Dawn

Dawn

Dawn after escaping the machine in Libertatea Soare.

Name	Dawn
Alias	Dawn Of a New Day The Dawn
Affiliation	Harbingers The Sun Children
Gender	Male
Status	Alive
Relations	Tyler (Unknown) BUP (Enemy)

Dawn is a character who has been present since the beginning of Johnisdead. First appearing as a player during the YSHDT Arc, Dawn's status as a canon character was confirmed during the Our Horizon Arc, where it was revealed he was The Dawn - a high ranking member of a cult known as The Sun Children. Following this reveal, players helped Dawn escape a machine that had trapped his soul within the "Emerald Prison" Janus Room, after which he began a long journey to Florida to retrieve an old holy book that he had apparently left in Tyler's home. Once he arrived, Dawn was attacked by BUP, but he managed to fend him off and retrieve his book. Following this, Dawn was seemingly represented by a Rook Chess piece.

Story

Dawn was born in Jacksonville, Florida sometime in the 1990's. He cannot remember much about his time in Florida, claiming that he was "taken away" at the age of three. Later in life he joined the Within Hubris Forums, becoming a long-standing member. In 2011, Dawn became friends with Tyler, often sharing art projects, talking philosophy, and played games. At some point, Dawn was inducted into The Sun Children - a cult that worships Helios. Though not much is known about him, Dawn's father was also a high ranking member of the cult, holding the esteemed title of The Dawn. At some point, Dawn's father was killed due to "Hubris". At this point, the rank of "The Dawn" was passed down to Dawn himself, and he gained various special powers such as that of teleportation from a sacred holy book of Helios. However, at some point, Dawn was separated from his holy book after leaving it at Tyler's house after some sort of "session".

Dawn trapped in the machine.

In 2015, Dawn joined the Internet Detectives in 2015 during the YSHDT Arc. Dawn was seemingly a normal player in the ARG up until March 7th, 2015, when Helper referred to him as a "Demon". Helper claimed this was because Dawn "seeks to create what the players did not", likely referring to how he often joked about wishing to kill the players' Link, Doug. On March 21st, the current GM of the ARG, The Man, asked to speak to Dawn in private. A few days later on March 25th, The Man confirmed that Dawn had "traded away" his Ocarina powers for some unknown reason.

Following the events of the YSHDT Arc, Dawn became largely inactive in the Internet Detectives. In 2020, he created Withinhubris.com - a general hub for the community that hosted various Wikis, such as the one you're currently reading. In April of 2020, Dawn began acting strange in the Internet Detectives Discord server, with his username changing to "|||||" as he posted strange screenshots of JanusVR environments. It is believed that around this time, Dawn was kidnapped and his special powers were mostly drained from him. Dawn was seemingly hooked into a machine that trapped his soul in the "Emerald Prison" Janus room.

Later on, layers discovered a new Chatango chatroom titled "The Real Within Hubris" through a blog post on Letschasethemouse. Here, TheLaw explained that he and Dawn are "the same in spirit" before proceeding to lead the players to the "Sun Tower" Janus room, which he describes as a sort of "digital lockbox" or "deadman's switch" that contains all of Dawn's accumulated information.

In the "Sun Tower" Janus room, players discovered the login information needed to access Dawn's desktop via "Anydesk" - a remote desktop viewing software. Dawn's passwords were named after some of his favorite sweets - "lindttruffles", "whippedcream", and "gelato". As players explored Dawn's files, they uncovered the existence of the "Sun Children", and Dawn's involvement with them. Players also discovered various text commands that could be used in the hidden command line found on Withinhubris.com. Once entered, these commands led players to the "Spire" Janus room.

A section of the "Emerald Prison" Janus room.

On May 4th, Dawn's Discord account began acting strangely once again. The next day, players were led back to the "Spire" Janus room where Stackoverflow led them to the "Emerald Prison" Janus room. Here, players encountered Dawn, who was still imprisoned and entrapped by two blue entities named Dead. Dawn was unsure how long he had been trapped in the Emerald Prison, only that, in this state, he was unable to die and pass on the title of "The Dawn". Fortunately, the players were able to free him by submitting the "Sun's Song". Dawn's escape can be seen in the videos maşină and Libertatea Soare, where he wakes up in the machine he was previously entrapped by. Dawn pulls out various cords and wires that were connected to his body before opening a portal and escaping.

Dawn shortly after fending off BUP.

After Dawn escaped the machine, he began travelling towards Florida. He explained that his connection with Helios had been severed since he is no longer in possession of his holy book, which was still at Tyler's house. Over the next couple weeks, Dawn would occasionally chat with players in the Internet Detectives Discord server, asking them for advice and updating them as he travelled to Florida on foot. Throughout these chats, he revealed that he was being followed by some sort of entity. At some point, Dawn rented out a motel room. Here, he left a variety of taunting messages directed at the entity that was tracking him, which would later come across them and become enraged as seen in the video following.mp4.

When Dawn eventually arrived at Tyler's house, he was attacked by BUP. The two engaged in a swordfight, as seen in the video halo.mp4. Dawn managed to fend off BUP and proceeded to enter Tyler's home, where he finally recovered his holy book. Following this, Dawn was represented by a Rook Chess piece. Afterwards, Dawn thanked the players for assisting him and promised to help them in the future should they ever need him.