What is the fate of great leaders? Allow me to enlighten you. Their destiny is as contrasted as day and night. The flattery from their lackeys is deafening. Regardless of whether they deserve it or not, legends will be built around their names. On the other hand, the coward and the jealous whisper dark tales […]
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For the sake of the legends, the realms spin ring by ring in the void. Among the candles floating like stars, one shines with a cruel light… It is the most enduring sign of the order established by the great Demon Gallusar. That star is called The Edge of Dawn; it hangs in an eternal […]
Listen to the sound of the rushing water. You’ll notice a slight whispering. Do not mistake it with the sound of a shadow’s footsteps. A dark residue of lost traditions runs from that spring in the hundreds of laments shouted at the same moment. When all of the ballads sang at the Edge of Dawn, the […]
Take a close look at that foreboding obelisk. It stands tall, as a threat to all legacies… This obelisk is my anchor, my manhood, says Gallusar. I stabbed it into both night and day; I stuck it to both the land and the epic. My obelisk, which pierces both light and dark, stands at the […]
“I was born out the poet’s greed… the blood and tears shed in the epics flow through my veins. I am the one who immortalized the heroes, I am the one who froze them in their legends.” In the darkness, Gallusar; the ancient Demon opened his eyes. He writhed at first, thinking he was in […]
The epic nature of his struggles is what distinguishes a hero. A bard must tell their epic for them to be a hero. Heroes are needed in dark times. They say that while warriors thrive in difficult circumstances, weak people thrive in easy ones. The heroes of HotDA are epics; tales, novels, operas, and fairy […]
Enheduanna is the first poet, the first victim. She was one of the scribes of the city of Uruk. That woman wrote on clay tablets for so long that she forgot who she was before and what she was doing. She devoted all her time to writing only stories, filling hundreds of thousands of clay […]
A gate with two wings that is impossible for onlookers to enter or leave; the Edge of Dawn, where day and night coexist. Only epics reside there; for the living are neither dead nor alive. Raise your head and gaze up! There, on the scarlet edge of dawn, is that grand star where legends are […]
Do you remember? We, five heroes… once again stepped into the dawn of realms. Standing at the crossroads, the ominous red lights of the dark towers across the path was obscured by the smoke. Leading to victory there are three paths, and all three are caught between the day and night, between the truth and […]