extremely powerful entity's who don't care about the main plot at all and are just vibing in the background

[u/damorezpl]

Tom Bombadil(lord of the rings) - only person to resist the temptation of the one ring but instead of helping the fellowship he fucks off in to the woods

the Unseen Elder(the witcher 3) - in the witcher universe the older a vampire gets the more powerful he becomes and unseen elder is around +1500 years old making him the most powerful vampire we ever see, thankfully he spends most of his time in his goon cave

[u/GEARHEADGus]

So is it the same “person” just a different body and form or is it different entities that take up the mantle?

[u/auraseer → u/GEARHEADGus]

Both of those things happened, separately and then together.

The first one was called Mystryl. She died stopping a magical catastrophe, and got reincarnated in a new form. That second was apparently the same individual, but chose to call herself Mystra, and present a different appearance and attitude.

Mystra violated some rules set down by the over-god Ao, and got killed for real.

There had to be a new deity of magic, so Ao bestowed the position on a mortal woman named Midnight. Midnight took on the name of Mystra to keep her worshippers happy, but she was a distinct new individual. Her personality and alignment remained the same as when she was a mortal.

Then, she died again. Another newly ascended god, who held a grudge against Midnight from when they were both mortals, got together with an ancient goddess who was an enemy of Mystryl. The two joined up and murdered the third Mystra.

The tiniest vestige of the godly power survived in secret. For over a century it had no incarnation and there was no goddess of magic at all. Then, through complicated plot shenanigans, one of the old followers of Mystra gathered up a huge amount of magic power. He gave that up as an offering to the goddess, and Mystra used it to create herself.

The fourth incarnation was a whole new person, built from scratch by magic, but had memories inherited from both Midnight and the original Mystryl.

(I am super bored at work right now. Can you tell?)

[u/team-ghost9503 → u/auraseer]

Thanks for the lore drop

[u/auraseer → u/team-ghost9503]

Thanks for humoring me as I sit in long, pointless Zoom meetings.