Dota 2 Hero Stories
Dota 2 Hero Lore Part I
The First of All Is
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1. Abaddon
The
Font of Avernus is the source of a family's strength, a crack in
primal stones from which vapors of prophetic power have issued for
generations. Each newborn of the cavernous House Avernus is bathed in
the black mist, and by this baptism they are given an innate
connection to the mystic energies of the land. They grow up believing
themselves fierce protectors of their lineal traditions, the customs
of the realm—but what they really are protecting is the Font
itself. And the motives of the mist are unclear.
When
the infant Abaddon was bathed in the Font, they say something went
awry. In the child's eyes there flared a light of comprehension that
startled all present and set the sacerdotes to whispering. He was
raised with every expectation of following the path all scions of
Avernus took—to train in war, that in times of need he might lead
the family's army in defense of the ancestral lands. But Abaddon was
always one apart. Where others trained with weapons, he bent himself
to meditation in the presence of the mist. He drank deep from the
vapors that welled from the Font, learning to blend his spirit with
the potency that flowed from far beneath the House; he became a
creature of the black mist.
There
was bitterness within the House Avernus—elders and young alike
accusing him of neglecting his