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Tales of the Gods
Every previous descent had an opponent you could name and point at. This one arrives into a world where the failure has no face at all.
Every other story in this cycle is in the past tense. This one is not, and that changes how it must be read.
The Kalki Purana places him at the far end of the Kali Yuga, in a village called Shambhala.
The rest of this story, read aloud, and a new one every day.