Of That Collossal Wreck

We know little about the people who lived here before the Collapse, but we know that there were people here before us. There was a time when this land was filled with people, towns, and life, but that Collapsed. We live on the grave of a once-great civilization its headstone warns us to “Look on our works, ye mighty, and tremble.” The eldest among us say they brought it on themselves, while our explorers and historians say that is too narrow a view. It is from that debate our tradition grew. When someone comes of age, we send them out into the wilderness surrounding our Village. We send them o...