This thought has been floating around in my head too but with a bit of a different path The player goes through the game as normal but at multiple times he sees the fate of the world not be decided by the ones who fight and die for change and instead the world is dictated by the gods who decide who wins each battle and war, who lives and who dies, and as such the world belongs to them. The victories of man are not victories because of the hardships faced by great people, but victories because the gods tipped fate in their favor. The people of the world are pawns and games for the gods, some even using their most devout for horrid experiments. (I'm not sure where to take this idea from here I will try to update this when I have thought of something) P.S: I am fully aware that this isn't entirely lore friendly, but hey it's still a better story than the civil war.