Deciding on an Ending

[Sahariel]

Ending One (Demon Ending): Lucifer succeeds in shaping Damon in his image to help mount an attack on heaven. Unable to turn the world back into what it once was, Damon surrenders his humanity, destroys the human world without a second thought with all his accumulated power, and becomes one of Lucifer's greatest generals. Damon's personal problems are resolved with the death of the world but his original goal, restoring the world to its original state, is a failure.

Ending Two (Bad Ending): Refusing to accept the other Rationis (philosophies or sets of natural laws in which the new world could potentially be based on) and unable to create his own as he is a half-demon, Damon attempts to create his own world only to eradicate all remaining life on Earth, both human and demon, becoming an eternal target for both Yahweh and Lucifer, whom he angered. Damon's personal problems are not resolved and his original goal is a failure.

Ending Three (Good Ending): Damon defies the laws of the new world and disobeys both Yahweh and Lucifer by refusing to accept any of the Rationis, Damon sacrifices his life to restore the world to its original state. Yahweh and Lucifer still live, but demons and angels can no longer interfere with the affairs of the restored world. The world's constant awful tumult with never change, but the story ends with Ninnian, who lives unlike the previous endings, claiming that Damon thought it would be better to restore the right for human's to choose their destiny as opposed to be victims to whomever and their desired world. Damon's personal problems are resolved and his original goal is a success.

Ending Four (Neutral Ending): After losing everything, Damon defies the laws of the new world, throws away his humanity, and leads his army of recruited demons and, faking a vow of loyalty with Lucifer, stages an assault on Heaven. Yahweh is defeated and Lucifer is killed in a coup de grace. Now the ruler of both Heaven and Hell, Damon orders all angels and demons to leave Earth and come rebuild their empires under an era of forced peace, leaving the human world to rot or be saved depending on their choice, and sacrifices himself by suicide to restore the planet's vitality. Damon's personal problems are resolved and his original goal of restoring the Earth is a success.

Ending Five (Happy, Feel-Good Ending): Damon's sister Saorise and love interest Ninnian, a vampire with control of lightning, both live. Filled with hope for the future, Damon inspires his army of angels and demons to stage war against the armies of Heaven and Hell for a better tomorrow. After many losses, both personal to them as well as personal to the party, Lucifer sacrifices himself by restraining Yahweh to be susceptible to one final strike by Damon. Yahweh is killed, and Lucifer, in his dying words, confesses to growing attached to Damon since inhabiting young Louis Cypher's body after the true Louis died in the car accident. With power obtained from Yahweh and Lucifer, Damon restores the human world to its original state and becomes optimistic about the future of humanity. In doing so, Damon has sacrificed his demonic powers and has become mortal once more and dedicates that life to be spent with Ninnian, who has also relinquished her immortality. Saorise, saddened by Damon's departure, promises Damon to earn an honest living in the world trying to make the world a better place to the best of her ability. Damon's personal problems are resolved and his original goal of restoring the Earth is a success.

Ending Six (Immortal Ending): Same as Ending Five, but Damon and Ninnian retain their immortality and power, unable to shed it, and live their days in isolation and traveling the world together.

So, which one strikes your fancy? I'm seriously tempted to make a game with these multiple endings.

[MoroseReaper]

Endings 1, 2, and 3 are similar to 3 of the endings in this.

[TheThing]

Woah! Spoiler warnings!

Anyway, you need to pick an ending that will satisfy the themes and metaphors of your story. If your story is about the abuse of power, then pick an ending that fits that. But we can't accurately pick which ending is best if we haven't read anything.

[UnknownOne]

At 9/7/10 01:03 PM, TheThing wrote: you need to pick an ending that will satisfy the themes and metaphors of your story. If your story is about the abuse of power, then pick an ending that fits that. But we can't accurately pick which ending is best if we haven't read anything.

That's what she said.

LOL

But ye, I have to agree. Otherwise, make an ending which easin't that easy to figure out, but not something that is completely against the book/text's nature. Much bad stuff -> much bad stuff in ending. Much good stuff -> good ending.