Falling Tyrant

During the final days of the Fireborn Wars, the Pantheon convened alongside their mother, Drakaris, Bearer of the Worlds Torch. It was the following event that they decided upon to overthrow the Fireborn.

Summary

The Falling of a Tyrant is a myth derived from the slaying of the Great Dragon, the most powerful of the Fireborn's most loyal servants. It was the Great Dragon, known then also as the World-Burner, who eradicated entire empires and kingdoms for standing against its master. The Pantheon grew in strength, and challenged the Great Dragon on even ground after slaying the Fireborn. Hrothmund, the God of War, mightily wielded Uroksvaal, his legendary chained hookblade, to latch on and rip at his scaly hide. Ingemar's storms raged, battering the Tyrant with monsoons and tempests and hurricanes, Joldr utilizing his hammer to further drive his sisters arrows and bolts of lightning into his immortal stone scales, shattering them and opening wounds for Hrothmund to unleash his godly fury upon. Cianus, the Mindbender, reshaped reality, the earth liquefying before solidifying again, locking the Great Dragon in place as Cianus made war upon his mind. All the while, Drakaris and Adaliah, more cunning than they were warriors, blotted out the sun for a month while the other gods made war upon the Tyrant, removing the source of his deific powers
On the final day, Ingemar and Joldr struck true, freeing the Great Dragon from his stony shell, rendering him mortal. Cianus drove the Tyrant to near madness, now thrashing about as a wild animal rather than a conscious being. Finally, as the Great Dragon lay bleeding, almost to tired to stand, Hrothmund tore off his wings, reaching into the bloody stumps and crushing his heart.

Historical Basis

The Falling of a Tyrant is largely based upon an actual event. It was the precursor to what would become the Separation, where Hrothmund pulled apart the fabric of reality, shattering the world into hundreds of Fragments, later known as the Realms
While the Falling Tyrant is based on true events, it is largely exaggerated or made up entirely.
The Great Dragon was not a beast, but a man; one that had been the worlds previous God of War before Hrothmund rose above him. It was his defeat that allowed Hrothmund to take the title. Ingemar and Joldr, while they had shattered his armor, they struggled to do so, as the Tyrant's armor was made to withstand arrows- the only thing that weakened and eventually broke the armor were the repeated lightning strikes. Cianus' part of the myth was largely unchanged, as he had indeed made war upon his mind, but he could not reshape reality to cope with his reactions as Cianus was described doing. And finally, Adaliah had indeed been present- she was, in fact, the Great Dragons trueborn heir, and had given her father a final farewell before Hrothmund finished the job.

Spread

It is a common belief throughout Sos Lokluv.

Variations & Mutation

In Rubicon, and thus in Auran, the addition of the Fireborn's children waging a thousand year war upon the Pantheon provides evidence for their claim as being of Fireborn blood.
In The Iron Mountains, the dwarves believe in the more realistic version, their people being the only ones to know what truly happened.
The Elves replace Hrothmund and Ingemar with their own Deities, Eris, the Goddess of the Moon and Stars, and Iros, God of the Sun and Light.

Cultural Reception

Rubiconian societies tend to lean towards the Fireborns side, nowadays now taking a twisted sense of nobility from defending the Fireborns cruel nature.
Valskarian society remains largely on the side of the Pantheon, seeing the Tyranny of the Fireborn as an affront to all men should be. Dwarven society sees it as it truly was, rather than what Mankind wants it to be.
Elves abhor the idea of The Pantheon, but largely agree on the significance of the the events.

In Literature

The Falling Tyrant is primarily used as the final act in many religious texts. In some however, writers throughout the ages have written about children of the Gods because of the myths significance to the world.

Date of First Recording

Year 21 of the Age of the Gods