Way to reveal big twist in fantasy world
In my fantasy story, a new group of people come to this empire seemingly peacefully. But soon, they begin to blame these magical people for an assassination of the empire's empress, giving the crown to whoever captures and delivers the most people into the palace.
This sends the protagonist, who is a magic user, into hiding, and soon develops a team of other magical refugees. However, one day a person comes to them who is from these newcomers.
It turns out that she achieved the magical abilities randomly and was nearly captured by her own people, but escaped. But in truth, these people have to find a weapon hidden beneath the ground in order to kill a god that has destroyed their empire, and they are using the magical people as fuel. The visitor-magic wielder does not know any of this and only knows that there has been a disaster in her home and that they have come here for safety. Somehow they need to figure it out on the way.
What I don't know is how to reveal this big twist.
I know this is broad so leave questions below. And sorry in advance if this is really bad as this is my first question here.
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With a bang
If you want a big plot twist to have a lasting effect so that your readers will remember it for a long time, you should try to seed a few small hints here and there that something will happen in the buildup, but you should try to keep it a secret until your protagonist finds out what it is.
The moment they do find out about this they should find out everything and it should feel for reader as if the whole world came crashing down on your protagonist.
This is a big thing and it should be treated as such. It will change how the character who finds this out views his world and it should change how your reader views your book.
Keep it all secret and then let it all out at once. Make it a grand event. Dedicate enough space to it. And be sure to show the conflict that arises from this revelation for your characters.
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