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=== Where it is fought ===
=== Where it is fought ===
The Dawn Wars are not fought in Dalel. They are fought in the space between Qaaniguaq and Woncu, beyond the edges of Dalel, and their course is known in Dalel only through the passing of day and night and through rare accounts of the warden races.
The Dawn Wars are not fought in Dalel. They are fought in the space between Qaaniguaq and Woncu, beyond the edges of Dalel, and their course is known in Dalel only through the passing of day and night and through rare accounts of the warden races.
== Consequences ==
* Day and night exist on Dalel only because of the Dawn Wars.
* The Inguik and the Nuworno were created for the conflict and remain bound to it.
* After the Dawn Wars had begun, Pavkanai formed the [[Saevien]] as a precaution to protect [[Homhuen]].


== In culture ==
== In culture ==
The Inguik and the Nuworno are very rarely seen in Dalel, and accounts of them are the stuff of myth. In art the war is usually shown as winged figures of light and darkness locked in combat above the land.
The Inguik and the Nuworno are very rarely seen in Dalel, and accounts of them are the stuff of myth. In art the war is usually shown as winged figures of light and darkness locked in combat above the land.


Some ancient texts tell of a time when Tñarilu's light nearly overwhelmed all of existence, before Náiluv drove it back. Whether either side could ever win, and what would follow if one did, is a long-standing question in Adarian philosophy. Some hold that a world of endless day or endless night could not sustain life; others that the Great Equilibrium is itself a law that cannot be broken.
Some ancient texts tell of a time when Tñarilu's light nearly overwhelmed all of existence, before Náiluv drove it back. Whether either side could ever win, and what would follow if one did, remains a long-standing philosophical question. Some hold that a world of endless day or endless night could not sustain life; others that the Great Equilibrium is itself a law that cannot be broken.
 
The name refers to dawn, the moment each day when the balance turns from darkness to light.


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==