Tribe. Pack. Horde. Kin.
Dynasty. Family. Clan. Race.

The people will war.
They will fight and die.
They will run and hide.
They will overcome and survive.

The people will bend.
They will be segregated.
They will be domesticated.
They will be led by the hand.

The people will end.
Undifferentiated masses.
Unending struggles.
Abandoned hopes.
A world under stress.

The people will become...

The powers that be control everything,
and the weak know no rest.

But after the greatest of all wars,
as even the mighty recover,
even their control slips,
their borders bend,

A people are given a chance.
Freedom.
Change.
Power.

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