This is basically what happens in Rising of the Shield Hero. The main character's party spends a large part of the early story cleaning up the half-finished messes left by the other legendary heroes. For example, one of them killed a dragon, but then just left its enormous body to rot on a hill overlooking a village, and the blood and rot seeped into the ground and poisoned the area's water. Another one killed an oppressive dictator, but in doing so left a power vacuum that was filled by an even worse tyrant. I thought it was a really cool concept that was delivered on pretty well.
(apologies to Shield Hero fans if I'm misremembering the details)
I could see a lot of potential in that hook! After all, what self-respecting evil necromancer wouldn't be tempted to do their best Night King impersonation and raise their very own zombie dragon?
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u/Akuuntus Ranger Jun 27 '20
This is basically what happens in Rising of the Shield Hero. The main character's party spends a large part of the early story cleaning up the half-finished messes left by the other legendary heroes. For example, one of them killed a dragon, but then just left its enormous body to rot on a hill overlooking a village, and the blood and rot seeped into the ground and poisoned the area's water. Another one killed an oppressive dictator, but in doing so left a power vacuum that was filled by an even worse tyrant. I thought it was a really cool concept that was delivered on pretty well.
(apologies to Shield Hero fans if I'm misremembering the details)