Stone Statues - The Beginning

Pallamay Archive Entry: Lorekeeper’s Note – Codex 24A Filed by Archivist Uvenna, 12th Cycle of the Moonsworn Era Classification: High Lore – Origins Unverified “What remains is not always what was.” — High Scribe Talyen Today, under quiet moonlight and silent decree, the entry marked Codex 24A was sealed within the Eternal Vault. The origins of this work are obscure. No scribe claims its birth, no oracle its truth. It arrived unsummoned—its pages filled with echoes and fractured visions. Within them, a Reckoning: names blurred by time, a city lost to flame, the emergence of one called Eden, and threads of prophecy wound too tight to unravel. The content resists clarity. It hums beneath the skin. There are hints—of a child borne from fire, of gods poised at the edge of choice, of mortals who whispered into the void and were answered. The tale splinters across timelines, rearranges itself in memory. What chapter you read may differ from what another sees. What ending you reach may not be the final one. The archivists warn: Expect distortion. Trust emotion over fact. Hold the names loosely. Codex 24A may be the last surviving fragment of the Unraveling… or it may be something older, something buried too deep to date. It invites belief. It resists ownership. It will haunt you gently. Those who speak it aloud awaken something ancient. Proceed with reverence. Remember nothing is fixed. And not all stones remain still.  — Uvenna of Pallamay, Keeper of Dust and Dream