The Fall

And so finally the crowd awakens. Open your eyes and see, for you have felt it in your heart since you first opened those eyes. A Bane is coming, and though you know the everlasting destroyer, not all is as it seems. The annals of time paint a picture of a victor and a wretch, yet the victim is not whom you would expect. History is forged in blood and a tale spun by the winners - but if you stop and listen, the truth will be made clear.

Not a tale of redemption, a sorrow glimpse into the past... if you believe such things. A story of desperation, tragedy, and ultimate madness that brought us the foe we know today as the Beast. The Great Deceiver. We've been blinded by a passion for a white knight, but here, this evening, the castle walls will crumble down and history will be set right.

It begins with a stage poised for war and insurrection, in a land bereft of mortality, a holy place of absolute obedience and domination. It begins with a mourning star, the first and brightest of them all, a will to change, a verdict, and a schism.

It begins with a fall.