Thread:MMYP999/@comment-27109830-20190416183520/@comment-27109830-20190429223524

That's probably because time manipulation is a really, really scary power to fight against.

Anyway, first things first. The setting functions off of certain relics, gems if you will. They govern the land, sea, sky, gravity, time and space that constitutes the planet, and make sure everything is balanced. This particular villain grew up with nothing but the clothes on his back, and a single friend he cherished. This particular friend was a thief who stole small quantities of food and money to make sure they got by, and taught him to do the same. And thus his upbringing made him a pragmatic, ruthless and apathetic young man who wanted to "reach the top of the food chain", in his own words.

His solution? Steal those gems for himself and shape the world to his liking, which he kickstarted with stealing the time gem as to make himself immortal to provide himself enough time to get the rest. Alas, his goal is complete, and essentially becomes a god-like entity amongst humans, but he's kicked so many dogs and commited so many horrible things that quite a few people hated him, and that cost him the one person he cared about (shot to death by bullets that were meant for him), and this made him realise what he's become. Thus, he intends to travel back in time to fix the damage he created and essentially end his own life through time paradox.

And that's his backstory. He's essentially a walking deconstruction of the Ambition is Evil trope and Time Traveler archetype.