The Hero is defined by their choice to preserve.  The Demon Lord, by their choice to begin again.  If you would see the World be mostly similar to its present state a century hence, you are, by definition, the Hero.

I have always considered it a short-sighted choice, to be honest.  Few indeed of this world are immortal; the rest are fated to die, perhaps in this year, perhaps in another, but die they will.  Then is there any ǫuestion at all, except for how the World may appear a millennium later, an eon later?  Whatever this World is seeking, that the dance begins again indicates that the World is settling into stability and stasis without having found that thing.  If the present order is disrupted only a little, it will settle back in a handful of decades.  So another Demon Lord will come, and another, until the World can begin more truly from scratch.

What answer may thereby be sought, I cannot guess.  But I doubt that on this occasion the World has almost found its answer, and needs to be perturbed only a little; the present state of the world seems not especially novel to me.  The time until that answer's finding only seems like it would be longer, the more times that the Hero is victorious over the Demon Lord in boring times like these.

I wonder then - are you more farsighted than others of your world?  More given to pursuing a long-term good, even if those around you do not understand?  Or perhaps simply more opposed to the World-As-It-Is than your counterpart, so that the thought of finding a final answer much like its present state seems unacceptable to you?  I wonder, have you seen anything yet, that makes you wish to re-roll the dice and see if they show a different face on the next try?

The Hero is defined by their choice to preserve.  The Demon Lord, by their choice to begin again.  If you would see the World be mostly similar to its present state a century hence, you are, by definition, the Hero.

I have always considered it a short-sighted choice, to be honest.  Few indeed of this world are immortal; the rest are fated to die, perhaps in this year, perhaps in another, but die they will.  Then is there any ǫuestion at all, except for how the World may appear a millennium later, an eon later?  Whatever this World is seeking, that the dance begins again indicates that the World is settling into stability and stasis without having found that thing.  If the present order is disrupted only a little, it will settle back in a handful of decades.  So another Demon Lord will come, and another, until the World can begin more truly from scratch.

What answer may thereby be sought, I cannot guess.  But I doubt that on this occasion the World has almost found its answer, and needs to be perturbed only a little; the present state of the world seems not especially novel to me.  the more times that the Hero is victorious over the Demon Lord, in boring times like these, the more time must pass until that answer be found.

I wonder then - are you more farsighted than others of your world?  More given to pursuing a long-term good, even if those around you do not understand?  Or perhaps simply more opposed to the World-As-It-Is than your counterpart, so that the thought of finding a final answer much like its present state seems unacceptable to you?  I wonder, have you seen anything yet, that makes you wish to re-roll the dice and see if they show a different face on the next try?

The Hero is defined by their choice to preserve.  The Demon Lord, by their choice to begin again.  If you would see the World be mostly similar to its present state a century hence, you are the Hero.

I have always considered it a short-sighted choice, to be honest.  Few indeed of this world are immortal; the rest are fated to die, perhaps in this year, perhaps in another, but die they will.  Then is there any ǫuestion at all, except for how the World may appear a millennium later, an eon later?  Whatever this World is seeking, that the dance begins again indicates that the World is settling into stability and stasis without having found that thing.  If the present order is disrupted only a little, it will settle back in a handful of decades.  So another Demon Lord will come, and another, until the World can begin more truly from scratch.

What answer may thereby be sought, I cannot guess.  But I doubt that on this occasion the World has almost found its answer, and needs to be perturbed only a little; the present state of the world seems not especially novel to me.  the more times that the Hero is victorious over the Demon Lord, in boring times like these, the more time must pass until that answer be found.

I wonder then - are you more farsighted than others of your world?  More given to pursuing a long-term good, even if those around you do not understand?  Or perhaps simply more opposed to the World-As-It-Is than your counterpart, so that the thought of finding a final answer much like its present state seems unacceptable to you?  I wonder, have you seen anything yet, that makes you wish to re-roll the dice and see if they show a different face on the next try?