Talk:Reverie Universe/@comment-2059440-20140523213953/@comment-1070010-20140524193328

I'd like to know what the overall demeanor of The Presence is. Cold and calculating? Indifferent because it is beyond mortal power? Does it revel in destruction like de Sade or Drifter? Or is it like an eldritch deity- monstrous and incomprehensible? Does it have a personality?

I'm thinking the backstory of the game could go something like this: Miasma is Neutral God-Force, tasked with removing corrupted realities. At some point in early history, it is discovered by the Presence. The Presence is powerful enough to "infect" Miasma, corrupting it's will, causing it to believe that all realities are mere illusions. Thus, the Presence becomes the first host of Miasma, and the only one that has free will. By becoming a host, the Presence can travel along the roots of Miasma into countless other realities. Miasma does nothing about this- now that it's will has been corrupted, it sees the Presence as an asset.

What this does is link the Presence to Miasma without Miasma affecting the Betwixt Mythos. Everything that the Presence has done is because of the Presence itself, not Miasma.