The Darkness
Item from Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
The corruption that turns every Epic evil — not a side effect of superpowers, but a cosmic entity's hatred for humanity projected onto anyone who receives his gifts.
Also known as: The Corruption, Epic Corruption, The Darkness
What They Know
- The personality corruption that turns every Epic evil — manifests as megalomania, cruelty, and paranoia
- Not inherent to superpowers — actually Calamity's hatred for humanity projected onto Epic recipients
- Can be delayed by gifting powers to others (Prof's method) but this doesn't prevent eventual corruption
- Can be overcome by facing your Epic weakness instead of fleeing it (Megan's discovery) — this is the key to breaking free
- All Epic weaknesses are fragments of Calamity's own fears — the personal vulnerabilities are his, not theirs
- Vanishes when Calamity is defeated — all surviving Epics regain free will and moral choice
Connections
- caused_by — calamity_entity
- corrupts — prof
- resisted_by — megan
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