I'll try to explain this as short as possible but it is difficult since explaining the entire story is complicated and lengthy.
Before Maple World and Grandis existed, there was nothing but darkness in the universe. There was one god in the beginning which is known in the lore as the
Primordial God. Then we have the
Overseers (also known as 'The Voice') who were given god-like powers by the Primordial God. They are responsible for creating everything in these two worlds.
We have the Overseer of Light, the Overseer of Time and the Overseer of Life in each world. Each of them have appointed Transcendents as their guardians to represent them to bring balance and order in the world.
There are mortal and immortal Transcendents. The White Mage was a mortal Transcendent. He had an ambitious dream to save the world with the light, but he failed... He couldn't fix the imperfections of the world. The light has disappeared within him and only the giant darkness was left.
He awakened as the Black Mage when he rejected the destiny that was given to him and in the events of that awakening he became immortal... and full of darkness.
His quote of '
The ultimate light can only be found in the ultimate darkness' has meaning to his idealism. He wanted to create a new world through the power of the ultimate light by destroying the current world with the ultimate darkness.
Through Grendel the Really Old, it was revealed that the Black Mage had the ability to see destiny. He could see any outcome. This explains why he knew that the Heroes sealed him, he knew of the betrayal of his commanders, he knew of the fall of Will etcetera. The Black Mage wanted to die in this world, but he couldn't since he was an immortal Transcendent. That explains why he wanted to create a new world, a new perfect world without the presence of Transcendents and without chains. A Transcendent is bound by chains who is controlled by the Overseer. It is not possible to free yourself from these chains since they are a powerful force. The only way to free yourself is to get rid of yourself. During the Labyrinth of Suffering it is revealed that the Black Mage was not corrupted with darkness, but it was rather his own choice so he could achieve his ideals.
The other possibility was to have someone go against that destiny and relieve him from this world by defeating him. It was the Player who went against this destiny and defeated him. This was all made possible due to the events of Black Heaven. At that time, the Player was killed by Gelimer by poison. Fortunately, the Alliance revived the Player by using a Seal Stone. Because of this, '
the spindle of destiny has twisted' according to the Black Mage to which Arkarium asks "
Has fate changed because of that dimwit?
The Black Mage knew his destiny didn't succeed the moment the Player saved Tana instead if of letting her die during the story of Esfera. The Black Mage had his beliefs, but Gerand Darmoor is an entire different person. Darmoor is also a mortal Transcendent with the powers of 2 Transcendents like the Black Mage did. It is past 3 AM and I am going to bed now.
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