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Because in Fantasy the people writing the lore of the world by and large didn't buy into the propaganda from their own universe like they did with the Imperium in 40K.

 footfoe wrote:
Late to the part, but I gotta point out that the OP answered his own question

"Greatest champion's grand plan successfully destroyed the world, plunged the universe into a millennia of total Chaos dominance"

Yeah.. people hated it when this happened if you recall..

True enough, but you could alternatively have had Archaon be beaten at the end by the combined powers of all of the major heroes in a battle which kills them all (or most of them) off. He'd have still ravaged the world beyond recognition in many places and you can always pull some Sauron-esque shenanigans to have him return later down the line if you so wished.

What makes Archaon more successful and threatening than Abaddon is that he didn't launch 13 attempts to conquer the mortal realms before he succeeded in anything. He tried in Strom of Chaos, was defeated and then built up his forces and tried again, much more successfully.

Rihgu wrote:
Wasn't Storm of Chaos completely retconned and the events of the End Times is the "same" event, but with a wholly different outcome?

At least they kept Grimgor 'eadbuttin' Archaon in the End Times. It would be... odd? If they did that same thing twice.

IIRC they also had to find Valten, etc, in the End Times, which they presumably wouldn't have to do if Storm of Chaos had happened.

Then that makes it even better for Archaon. He's 1-0 and his plan didn't require using a load of resources in 12 previous campaigns to make his final one successful.