Obelisks are anchors, so why...

[Vanisher123]

<p>The latest preveiw talking about the void mentions finally what/why the obelisks are anchoring (at least the first I'm hearing of it). So why do the shadowmen consume and destroy worlds? According to the preveiw they are forever trapped in the void, but have managed to prevent non-exsistance by anchoring using possesed people to build the obelisks.</p><p>By the fact they destroy the worlds seems to exclude the possibility they are possesing people as a means of escape. The fact the mutate and use the populations as minions seems to exclude the fact they do it for "food"... So why do they destroy worlds if once they have obelisks up they are fairly safe?</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p>The Void has no tangable connection with Norrath or any other planets they inhabit. They have to anchor themselves to the planet in order to be able to invade it on a large scale.</p><p>I don't think it's accurate to say that the Obelisks themselves are anchors themselves, as TSO introduces the zones of "The Obelisk of Ahkzul" and "The Anchor of Bazzul."</p><p>At any rate, I suppose that if we could find a way to destroy the Obelisks (which so far nothing has proven effective as found by Timberclang's findings vol. 98,) we could prevent them from easily entering Norrath.</p>

[Apocroph]

<p><cite>Vanisher123 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>So why do the shadowmen consume and destroy worlds?</p></blockquote><p>Well, in life, they were a people obsessed with death and decay, so it stands to reason that it might be their Primary Main Objective.</p><p>Another possibility is that they're Anashti's instrument of revenge.</p>

[Cusashorn]

<p><cite>kuraan wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Vanisher123 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>So why do the shadowmen consume and destroy worlds?</p></blockquote><p>Well, in life, they were a people obsessed with death and decay, so it stands to reason that it might be their Primary Main Objective.</p><p>Another possibility is that they're Anashti's instrument of revenge.</p></blockquote><p>Well, the <a href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/news_archive_content.vm?id=1979&section=News&locale=en_US" target="_blank">description about the void</a> states that it exists as a universal black hole of sorts, where matter is quite litterally being turned into nothingness within only a few weeks of entering into the void. The shadowmen who live there are no exception to this ultimate destruction, so they need to continue finding resources just to survive.</p>

[Apocroph]

<p>So the answer is some combination of the above.</p>

[ke'la]

<p>I don't think that the distruction of worlds is a side effect of the void invasion not the goal. It's kinda like getting side swiped by a black hole, the black hole did not intened to rip your planet apart atom by atom it just happened to pass close enough to cause this to happen.</p><p>The void creatures are trying to survive so they anchor themselfs to worlds, those worlds fight back... noone likes being invaded, this requires them to astablish more anchors(to get larger armies through), eventually the connection to the void is so strong the Anchors start pulling stuff back into the void, and pulling the world it is anchored to apart.</p>

[Zabjade]

<p><span style="color: #00cc00;">That they still continue to exist at all means that tehre is an event horizon of some sorts in the void, I'm guessing that is where they make their residence?</span></p>

[Cusashorn]

<p><cite>Zabjade wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #00cc00;">That they still continue to exist at all means that tehre is an event horizon of some sorts in the void, I'm guessing that is where they make their residence?</span></p></blockquote><p>Yes, as stated in the preview I posted in my above post, it said that most matter that gets pulled into the void eventually gets pulled into the black hole and becomes nothing within a few weeks.</p><p>This means that the shadowmen are forever constantly jumping from one rock to the next just to survive. If they were any other type of race, they could probably be reasoned with and allowed to stay on worlds outside of the void, but they are bound to the void regardless, so anything they find will always only be temporary.</p>

[Anestacia]

<p>The way I understood it when I read the preview was this;  Everything is slowly gravitated toward the center of the void (the black hole).  So they had to jump from one asteroid to anther, but they figured out how to "anchor" themselves on to worlds thus not being sucked into the center.  I picture the obelisks' as magnets; the one in the void is being "pulled" equally by the obelisk on Norath (or whatever other worlds) to keep it from entering into the hole.  Otherwise it would be counter productive to build a massive palace/tower just for it to be eaten in a few weeks.</p>

[Zabjade]

<p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Cusa>>>Interesting, I thought that was what you might have been posting just wasn't 100% sure. </span></p><p><span style="color: #00cc00;"></span></p><p><span style="color: #00cc00;">Anestacia>>>I would imagine (if you are refering to towers IN the void, I don't get my copy of TSO until Monday) that the Towers themselves might be a form of transport between asteroids. </span></p>

[Illine]

<p>maybe they don't 'mean' to destroy worlds since they need them to survive.</p><p>But a bit like cats with mices. cats kill and eat mice to survive. void creatures kill and eat to survive (in a way coz they are still corrupted).</p><p>but worlds get destroyed because of their connection with the void. they get corrupted, like in lesser faydark.</p><p>I see them a bit like Dr frankeinstein .. trying to find how to stay alive. not caring about other species, about "destruction" of worlds. they are so focused on their studies that nothing else maters.</p><p>but also they must be a bit like ghost hating all living. They must hate all those out of the void coz they are out of it.</p>