The morning the sun died — remembered in song and scar across Vorgath. Those who witnessed it speak of a sound like the sky cracking, though no two witnesses agree on what it sounded like.
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The First Black Dawn is the cultural touchstone of every living person in Vorgath. Even those born after — the "Darkborn" generation — grew up hearing their parents' accounts.
Common Elements of Testimony
- The sun rose wrong: too orange, too large, too slow.
- A sound accompanied it — described variously as a crack, a groan, a bell, or a scream.
- Birds fell silent. Domestic animals panicked.
- The light had no warmth, as though something stood between the sun and the earth.
- When it set, the twilight that replaced it never brightened again.
Cultural Impact
- The anniversary of the First Black Dawn — the first day of The White Dark — is observed with silence and fasting, even among the poorest.
- "Dawn-echo" is a common Vorgathi oath, meaning may we never see its like again.
- Some Ashbound Covenant rites reenact the Dimming as a sacred mystery.