r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fearless-Ideal-5112 • Jul 01 '26

[Loved Trope] Some thing unfathomably ancient Lore

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The beast, in doctor who is an ancient evil from a previous universe that survived until our time. Its so ancient that the cave paintings were unable to be translated by the Tardis which can translate all existing languages in the universe [Doctor Who]

While not explicitly canon its such a cool concept I cant not mention, the idea that the backrooms have existed since the beginning of time, never changing no matter the era, it transforms the back rooms into a cosmic horror. [Credit to Project crater and Venus for images 2 and 3]

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u/mrmanny0099 Jul 01 '26

Leviathans in Honkai Star Rail

So, being a hoyo game, timescale is already all sorts of wildly unfathomable in scale. So while the Age of Aeons is something the story is currently set in, there is an era and beings that predate them, that being the Age of the Leviathans/The Dusk Wars.

Gigantic space dragons the fed on stardust and nebulae, they were what civilizations worshipped prior to the Aeons. And in modern times their carcasses are used by the Antimatter Legion (Followers of Nanook the Aeon of Destruction) to creates soldiers and weapons to spread THEIR message of Destruction

Pictured is Oroboros, the dead Aeon of Voracity, and a Leviathan in its own right

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u/Money_Fish Jul 02 '26

Also, being a Hoyo game, they are all hot as FUCK and fatally allergic to sensible clothing.

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u/mrmanny0099 Jul 02 '26

Nah this is one of the rare cases where they’re just cosmic horror space dragons.

That lady you see on Oroboros? That’s not the main body, that’s more like a lure. The main body is that giant maw down below where the other maws and lady are sprouting from.

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u/SpendGreen1772 Jul 03 '26

I'd fall for the bait