Difference between revisions of "Terris Prophecies"

The '''Hero of Ages''', also called '''Rabzeen''' and the '''Anamnesor''',{{epigraph ref|mb2|12}} was a prophesied savior who would supposedly take the power of the [[Well of Ascension]] and use it to save the world.{{wob ref|6070}} [[Kwaan]] believed [[Alendi]] to be the hero,{{epigraph ref|mb2|15}} and while initially his claim was scorned by the rest of the [[Worldbringers]],{{epigraph ref|mb2|13}} eventually they conceded Kwaan had been right,{{epigraph ref|mb2|30}} earning him the prophesied title of the '''Announcer.'''.{{epigraph ref|mb2|34}} By the time Alendi was recognized, Kwaan had started to doubt the integrity of the prophecies.{{epigraph ref|mb2|30}} However, the rest of the Worldbringers did not notice the changes in the prophecies because they trusted their copperminds, never realizing they could be altered.{{epigraph ref|mb2|epilogue}} Kwaan eventually realized that the prophecies had been edited to require the Hero to give up the power of the Well once taken,{{epigraph ref|mb2|epilogue}} and sent [[Rashek]], his nephew, to prevent Alendi from reaching the Well of Ascension.{{epigraph ref|mb2|epilogue}} He and his trusted friends went as Alendi's packmen.{{epigraph ref|mb2|epilogue}} Rashek killed Alendi at the end of the journey, and took up the power of Preservation at the Well of Ascension.{{epigraph ref|mb3|65}} Instead of giving it up as Alendi would have and as Ruin wished, he used it to try to protect the world, and became a [[Sliver]] of Preservation.{{epigraph ref|mb3|18}}{{epigraph ref|mb3|6}} From then on, Rashek pretended to be Alendi, taking his title of the Conqueror and believing himself to be the Hero of Ages.{{epigraph ref|mb2|37}}