Apr 16, 2024
As someone who as made some mistakes in the same vein, as well a lot (and I mean a lot!) of others you don't share:
The problem is that you need to keep people interested and engaged.
That does not happen when you drop your lore document 1:1 into the book. Try to keep the information limited and only drip feed with what you need at the moment. (or maybe some bread crumps here and there for later.)
Again, I made (and still make) many errors myself.
It might have helped if you titled it prologue and/or went through the effort of giving the chapter a name instead of '1'.