History WMG / Terraria

* Confirmed.

A long, long time ago, a [[Videogame/EarthBound Gigyas-esque]] monster of some description crash-landed in a metorite on a polluted, dying alternate version of Earth, [[ApocalypseHow destroying what remained of its biosphere]] and shifting its geological activity into overdrive. The humans retreated to what would eventually become the floating islands while mass earthquakes and volcanoes reshaped the earth into a shape unrecognizable to us, even when the magma hardened. The creature that arrived with the meteor drew power from human evil, and took a form representing it- specifically, the perversion of nature, hence the purple grass- and began to take over the dead world. It created the monsters that spawn in corruption to protect itself, and began storing power in the shadow orbs to sustain itself. This explains why destroying them summons the Eater of Worlds.

A long, long time ago, a [[Videogame/EarthBound Gigyas-esque]] monster of some description crash-landed in a metorite on a polluted, dying alternate version of Earth, [[ApocalypseHow destroying what remained of its biosphere]] and shifting its geological activity into overdrive. The humans retreated to what would eventually become the floating islands while mass earthquakes and volcanoes reshaped the earth into a shape unrecognizable to us, even when the magma hardened. The creature that arrived with the meteor drew power from human evil, and took a form representing it- specifically, the perversion of nature, hence the purple grass- and began to take over the dead world. It created the monsters that spawn in corruption to protect itself, and began storing power in the shadow orbs to sustain itself. [[spoiler:This explains why destroying them summons the Eater of Worlds.]]

Whenever he dies, he revives, often taking on a new name to avoid suspicion. However, the Voodoo Doll is one of his many [[SoulJar life sources]], taking the form of its current appereance. If the player holds it, The Guide's loses his invulnerability and can be killed, The Guide doesn't care, as he can always come back. But if the player destroys the doll by throwing it into the fires of the Underworld...[[spoiler: The Guide's true form, The Wall of Flesh, emerges and attacks the protagonist, enraged by the destruction of his essence by the hands of its own herald.]]

* But considering the only way to bring about The Hallow is for [[spoiler: the Wall of Flesh to be killed, maybe he isn't really the Wall. Maybe he just allows you to give his life to bring the Wall of Flesh out of hiding as part of a human sacrifice, so it can be destroyed and unlock the megaweapon against the corruption, coming back when the coast is clear?]]

** It could also be that [[spoiler: once the true form of the Guide is destroyed]], the power of The Hallow is set free, once bound by him for being a threat to his goals.

My theory is that Terraria is set a good number of years after Dead Space. Very few humans are left, but technology had advanced so far before then that it even resembles magic. However, most of this has been forgotten and the world has been pushed into a dark age. Eaters Of Souls can fly because they have merged with some form of flying equipment, much like the Necromorphs [[spoiler: from the Valor had merged with the Stasis units.]] The Eater Of Worlds is either very old, or constructed from more bodies than most. The Corruption is buffed when the game enters Hard Mode because the Marker responsible for this has been sealed in the same place as everything else unlocked by the Wall Of Flesh. It is somewhere in space, however, so you can't destroy it and get rid of the Corruption that way.

! Minecraft is what a Terraria avatar sees from his/her point of view.

The Hallow, besides being colourful, [[NotSoDifferent isn't much different from the Corruption.]] It takes over your world, destroying biomes besides itself, having strong monsters, and the trees don't drop acorns, preventing further growth. Think before you turn your world to hardmode...

He wears the Hero's Clothes a lot, he defeats huge monsters while being significantly weaker than those using ingenious techniques, [[SoGoodWeMentionedItTwice and he wears the Hero's Clothes a lot]].

* Aside from... PMS not working that way, why would the male NPCs be affected by the Blood Moon? Are all the men aside from the Tax Collector secretly trans?

You wake up with (assumedly) no memories of how you got there, every single one of the NPCs aren't exactly nice people, yes they sell you stuff, but alot of their dialogue is usually along the lines of begrudging respect for you helping them out.

This could also be why the Zapinator counts as a Space Gun by the Meteor Armor's logic; it works sort of like the Space Gun (running off mana and shooting energy bolts), but isn't a magic staff.

