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Most often, the heroes of books are more or less ordinary people who gradually increase their capabilities and gradually rise above others. It is much easier for the average reader to empathize with such heroes.
But as contrast, a book may contain a powerful character who initially has enormous capabilities. This could be a local ruler, a powerful magician, a god, or a demon. But what makes him stand out is the presence of forces and resources that are many times greater than the capabilities of the main character (even in the most optimistic development scenarios for him).
Therefore, the hero, no matter how independent he is in the plot, will obey the powers that be, carry out their orders, and possibly advance in the local hierarchy. But again, even the fastest advancement and growth in capabilities does not allow the heroes to get closer to the capabilities of the local ruler or god, he simply occupies a different place in the hierarchy.
Of course, it is often interesting to watch how a hero, who initially has zero capabilities, grows rapidly. Moreover, in the process, he takes less and less account of the established order and gradually becomes either completely independent or even takes the place of the supreme ruler. But if you do not endow the hero with enormous capabilities that initially give him advantages over everyone, then the attentive reader will have doubts.
This especially applies to well-developed worlds, in which a complex hierarchy has historically developed, and local rulers have either a multi-thousand-year pedigree or superpowers. In such a case, it is somehow unlikely that a simple person, who is usually the main character, will be able to ascend unhindered. After all, one of the features of the powerful (both in the real world and books) is attention to competitors. The hero's rapidly growing capabilities will not go unnoticed. And rulers, unless necessary (which needs to be invented and justified by the author), simply will not allow competitors to arise in the future. But let’s not forget that according to the plot, they initially have huge capabilities.
Of course, often the plot is built on the confrontation between the hero and the rulers, during which the hero develops and fights back. Or the hero, on the contrary, completes their tasks and gradually grows in capabilities and in the social hierarchy.
In any case, the presence of powerful characters in the plot and their interaction with the main character is normal and fits well into the overall plot. The more developed and high-quality the world in the book, the more often they will appear and have a greater impact.
Vrochek, Obedin – Wild talent
Spider Dakota, a mindless killer covered in tattoos from head to toe. At first glance, you can’t tell that this barbarian has pawned his soul to the devil - and, it seems, for the seventh time... or the eighth? Richier Fox Tail is from a family of sorcerers and werewolves. A young aristocrat with excellent recommendations: vagrancy, acting, mercenary service. Oh yeah, he also hates golems. Well, it doesn’t happen to anyone. Castor di Tull, last of the knights of the Order of Executors. Smart, brave, honest, former pirate. Treats women disgustingly. The knight can be understood - because of a woman, all his brothers in the order were killed. Now all that remains is to find out which of them will get the Wild Talent, and why they are still alive. Well, at least one of them is alive.
Volkov Nikolay – Weaving (book 3)
Many years have passed since the Exodus of demons, since the death of Glau, Seis and others... There are few left who remember this story, but their lives still continue, just as the history of the world continues. Welcome new and old players to the field you already know from the first two books in the series.
Volkov Nikolay – Weaving (book 2)
The story of the greatest Weave is completed, and Dyrus goes to rest... Only the story of himself, as well as Ilta and Lena, is far from over.
Volkov Nikolay – Weaving (book 1)
It is unlikely that a simple translator from our world and a mercenary from another could imagine how their destinies would intertwine after an extremely unwanted, but accepted job...
Zimina Svetlana – Dance of the Demon
A world of demons and devils in which there is no place for people. There are no such things as pity, compassion, kindness. There are only own goals and subordination to stronger ones. And if you are already almost at the top, then there are only a few equals in the entire empire. But the problems being solved are also not so simple and can affect the very existence of the world.
Zang – Healer
The struggle for power, betrayal, conspiracies, secret intrigues, coups - how boring and ordinary it all is. It’s the same thing - the creation of artifacts and magical experiments on living beings, interrupted only to accept the next patient. Or punish arrogant fools who decided that they could do something to a healer with many years of combat experience. But all this loses its meaning when life approaches and disappears like water into sand, and the inexorable breath of time is felt behind your back. And there is only an illusory hope, for the sake of which it is worth shaking off the shackles of settled life and hitting the road
Khodanitsky Evgeniy – Under the feet of the walker
It doesn’t matter that the world is no longer the same in which you were born, it doesn’t matter that your own capabilities are the same mystery for you as for others, the important thing is that you have already become your own for this world and your path awaits you. What it will be like is up to you to decide. But first of all, you will have to become someone who can survive in this world. And with each passing hour, for some reason, the confidence grows stronger that you won’t be bored...
Enwe Martin – The brightest stars
The childhood of human civilization is ending. The united state of people - the Confederation - is at the peak of its prosperity. Of the nearly thirty-nine billion people, thirty still live in the Solar System, seven live in the fifty star systems of the Province Sphere within thirty light years of it. Just over a billion live on hundreds of planets in the Sphere of the Periphery, located at distances from thirty to ninety-five light years. Only tens of millions inhabit the Wilderness and Wild Lands. Nothing foretells the coming changes...