Twisted thinking.
I've thought up a fantasy-ish story.
Now don't panic, it won't have magic or all-powerful fiendish magicians. There won't be any magic at all. There will be a goblin. And an elf. They're on the same side. No Orcs. No Dwarves. No magic swords - just the plain steel ones. Arrows will not always hit their targets. Doors will not open with a word.
There will be a Quest, but I'm not going to tell the main characters what it is until it's too late for them to back out of it.
There will be a Chosen One, but I'm going to kill him in Chapter 1, along with the only other character who knows he's the Chosen One.
The 'bad guy' will be truly unkillable, as all bad guys claim to be in fantasy. I'm not having my bad guy beaten by something as simple as a melted ring. Oh, no. This one isn't going to die. In fact, those behind the quest don't want him killed. Nor do they want to use him as a weapon. The 'Alien' films have that angle covered.
I won't say what they want him for, nor how he came to be, until close to the end. He has no fortress, no army, no weapons. He's the unkillable bad guy. He needs none of that stuff. Furthermore, he has no interest in world domination. He will, of course, do horrible, horrible things.
There will, of course, be a hero. He's the goblin, and he's in it for the money. There'll be none of this 'sacrifice of the self for the greater good' nonsense. He'll subcontract that part to a sucker.
I intend to make it difficult to decide, at the end, who was the real bad guy in the story. The reader can choose which side to root for.
It'll be interesting to see who chooses which side.
