#speculative folklore

THREE HUNDRED YEARS HAD PASSED SINCE THE DEATH OF THE ANCIENTS

FAR BEYOND THE TIME WHEN THE FIRST OF THE NEW CHILDREN OPENED THEIR EYES,

AND TOOK THEIR FIRST STEPS THROUGH THE SANDS OF TIME

THE SIX LORDS, THE LAST OF THE ANCIENTS TO EARN SALVATION, HAD TAKEN ETERNAL BURDEN IN TEACHING THE REPLACEMENTS ABOUT THE TIME BEFORE, AND SUCCUMBED TO THE DUSTS OF THE FUTURE

ONLY THEIR SOULS REMAINED,

THE VOID OF PUNISHMENT FROM WHICH THEY ROSE, AND TO WHICH THEY'LL RETURN, HAD GROWN DIM