Salutations,

A long time has passed since I began deciphering this work. The plagues that have assailed us day and night, the unease of the citizens and the aristocracy, and the mobilizing of the forces across the borders of the nations—I can only see all these in the coming days to bring about great misery and tragedy for us.

War is coming to Ārhmanhaḥ, my friends! And there is little that can be done to prevent it.

The great sages had already foretold of these coming events long past, and yet as foolish as we were, we did not harken to them, taking only what we saw as doable, and discarding the rest. Many times did they tell us that our complacence to this corrupted system that we have held to for so long would indeed bring about great doom, and when that doom occurred, neither renewal nor restoration should happen for a long time thereafter. And in that lapse, we should only sink deeper into the darkness of our follies, perhaps even perishing as a result.

Yet it does not mean that we cannot now better ourselves at this moment, and see to things that are greater than even us! The Gods may still have abandoned us, we may hear no more from the Ancestors, the Spirits may have left the Earth, and yet through all of this do we still supplicate to them wishing for their return, always knowing that the Light remains, ever abiding within all the hearts of the Ṃārhaḥn.

I tell you now when the nations of the five continents, when the principalities of the many islands, and when the rogue entities of the world come to a head, their destruction shall be assured, and should we thereupon fall from that moment in likeness, then we should accept it with our heads held high and in due grace as our forefathers once had. I will not give you hope for life, for I am not confident we should survive.

Yet, even in these most perilous of times, I hope this cherished history that I have now deciphered in full, whose many contents that were said to be lost to time but that are now recovered and brought back to the surface, now presented for the first time to the public, will give you the desire to go higher than this world, and seek that which is beyond all else: our true home, our true abode.

And with this said, I say now with pride and with conviction, what we have said before and what we continue to say:

That One and All shall manifest in you!

And with that, I shall continue my work. Should the forces of the world permit, I hope that the grand saga that exceeds even this one, that even those great sages of old cherished so greatly, will see the light of day.

My sincere gratitude to you,

Unknown translator

Unknown year in the Era of Annihilation