Hero of Ages

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Template:Redirect The Hero of Ages was a prophesied saviour who would supposedly take the power of the Well of Ascension and use it to save the world. Kwaan originally thought that The Hero of Ages was Alendi from Khlennium. He later realized that Ruin had been tampering with the prophecies and that he was wrong about Alendi being the Hero. He sent his nephew Rashek to stop Alendi from reaching the Well of Ascension and if neccessary to kill him.
After the fall of the Final Empire it was thought that Vin was the Hero. This assumption later turned out to be incorrect.

Prophecy

Some of the prophocies refering to the Hero of Ages can be found in the books and are listed below:

“The Hero of Ages shall be not a man, but a force. No nation may claim him, no woman shall keep him, and no king may slay him. He shall belong to none, not even himself.”
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“He shall defend their ways, yet shall violate them. He will be their savior, yet they shall call him heretic. His name shall be Discord, yet they shall love him for it.”
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“That which has been sundered must again begin to find its whole”
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Resolution

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Notes

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