So who created your sad little group? How did it all start?
The true founder of the Cult of Herostratus is known as dragonfriend386. Apparently, he was born one day before Christmas and on that day a meteor came down illuminating where he was born before crashing onto the nearest religious site and burning it. But let's fast forward to a more important date. On that date, dragonfriend386 received a new copy of the Harry Potter book called the Half-Blood Prince. And after finishing the book, a sudden glimpse of inspiration came to him. Perhaps it was just a feeling, perhaps he had awaken something within him or perhaps someone unseen to him had secretly whispered into his ear a certain golden way of living. At first, he had a twinge of regret and also he was nervous as he had never done it before and he feared the unknown. But at the same time he was excited because of that certain sense of danger. With every second, he swung between the will to do and the aversion as his conscience told him not to but that inspiration told him yes he had to do it. And so with his heart beating, he turned onto his computer went onto the site known now to us as the Delta Front and alongside many other fellows he unleashed hell by spreading the words made famous by these people of that Herostratic War. And those words were…Snape killed Dumbledore.
And so it was that this event set forth a chain of events that led to our creation. And so it was that with this sudden idea and for one moment forgetting consideration as well as forgetting the appreciation he had for that site which he enjoyed so much led to the greatest euphoria of his life. One night while he was looking forward to his next plan (and pwning noobs on AOE2), this strange crazy old guy appeared before him. The conversation went a little like this (the account has been lost so this is a rough one)…
Dragonfriend: Who are you? Who? Who? I really wanna know. Tell me who are you? YOU! YOU! You
Herostratus: I am Herostratus and I am your father!
Dragonfriend: NOOOOOOOOO! You burnt down one of the Seven wonders!
Herostratus: I sent you up from hell to do my bidding?
Dragonfriend: Are you a devil?
Herostratus: Nah, just an ancient attention whore who failed at life and decided to burn down a temple of artemis for fame
Herostratus: Yeah, whatever. Listen son, my great day has always been overshadow by Alexander the Great who just so happens to have been born on the same day I burnt down the temple. That gaf keeps on getting the best teenage male strippers for his birthday and I'm left with some ugly seme not uke. Just because my memory has been damned doesn't mean I can't enjoy the 'purest form of love' like the other ancient greeks….I mean macos and greeks. Stupid modern day Maco vs Greek war.
Dragonfriend: Okay (backs away from scary father)
Herostratus: Oh, don't worry not into incest. So yeah, I sent you up to earth to do my will. I want you to ensure my name is not forgotten on that day and try to overshadow both JF Kennedy…
Dragonfriend: 'J.K Rowling'
Herostratus: Whatever. Yeah I want you to find some way to help overshadow both the release of her book and Alexander the Great's birthday.
Dragonfriend: How do you want me to do that?
Herostratus: You already know how…
Dragonfriend: Why should I help you?
Herostratus: Because you should and I'm gonna teach you the 'Way'
And so Dragonfriend remembering what he had did began applying his fun enjoyment alongside his knowledge of history and began creating his plan to ensure his father's name was not forgotten. Furthermore he began gathering his followers and united them all under the flag of Herostratus that he had created…the burning temple. He initiated them by having them burn buildings and then assigned them to attack certain strategic points and when the day came the 1st Herostratic War began. And so the Cult of Herostratus was born. (Actually Project Herostratus since the name of the group didn't come until the middle of that war)
Sadly though, dragonfriend was betrayed by one of his followers who decided to be 'considerate'. He was taken to the moderators and from there tortured and burned at stake. But on Sunday he rose again and after a supper we said good bye to him and now he's in a better place…hell.
How do you come up with your stupid codenames? And why?
Over much discussion, ice tea, bludging and research into history before deciding what could be consider the most relevant. We tend to base our attacks our historical events cause we needed to differentiate ourselves from other spoilers. So we needed a certain style as well as unity. (other spoilers tend to act alone)
Can you just leave already and never come back?
Depends if we feel like it. But I would like to note that unless those most loyal to our cause have not left…we shall never leave.
I finish the book so ha!
Good on you.
So what do you sad people do?
Attacking fandoms with spoilers for various reasons
Where are you idiots from so I can hunt you down?
We are a group that transcends social, political, economic and ethnic boundaries. We exist in many places all united under the flag of Herostratus.
I heard you got a annoying flag, what is it?
The burning temple of Herostratus
What is your annoying motto?
'Never shall we die!
A/N: If you have anymore questions, do ask.