The Three Greats

The Three Greats is the popular name of a group of 3 individuals, all Awakened adventurers. The reason for their name is that they have become known as the greatest adventurers of all time, each similar in comparison of strength and achievements. It is made up by Tasos, Estella and Davian.

## Creation

The Three Greats wasn’t any official organisation created by the members during any time, as only Estella and Davian are known to have interacted with one another. Instead, the Three Greats is a group that was informally named later, after the death of Davian. Popularity for the trio continued to increase, inspiring more adventurers generations after their last accomplishment.

Always competitive, adventurers began discussing the prospect of who the greatest adventurer was, whether it was Tasos because of Aaron’s Meteor, Estella for being the first to complete Dyghon’s Tower, or Davian for defeating the Great Bear.

## Accomplishments

### Tasos

Tasos definitely is the most largely accomplished name in the Three Greats, saving the region from Aaron’s Meteor, saving the city and Kingdom of Bethune from the Necromancer of the South and finally defeating the dragon Ason in his attack on the city-state of Aren.

He was also the first of the members, defeating the Meteor in **328PR**. Though he had a short career, finishing in **355PR** with his last sighting.

### Estella

Estella was the second of the Three Greats, her first notable achievement coming in **354PR** when she completed Dyghon’s Tower with her bard, Ileana. She would later defeat the Mozzennayl Dragon Cult planning to overthrow King Javier Fidalgo of Gonarundu, help the citizens of Kras from an earthquake and defeat the Stone Dragon in **390PR** in Nirva.

Her career ended after the Stone Dragon, peacefully retiring to her property near Dyghon’s Tower.

### Davian

Davian is the final of the Three Greats, having the more famous and numerous accomplishments. In **382PR** he completed Dyghon’s Tower by himself. He went on to fight a group of Awakened assassins, defeat the Great Bear attacking Serdica and helped in the First Expedition. Outside of his adventuring accomplishments, he trained Vibius Calenus.

After finishing his adventuring career, he would teach more students in Caesar College before dying in **486PR**.

## Criticisms

The criticisms against each person are used by supporters of another or simply people who do not believe in the Three Greats. Most scholars and historians generally ignore the criticisms, but are still rampant in today's discussions.

### Tasos

With his accomplishment of saving the region from Aaron’s Meteor, Tasos is always claimed as the greatest adventurer, a head above the other two. Though, many seem to criticise how Aaron discovered all that information, believing that the meteor might not have been as destructive as previously thought.

The Necromancer of the South had already faced an expedition from a group of adventurers and was likely weak when Tasos arrived.

The only criticism about Ason was that he might’ve already been exhausted from attacking the city, making it easier for Tasos. This is generally seen as a weak argument but is still used by people against Tasos being the greatest.

### Estella

Estella’s most famous accomplishment is also riddled with criticism. Mostly coming from people using the argument that she did not complete it alone like Davian, but with her bard Ileana, who was also a major figure in her right.

The Mozzennayl Dragon Cult were powerful, but likely only in influence. The reports of their power coming directly from Ileana herself, who had a bias towards Estella since they were close friends.

The Stone Dragon story receives the most criticisms, since the story was barely told by Ileana and no corpse was ever found. Making the story sound like an anecdote than anything major.

### Davian

Originally, Davian’s criticism from Dyghon’s Tower came from the fact that Estella had completed it beforehand, meaning the creatures inside were already weak. Since subsequent completions have happened from other adventurers, this criticism has very little evidence, though is still used against Davian’s name.

The assassination attempt is seen as a way to get fame and go against the Awakism idelogy, actually having little threat to either Davian’s or Gaius Sellic’s life.

The Great Bear, even though its corpse is still in Serdica, is called a lie, for people believe it was actually an old dragon corpse that is used for the mansion. Or, that the bear was much smaller than believed and Davian was weak for almost dying to it.

Due to the lack of information from the First Expedition, some say Davian was added into it only after its success, never actually joining the adventurers.

## Legacy

The Legacy of the Three Greats is that they were heroes during the Third Century, and helped the world of Arlec stand against nature and the creatures trying to kill it. When they all passed away they inspired many more adventurers/awakened to go out and do good, Davian was actually inspired by Tasos and Estella.

The loss of these adventurers is not actually a bad thing for the world but believed that humanity/civilisation can now take care of its own problems. Such as when they stood together during the Plague of the 5th Century and Hurricane Max making the worst year.