Hi all. I'm looking for some inspiration. I need a main plot thread for my BBEG.
Said BBEG is working behind the curtains to first get some kind of national crisis going, systematically subverting the established governments and driving the local populace to desperation. Then, when things are at their worst, when the government is on its knees and public unrest is at its highest, he'll deploy the solution that ends the conflict, gaining the populace's approval so he can install himself as the new form of government.
What I'm looking for is an original conflict. A conflict that would engulf an entire nation, that would endanger everyone, that would cost massive time and effort to resolve, b