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Grimdark
Grimdark is a subgenre or a way to describe the tone, style or setting of speculative fiction (especially fantasy) that is, depending on the definition used, markedly dystopian or amoral, or particularly violent or realistic.
The word was inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000: “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.”
The word was inspired by the tagline of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000: “In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.”
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Herein lies a story all creatures know
The root of the root, the seed left to sow
A history of yearning, of great sorrow and pain
Told to me as a warning, told to you just the same.
In the beginning, the Father-Graven had two sons
Who tore the boundless heavens apart
In salted stardust, Geiin birthed a world
And Mithre corrupted its heart.
The world fell to a night deep and starless
The spirits of men filled fully with darkness
Geiin ascended and in his wake
Left four brothers, each an Anathe
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― Prince of Glass: Remastered
― Prince of Glass: Remastered
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