Overture
Overture noun - A performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main event.
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Source
Source noun - A point or place at which something is invented or provided.
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Trope Codifier: He codified the symphonic poem, a piece of music that illustrates a non-musical source on a larger scale than the concert overture, building on the innovations of Hector Berlioz.
Source: Music / Franz Liszt -
The Penumbra series heavily implied this in Overture but outright stated so in Black Plague that the source of all the deaths and strange creatures was the Tuuurngait, an otherworldly hive mind alien creature which shared its knowledge with the Inuits until humans became corrupt.
Source: Dug Too Deep
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