- That what’s remembered
“It’s
not important that we remember the exact events of our history, but
learn not to make the mistakes over and over again!”
Itaka Kidara,
Historian and philosopher 564 NC
In
the beginning there was nothing, yet nothing implies something. A
thought was formed and given shape, Light and Dark where born and
with it the beginning of the universe. They were the One that are
Two, and they gave shape to all, so did they, in time, create our
world; Earth. It took millions and millions of years for our world to
evolve, to grow, to change and to bring forth the human race. But we
learned and became the most powerful species of our planet,
dominating all. The old people tell stories of how we had machines
that could bring us from one place to another by flying trough the
sky, machines that did the work of man. But domination wasn’t
enough, we wanted to master all, even the powers of creation itself,
and in trying to do so, we wrought our own destruction. We broke the
very fabric of creation, the weave that holds all in balance and the
earth shook and heaved, continents broke, sea became land, land
became sea, water became fire, fire became mountains, mountains
became lakes and nearly all was lost.
It
is said that the breaking and reshaping of the earth took centuries
and when she finally came to rest again, there was only one continent
left. Remnants of the old earth or a newly formed earth, we do not
know. It is estimated that only a few thousand people, perhaps less,
remained from the billions that ones inhabited the earth. Nothing
remained of the ones great nations, sophisticated cultures and the
high level of technology, but dust and fainted memories.
The
remnant of people that remained struggled for survival, forming
little groups that worked together to stay alive. Nothing would ever
be the same again, but life still remained and with it hope! Yet
little did we now of the far-reaching impact of the destruction that
was wrought when we tried to master the powers of creation. We had
torn up the very fabric of creation, the One that is Two, was no
longer one, but two separate forces of Light and Dark, not working as
one to create, but being two and opposing, fighting each other,
seeking to destroy the other. The earth as the source of the breaking
became a reflection of this War; one half of the continent stands in
the light the other half is under the dominion of the Dark.
Under
their influence, societies where formed; diverse, free,
compassionated under the guidance of the Light, strict, severe and
merciless under the dominion of the Dark. We had become the
battlefield of the forces of creation and creation stopped. And so
wars are fought again and again till one side will finally win and
all be lost, or we find a way to mend that which we broke.
From
the Book of Remembrance as written down by A’lanne D’mon, founder
of the city of the watch, first keeper in the year 11 of the New
Count after the last Great War.
