The scholars tell of a journey, the path every soul must walk.
First come the beasts, scraping for food, thirsting for water, clawing for shelter against the night.
Then come the clever ones, who build walls and guard their hoards, seeking safety in a land of threats.
Next gather the tribes, forging bonds, sharing fires, drawing strength from one another’s laughter and tears.
And beyond them rise the first cities, proud with honor and filled with dreams of respect and renown.
But at the summit stands the Sul Empire, where souls no longer hunger, but seek to uncover the mysteries of all that is, to remake the world in the shape of their vision.
– Mastava Ulvesh, [Historian of Thought]