guardian origins

[Steve Dubya]

Now, I don't have either Dark Conversions or the last Nightbane book, but I am pretty certain that this issue hasn't really been formally addressed.

How do you work the power behind the Guardians in your games? Is there a counterpoint entity known as, "The Light" (sounds better than, "Mr. Bright") which is responsible for these guys? Are they perhaps a differing creation of the Forge?

Might they be something that The Dark itself came up with to assist all life in snuffing itself out?

[Braden Campbell]

Here is my take on it, for ill or nill....

After Dark Day, there is a "zone of evil" around the Earth that hampers God's ability to reach us (this is taken from The Divine Invasion by Philip K. D ick). Thus, angels cannot directly appear on Earth to combat the Nightlords (whose ultimate goal is to kill so many humans that God has no choice but to come out of his ivory tower, after which the Nightlords plan to do battle with the heavenly host).

So, in order to get around this zone of evil, lesser angelic beings are sent to Earth, but must inhabit the bodies of the recently deceased. These beings become the Guardians. The transformation into a corporeal being messes up the angels, however, explaining why they are driven to do good, but cannot recall their origins.

[Steve Dubya]

After Dark Day, there is a "zone of evil" around the Earth that hampers God's ability to reach us (this is taken from The Divine Invasion by Philip K. D ick). Thus, angels cannot directly appear on Earth to combat the Nightlords (whose ultimate goal is to kill so many humans that God has no choice but to come out of his ivory tower, after which the Nightlords plan to do battle with the heavenly host).

I assume that this concept clears up the actual identity of the entity known as "The Dark" in your games then...

Interesting.

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[Braden Campbell]

I don't believe in the Dark. To me it is just another version of NAAI (Not Another Alien Intelligence).

To me, since the Nightlords were once human beings, it is scarrier that their evil is entirely their own, and not borrowed from some other-worldly being. That way, the evil of the Ba'al is a potential in all of us.


On the flip side, if the Nightlords were to conquer Heaven, then there would be no need for a Hell... which is why many of the Demon Lords are fighting to stop the Ba'al.

[Sentinel]

My solution was to omit the Guardians (in my campaign) and replace them with Spirits Of Light from PFRPG.

I found Nightbane to be a good body of work when combined with other Palladium game books. I like to have Nightbane and their enemies from the Nightlands along with Shifters, Supers, Angels, Entities, etc.
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[Nekira Sudacne]

I figured they came from the same place the myriad of demons and other supernatural entites come from.


they just spawn randomly.

[acreRake]

I think of it along similar lines to Dr Braden. The Guardians are created by "God". The only angels we get are good people with boosted powers. Prove anything conclusively about the guardian's origins and you'll be trampled by zebra.

[Zenvis]

I am working on an "origins" for the Guardians. As for weather or not its true is up to the players.