Sam
never claimed
to be a god, but he never denied it either. Ambiguity
served
his purpose rather well. A bit of a cheeky anti-hero opposing
the powers that be on a far distant planet in the far distant future. A
protestant, of sorts. Earth has long-since passed into legend and myth
and the settlers on this world have been living in
their own
civilisation
for generations. The Hindu deities, dei ex machina, have
been made frighteningly real among the descendants of the first
arrivals. Karma and reincarnation are matters of technology. So too the
development of divine power and status within the gifted individuals
who rule this world as their playground. Those who control the
technology literally control human destiny, and their servants, who
maintain and operate the machinery, live in privilege gained
from charging a high price for their guardianship of the secrets of
Karma. The former inhabitants of this world, regarded as demons, were
banished long ago
by the fledgling gods and goddesses upon their
arrival and still wait in bondage and exile for their chance to regain
what they lost. Just waiting for the right time and the right catalyst.
The bulk of the offspring of the first settlers live in relative
ignorance and poverty, denied the benefits of advanced technology by
their "gods". Every renaissance among them is ruthlessy stamped out by
their masters who are content to maintain the status quo in their own
favour, jealous of their privilege. And so it remains...until Death
retrieves the Buddha from Nirvana by a technological sleight-of-hand.
Death reincarnates his old nemesis to fight alongside him in his
opposition to the powers-that-be...in reality, to overthrow the rule of
his former mistress, Destruction, with the aid of Buddha, her former
lover, otherwise known as Mahasamatman, or simply Sam. Sam never
claimed to be a god, but then he never denied it either.
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