![]() This trope only covers instances where the audience is already familiar with the original picture and then can see the mythology it gets turned into by later generations. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. The Trope Namer is the introductory passage at the beginning of each The Wheel of Time book: The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. The language has changed, and ancient records have never been all that good at remaining intact, so certain facts tend to get distorted over time. No one from back then is still around today. You know this as the audience, but the characters 1000 years later don't. ![]() And no one called him "glorious hero" until many years later, after he had already dedicated the rest of his life to cleaning up the mess left behind by the power vacuum he helped create. (It was the most expedient way to get rid of the guy.) And the dagger was not magic or blessed by the gods, the dagger was dipped in poison just in case the stabbing itself didn't work. And the attack on the castle was just a diversion so he could catch the emperor alone and assassinate him with a dagger, In the Back. He came to the prison searching for useful intel, and he met her when she escaped herself heck, they never fell in love and married, they were trusted companions who respected each other, no more, no less. The princess was not rescued by him either. He didn't raise the rebellion he just got caught up in it. Huh? Wait a second, that's not right at all! See, this isn't a myth or even a backstory his story was actually told in the previous series. His wise leadership ushered in a golden age of peace and prosperity that lasted for four generations, he ended up marrying that aforementioned princess, and he is remembered fondly to this day as the great founder and establisher of freedom in the land. One of the greatest mythical stories says that a thousand years ago, a Glorious Hero led a rebellion against the oppression of the Evil Emperor McDoom, rallying an army of downtrodden peasants, rescuing a beautiful princess, Storming the Castle of the dark empire, and defeating the emperor in an epic swordfight using a magic sword forged by the gods. Lady Galadriel, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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