Mostly because I'm not usually interested or I thought it'd be too gritty and gorey for me (I'm more of a 'light-hearted adventure filled with small bits of deep thoughts sprinkled around' kinda guy. So as far as I could remember, I've never read a single grimdark fic or story ever. Hopefully there will be some information trickle going on down the line! There were a lot of mysteries introduced with that prophecy, and I'm not really sure when some of those questions will be answered-especially justifying how that "nobody" ends up with the power of Creation being entrusted to him.
Overall I would say this was a successful opening chapter for establishing what kind of tone the story will have, assuming it continues to follow that trend. I think the foreword of the summary explaining the three conflicting powers helped to give a sense of scope as well. Opening later with the actual first scene of the story with those same shadow creatures below, being treated almost as mundane by the main character, is another good way to show how much this sort of problem had already gone ahead in terms of how close the story is to that scope of impending doom. While some things were ambiguous and strange, I think what this one accomplishes better than the others is the immediate sense of purpose and scope that the story will have: very grand and grim, and when it comes to dream openings with a meaning behind them, that's probably one of the best things you can accomplish. I think this is one of the best "prophetic" openings I've seen in some time, and I don't usually care much for them.
I only read the first chapter so far, seems to be after your reworks, and I can tell that it's gone through a few updates! I think it was written overall nicely. I'll be hopping onto the review train as well! This story seems to stand off as a very dark take in the way it's starting off, and I don't think it's pulling very many punches either.
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