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Meme shamelessly stolen from bard_linn

Your result for Awakening the Hero Within: Hero Archetype Test ...

You are the Destroyer.

50% Innocent, 54% Orphan, 46% Warrior, 58% Caregiver, 38% Seeker, 42% Lover, 79% Destroyer, 42% Creator, 56% Magician, 38% Ruler, 29% Sage and 29% Fool!

Goal: Metamorphosis

Fear: Annihilation

Response to Dragon/Problem: Allow dragon to slay it

Task:  Let go

Gift:  Humility

Addictions: Self-destructive habits like alcohol or smoking, suicide

 

The Destroyer is central to metamorphosis.  The void that the Destroyer leaves in its wake is more profound  and debilitating than the abandonment experienced by the Orphan. The Destroyer often is a person in the prime of life, who has a fully developed identity and a belief in their ability to cope. One is not a Destroyer because of wrongdoing. The experience of misfortune can either cripple or be transformative. Sometimes we succumb to madness or cynicism, but sometimes we can let go of the old and open to the new.

The Destroyer is also the transformer. Rebirth, after all, follows death.  At best, a Destroyer can be revolutionary, subverting and destroying harmful and repressive systems.

 

Shadow Destroyer:

All acts of self-destruction and totally destructive acts are those of the pathological Destroyer. The Destroyer turns us into villains when we refuse to acknowledge and take responsibility for the inevitable harm we do.

Honestly, sometimes the thought of dying does freak me out. The idea of just not being anymore has kept me up at night.