Difference between revisions of "Kwaan's inscription"
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Ruin replaces "Alendi" with a gender neutral pronoun (translated here to "him") in order to encourage the idea that the prophesied hero isn't necessarily male.
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| "There was a place for me, in the lore of the Anticipation—I thought myself the '''Announcer''', the prophet foretold to discover the Hero of Ages." {{epigraph ref|mb2|34}}
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| "There was a place for me, in the lore of the Anticipation—I thought myself the '''Holy First Witness''', the prophet foretold to discover the Hero of Ages." {{book ref|mb2|57}}
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Here, Ruin replaces the title Kwaan earned among the Worldbringers with the title that the Church of the Survivor chose for Sazed himself, to encourage Sazed to believe the prophecies, and to think himself and Vin part of them.
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| "Alendi was never the Hero of Ages. At best, I have amplified his virtues, creating a Hero where there was none. At worst, I fear that '''all we believe may have been corrupted'''." {{epigraph ref|mb2|36}}
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| "Alendi was never the Hero of Ages. At best, I have amplified his virtues, creating a Hero where there was none. At worst, I fear that '''I have corrupted all we believe'''." {{book ref|mb2|57}}
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Here, Ruin erases a reference to Kwaan's realization that the prophecies have been edited, rewording the phrase to suggest that Kwaan blames himself entirely for Alendi's rise to power.
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