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12 1 I'm not the best read, but I have consumed some big fantasy works, chief among them The Lord of the Rings , The Wheel of Time , Theogony/Odyssey/Iliad , and tangentially games like Diablo 1/2/3. The main theme among these works is the irreversible loss of splendor and an obsession with finding relics of power forged in the past. I find that this casts a somber or wistful tone over the work as a whole, that we are always living in the shadow of the past, and the future will always be worse. My questions are: How common is the theme of decay in the genre of fantasy? If this theme is common, what is the significance of its inclusion in works of fantasy? Does it have a connection to human history, legends, and theology, such as the biblical tale of the fall of man?