The Wall is said to be the world's "core and master," and defeating it unleashes the ancient sprites of Light and Dark. The Wall of Flesh isn't just a monster that's tied to the Guide; it IS the Guide's true form. Like you, he once conquered Terraria and became the world's "core and master". By reaching the Underworld and summoning it, you're claiming that you're ready to take over his position as the world's guardian and master, and in ancient tradition, the only way to prove that you're ready to rule is to beat him in a duel to the death. Of course, much like you, he can just respawn when he dies, content to assume the role of a simple guide as he leads you to grow into your new role. Perhaps some time in the distant future of the setting, when things have quieted down and the world has been tamed again, your character will lead a quiet, unassuming life as a wandering guide until the next prospective hero comes along.

I figure the overworld is purgatory, it's initially fine, with only a few points of the facade breaking with the Corruption/Crimson, the deeper you go the closer to Hell you are, The Guide is your own personal Virgil, The reason that in Hardmode the corruption/crimson/hallow spreads is because you are killing Hells best demons, and the Devil is getting angrier, so he is slowly taking away your "safe" areas, he can't do it fully because obviously purgatory isn't his domain, but you do immoral things, such as killing the guide in your adventure, so he has a little leeway after that.

The spirits of light and dark were released so the process of finding a new guardian was expedited, and that new guardian is you.

More specifically, the Wall of Flesh is said to be the "guardian of the world" according to official lore, and is also the Guide's true form.

In the underworld, where the Guide's true form emerges, the fiendish inhabitants are aware of the Guide's true identity, and have created voodoo dolls in attempts to unleash the Guide's contained dark power. It never works. The reason they never actually try to kill the Guide is because of fears that it would unleash a hideous beast. Unfortunately, that's also the only way to unleash the light (Hallow) that is necessary to fight the dark (Corruption/Crimson). So when the time comes, the Guide explicitly tells the player the only known means of summoning his true form. When his human body is killed, his dormant Wall of Flesh form emerges in the Underworld, attacking the player to see if they're ready to handle the increased difficulty. When the player inevitably kills the Wall of Flesh thinking it's a major boss, what actually happened was that the true Guardian died. The Guide still exists as an entity, as his human body regenerated by then (read: he respawned), but he no longer has control over the balance of the world.

Collectively, this entity is a god with great power over the world, and he has a duty of protecting it. To do this, he took the form of a human and founded the Order of the Guides, which is there to preserve lore and knowledge. He knows everything there is about the Terraria world (including every crafting recipe). One day, he sensed that Cthulhu was beginning to prepare to return, so he decided to bring a hero onto a remote island with few people to get in the way of your heroics. This is where you come in. You suddenly pop into the world in the middle of nowhere with an assortment of basic tools necessary for survival, unaware that the friendly guy standing next to you and giving advice is actually trying to discreetly save the world.

In the underworld, where the Guide's true form emerges, the fiendish inhabitants are aware of the Guide's true identity, and have created voodoo dolls in attempts to kill the guide for their own purposes.

She's the only female NPC that doesn't have any Blood Moon-specific lines, and she can be summoned with the King Statue rather than the Queen Statue, which could bring up some UnfortunateImplications.

* This is '''confirmed''' from the 8th Anniversary official lore. It's described as a cancer caused by the sins of those living on the world.

TL;DR - The [[StargateVerse Ancients]] colonised another galaxy, woke the Corruption up, which spread to all the other planets in that galaxy, so they sent down the Player, while giving him/her amazing technology to help this. The Wall of Flesh is a security measure set up by the even more ancient race that created that galaxy in the first place, and when defeated, stops focussing on controlling the Corruption, and releases the Hallow to control it.

Originally, it was colonised by the [[StargateVerse Ancients]], millennia ago. All was fine, until they awakened the Corruption, which then spread to every planet in this galaxy using the Stargates, forcing the Ancients to retreat to their spaceships, destroy the Stargates on those worlds, and drop down the Shadow Orbs, which are really tracking devices for weapons that fire incredibly large meteorites at where the Shadow Orb was smashed. Unfortunately, like everything else the Ancients did, that went wrong, and the Shadow Orbs didn't give the proper targeting data. So they sent down the Player, to try and activate the Orbs, which would allow the Ancients to wreak flaming havoc with their weapons, occasionally sending down a piece of technology here and there, to help you out in your quest.

* They intentionally direct you toward the Underworld when they feel you are ready. If they didn't want to risk Hardmode happening, they would tell you to '''stay away''', not go directly toward it.