Herald

## Ranks and Titles

Herald of Dragonhollow

The **Herald**, affectionally known as **Harold** and officially designated the **DH Herald**, served as messenger and announcer for Eris. He was responsible for relaying important information about Dragonhollow to its residents.

The Herald was something of a controversial figure. While many newcomers found his words of wisdom insightful, others wished he'd just shut the hell up.

# Description

The Herald was among the oldest servants of Eris, presenting news since the earliest days of the First Era. In addition to special events and reminders, he was also charged with announcing when residents purchased Elite status, used the powerful Elite Control Panel, or completed one of the many parkours.

The Herald broadcasted a congratulatory message when a resident became a citizen or veteran.

He could not be silenced by any means.

# History

On 1E:27, the Skullcleavers launched a surprise attack on Dragonhollow and used dark sorcery to possess the Herald, briefly making him their vulgar mouthpiece.

By the Fourth Era, the Herald's role as newsman had largely been supplanted by the Forum and Tohbeh's Dragonhollow Newsletter. The Archpriest HyperSilence rarely used him to keep citizens up-to-date.

The Herald had a mental breakdown when Eris vanished from Dragonhollow and repeated only a single phrase over and over, "Running short on gold?, please vote to support Dragonhollow." This lasted for many months until HyperSilence greatly reduced his role. Eris cured him of his madness once she returned and introduced additional pro tips. The lack of proper grammar when the Herald quoted Cary irked HyperSilence in the years to follow.

In the Fifth Era, certain troublemakers and ne'er-do-wells found a way to hijack the Herald and speak through him, leading to a number of pranks and shenanigans. Eris eventually prevented them from doing so but chose not to smite those responsible. Nevertheless, Retro later took control of him on 5E:201 and convinced Tox that the ensuing hilarity was HyperSilence's doing as part of Hyperhollow.

He was given the task of educating recent arrivals and old veterans alike about the sweeping changes implemented during the the Twilight Project, such as gravity and carry weight.

Harold apparently developed a fondness for Bagger, as by 6E:29 the man routinely received messages of a personal nature that no one else reported getting.

His role in Dragonhollow society eventually faded with the advent of the superluminal communications network Discord, which allowed residents to get important news alerts instantaneously even when they were off-world. During Retro's tenure as Hegemon, the Herald was primarily used as an archaic redundancy, providing information for the few who did not use Discord.

Harold vanished on 7E:120 when Dragonhollow was devoured by the extraordinary gravitational forces of Nyx.

# Announcements

*This is a list of known messages announced by the Herald, sorted by Era.*

# Retro's Pro Tips

*This is a list of messages that Retro secretly forced the Herald to speak in the Fifth Era.*

 5th | Pro Tip #22 Remember to set your alarm clocks back one hour tonight for daylight savings time