The Eclipse

The Eclipse spoken and written about during the Grey Age, specifically referring to the Eclipse to merge the planes into one perfect world and bring everything to a perfect end.

Summary

The prophesy specifically dictates of a dark lord, a harbinger of The Stars themselves, bringing about the perfect end to an imperfect plane, the mortal plane. It speaks about a perfect being spoken to by Finality itself sent to the mortal plane.

Historical Basis

The main, albeit shaky, historical basis for The Eclipse is from the few societies in the Age of Giants that worshipped the stars. Their belief was based on three godlike entities that resided in the sky of the material plane, The Caretaker, The Guard and Finality, a personification of the creeping end of the material said to worm its way into mortals.

The written prophesy of the dark lord is theorized to be one of these mortals touched by Finality, though no scholars are sure in the slightest, as the original writing of the prophesy never had a recorded author.

Spread

The prophesy barely spread, being in rare and obscure books and libraries and often being written off as a hoax by historians as someone from back then just looking at the stars for too long contracting Arcane Insanity.

Variations & Mutation

Throughout the many years the prophesy has existed countless iterations of it were born, not many are of note, mainly changing dates, names, trying to write certain villains into the prophesy.

One is of note however, a variation written in the year 1677 by none other than Lord Chaffinch himself, the skeleton lord of misery, seemingly having a letter exchange with an unnamed dark lord touched by finality. Historians decided this wasn't a red herring from the skeleton lord due to how hidden and protected the exchange was. The exchange specifically mentions a year, the year 2245.

Cultural Reception

Most cultures percieve the myth with ignorance, simply waving it off as another hoax, though there are sects of Doomcallers that swear by myths like this, taking them to heart and preparing for every inevitability.

Date of First Recording

325

Date of Setting

2245