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<blockquote>''For the song of the same name, see [[Marielda: Friends At The Table Soundtrack, The Interlude]].''</blockquote>'''The Heat and the Dark''', also known as '''the Dark and the Heat''' or simply '''The Nothing''', is a powerful and destructive force that surrounds and threatens [[Hieron]]. "The original state of non-action, non-matter, non-existence", it is not two separate forces but two manifestations of the same absence<sup><ref>"There is clearly debate about if the heat and dark and separate things in the fiction, with the Yellow House wanting the Dark to come first, etc
{{For|This page is for the force threatening Hieron. For the song of the same name|Marielda: Friends At The Table Soundtrack, The Interlude}}
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{{Quote|The Heat and the Dark is like a jar of bees, if the jar of bees was the nothing on which existence is written. By mistake.|author=[[Uklan Tel]]|source=[[Winter in Hieron 27: A Good Metaphor]]}}
'''The Heat and the Dark''', also known as '''the Dark and the Heat''' or simply '''Nothing''', is a powerful and destructive force that surrounds and threatens [[Hieron]]. "The original state of non-action, non-matter, non-existence", it is not two separate forces but two manifestations of the same absence<sup><ref>"There is clearly debate about if the heat and dark and separate things in the fiction, with the Yellow House wanting the Dark to come first, etc


but I think by the end of S3 it should be clear that "The Heat and the Dark" is just what people call the nothing that Hieron floats in, the original state of non-action, non-matter, non-existence
but I think by the end of S3 it should be clear that "The Heat and the Dark" is just what people call the nothing that Hieron floats in, the original state of non-action, non-matter, non-existence
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</ref></sup>. It may have had a role in the [[Erasure]].
</ref></sup>. It may have had a role in the [[Erasure]].


== Debate ==
==Debate==
There are multiple schools of thought on the exact nature of the Heat and the Dark.
There are multiple schools of thought on the exact nature of the Heat and the Dark.
* [[Samothes]] believed that the Heat and the Dark arrive together. There isn't much to do except to try and make life good until then.
*[[Samothes]] believed that the Heat and the Dark arrive together. There isn't much to do except to try and make life good until then.
* [[Samot]] and his [[Disciples of Samot|disciples]] believed that the Heat arrives first, and then the Dark. To stop it, you must keep the Heat at bay.
* [[Samot]] and his [[Disciples of Samot|disciples]] believed that the Heat arrives first, and then the Dark. To stop it, you must keep the Heat at bay.
* The [[Yellow House]] believed that the Dark arrives first, and then the Heat, but that people have a light to them, and by moving, playing, dancing, and celebrating in the dark, we emanate that light and keep the Dark from coming in full, and thus prevent the Heat. [[Maelgwyn's Faithful]] hold a similar position.
*The [[Yellow House]] believed that the Dark arrives first, and then the Heat, but that people have a light to them, and by moving, playing, dancing, and celebrating in the dark, we emanate that light and keep the Dark from coming in full, and thus prevent the Heat. [[Maelgwyn's Faithful]] hold a similar position.
* The [[Cult of the Dark Sun]] allegedly believed that rather than preventing its coming, it should be accelerated to put an end to worldly misery. [[The Dark Son]] himself believed that the Heat and the Dark was a substance to be worked on, and wanted to accelerate its coming to have more material to make use of.
* The [[Cult of the Dark Sun]] allegedly believed that rather than preventing its coming, it should be accelerated to put an end to worldly misery. [[The Dark Son]] himself believed that the Heat and the Dark was a substance to be worked on, and wanted to accelerate its coming to have more material to make use of.
* The [[gnolls]] believed that the Erasure was not brought about by the Heat and the Dark, and that any danger that the latter represented was unimportant in comparison to the more immediate problems facing their society.
*The [[gnolls]] believed that the Erasure was not brought about by the Heat and the Dark, and that any danger that the latter represented was unimportant in comparison to the more immediate problems facing their society.


== References ==
==Gallery==
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File:Spatterdocks heatanddark.jpeg|Interpretation of the Heat and the Dark by [https://twitter.com/spatterdocks/status/916352948480774145 Lily Pfaff]
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[[Category:Winter in Hieron]]
[[Category:Winter in Hieron]]
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Latest revision as of 00:47, 21 December 2023

This page is for the force threatening Hieron. For the song of the same name, see Marielda: Friends At The Table Soundtrack, The Interlude.

The Heat and the Dark is like a jar of bees, if the jar of bees was the nothing on which existence is written. By mistake.

The Heat and the Dark, also known as the Dark and the Heat or simply Nothing, is a powerful and destructive force that surrounds and threatens Hieron. "The original state of non-action, non-matter, non-existence", it is not two separate forces but two manifestations of the same absence[1]. It may have had a role in the Erasure.

Debate[edit | edit source]

There are multiple schools of thought on the exact nature of the Heat and the Dark.

  • Samothes believed that the Heat and the Dark arrive together. There isn't much to do except to try and make life good until then.
  • Samot and his disciples believed that the Heat arrives first, and then the Dark. To stop it, you must keep the Heat at bay.
  • The Yellow House believed that the Dark arrives first, and then the Heat, but that people have a light to them, and by moving, playing, dancing, and celebrating in the dark, we emanate that light and keep the Dark from coming in full, and thus prevent the Heat. Maelgwyn's Faithful hold a similar position.
  • The Cult of the Dark Sun allegedly believed that rather than preventing its coming, it should be accelerated to put an end to worldly misery. The Dark Son himself believed that the Heat and the Dark was a substance to be worked on, and wanted to accelerate its coming to have more material to make use of.
  • The gnolls believed that the Erasure was not brought about by the Heat and the Dark, and that any danger that the latter represented was unimportant in comparison to the more immediate problems facing their society.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "There is clearly debate about if the heat and dark and separate things in the fiction, with the Yellow House wanting the Dark to come first, etc but I think by the end of S3 it should be clear that "The Heat and the Dark" is just what people call the nothing that Hieron floats in, the original state of non-action, non-matter, non-existence So it's not like there is 'The heat' and also 'the dark'" - Austin via the Fans at the Table discord, #general-spoilers channel, 7/3/17