Thread:Chimera-XIII/@comment-26039101-20150126194818/@comment-4094405-20150127043035

The history of the Great Mushroom War is quite obscure, and most likely for very apparent reasons. As this is a kids' show, they most likely wouldn't want to delve into such serious concepts such as man destroying itself with nuclear arms, even if that is a very real path that may need to be prevented. While there is a definite connection between the Lich and the Catalyst Comet, how they are connected is somewhat obscure. We know the Lich arised after the bomb detonated, so his origins lie there. In terms of the Comet's utilization, it would make sense that scientists of the pre-Mushroom War found that the (potentially) foreign substance contained in the Comet provided the necessary components to create the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. That's one good way to connect the Comet and Lich, without having to alter canon or something. It's also possible, as you said, for the material to have been mistaken for Uranium, and it's use in the project ended up being magical in nature; for, the Comet was said to hold dark magic within it.