/lit/ - Literature

>>21802863
I’m writing a story with a corruption-themed BBEG that primarily stays in its own Mordor equivalent region. Besides pressure from the gods, what are some good ways to justify them staying there, and the region being more or less stable in size at the present, so that the hero will be forced to journey to the heart of the region, and risk being corrupted himself, instead of fighting the BBEG on territory where he doesn’t have the advantage? I was thinking that the region is surrounded by a ring of barren desert, so the corruption is slowed down by having to infest each grain of sand at a time.

>>21758732
I’m trying to come up with the chief servants of my main villain, the ones that answer directly to him and command the lower ranks in the field, being more immediate threats for my MC to face. His whole thing is corrupting shit, twisting beings to serve him, if that helps. I was thinking that one would be the leader of a cult worshiping the main villain, but I need more than just him.