Enchantress
Forget references to God here: The Enchantress is a god—or at least godlike enough for government work. She admits that she and her brother were worshipped as such, and she’s “discovered” in an altar buried in a creepy, skull-strewn cave.
Enchantress is a little put out that humankind no longer adore her and her brother, turning their worship to “machines.” “So I will build a machine that will destroy them all.”
That’s a pretty interesting comment, really—even though her evil machine, frankly, doesn’t make a lot of sense. Our computer-enabled doodads can indeed feel like objects of adoration—near-omniscient entities we rely on for guidance and wisdom, and the focus of much of our waking lives.
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