Dawn
Dawn

Dawn after escaping the machine in Libertatea Soare.
Name | Dawn |
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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.
Contents
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".
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.
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.
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.
Personality
Dawn is an incredibly relaxed individual, often cracking jokes and not taking on a very serious tone, even when the stakes are high. After escaping a horrific machine and embarking on a massive journey on-foot, Dawn still took time to have casual conversations with his friends in the Internet Detectives. Even when placed in the worst situation possible, such as during his time trapped within the "Emerald Prison" Janus room and faced with death, Dawn maintained a cool-headed approach to things, mainly complaining about his boredom and inability to continue his duties with with Sun Children. Despite all of this, Dawn is very devout to Helios and places his religious duties above all else.
Archive
Relevant documents and files pertaining to Dawn.
Conversations
5/5/20 - Chat with Dawn, Stackoverflow, dead, and Prominence - Withinhubris.com
Summary
- Dawn informs the players that he's been imprisoned in the "Emerald Prison" Janus map by the two dead_1266 entities. He is unsure how long he's been trapped here.
- Dawn claims that the "Emerald Prison" was created specifically to imprison his soul. He claims he's traied to escape several times, but his soul is repeatedly sent back.
- Dawn ponders if the sun god Helios would be able to save him if he knew he was there, implying that this Dawn is indeed the sun cultist Dawn who took all of the sun notes.
- The players question Dawn on what he can remember in an attempt discern his true identity. He claims that he doesn't remember being the GM of the first arc of Johnisdead, but he does remember TheLaw joining the Internet Detectives Discord server.
- Dawn is unsure of what the dead_1266 entities want with him. He believes they either have some sort of plan for him, or they want to simply lock away the power of Helios - something Dawn would contain, as he is the current "Dawn" of the sun cult.
- The players ponder if submitting the "Sun's Song" would free Dawn.
- Stackoverflow is still angered that the players have invaded their home, claiming they have "taken" it from them. He begins threatening the players.
- The dead_1266 entities often speak nonsensical phrases throughout this conversation.
- Prominence gives the players the hint "the missing 13hh ast".
- Dawn informs the players that he is currently walking from Ohio to Florida in order to retrieve a holy book he left there.
- Dawn explains that his holy book was passed down from heir to heir, and that the text inside it has been replaced, buy the book's power and core is ancient.
- Dawn says that Dawn used the book for a "session" at Tyler's house, and it still remains there.
- Dawn says that he's been walking for quite a while, and that he currently believes he is in Kentucky.
- Dawn praises Helios throughout this conversation, cementing the fact that this Dawn is indeed the one players spoke to on Janus who owned the computer containing the sun notes.
- Dawn says that he cannot teleport to Florida as his link with Helios has been severed and he has no more power left. He claims he will regain his power if he can retrieve his book, however.
- Dawn doesn't know who attacked him - only that they captured him and hooked him up to "that infernal device", which kept him in a state of torture.
- Dawn says that he was actually born in Florida - he simply lives in Ohio.
- Dawn claims that he is a normal Internet Detectives and that he's simply always claimed to have "sun powers". This is true, because as a player, Dawn would often joke about being a member of a cult known as "The Sun Children" and possessing sun powers.
- Pumpkinhead becomes active in this conversation and threatens the players.
6/11/20 - Chat with Dawn and Pumpkinhead - Discord (Internet Detectives)
Summary
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Links Lunar Children: Douglas • JadusableLunar Children: The Second Giant Moon Children: Alex Hall • Kayd HendricksMoon Children: Rem • Mason • Tyler Internet Detectives CircleHunter • Dawn • Greth • JacobLunar Children: Vincent Adams • John • JoséAstral Observatory: Yugi • Wolfcat Allies DeadOne • Drowned • Erika • Helper • Max • SKMLunar Children: LiquidSaint |
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Figures Lunar Children: Douglas • The Second GiantHarbingers: Jadusable Moon Children: Alex Hall • The Third GiantMoon Children: Spencer • The Fourth Giant Elder Children Alan Alphonse • Ezekiel Konrad • Jennifer • Kylie • LiquidSaintHarbingers: SKM • MattRMoon Children: Ifrit • Vincent AdamsHarbingers: Jacob Members Alignak • Carla • Cici849 • Daniel • Douglas • Eddie • George • HarryM1 • Hina616 • Hope • Jarilo333Moon Children: Jeremy Jarvis • Jie_Lin_HunterL • Jason • Kalfu9000 • KevinMoon Children: Insidiae • Losna152 • Luke • Mason • Sheepdog • Sin_Yarikh • 1_Tsukuyomi_1 |
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Moderators Members Alex HallHarbingers: Jadusable Lunar Children: The Second Giant • Ben Hubbard • Danielle • David • Diana Hubbard • Hank Hubbard • Jeremy JarvisLunar Children: Jarilo333 • RemHarbingers: Kayd Hendricks • Rosa • The Old Man • Thomas • William Reynolds |
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Astral Children Hacker Group GHOSTBABEL • Seth • Dusk • The Gray ManAstral Observatory: IsocelesAssassin |
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Other / Unaffiliated |
Layered Beings WireTalk Mr. Silent • Mrs. Moon Janus Entities Child • Dead • Halicord • Prominence • Shadow_0388 • Stackoverflow • Trapped Other Cody • Hilario • Hotspot • Kyle • OFA Group • Pumpkinhead • Pursan • The Jaeger • Time Turner • Randy BUP's DnD Game Flint • Greth of Ruskunne • Innsman Greth • The Jester • Max (DnD) • Munnin • Sam the Genasi |