Lamentation for the Epoch of the Flood

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Lamentation for the Epoch of the Flood

By an unknown author

A text attributed to an unnamed prophet associated with a Chaskan apocalyptic millenarian cult, dated to sometime around Y9950

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For in those days the order of the world became unmoored, and the dark waters of the Flood rose to consume the lands. The meek ate the leaves of the trees, and suffered. The proud vanished.

For in those days all were guilty as accused, and the dark waters of the Flood rose to consume the lands. The clay god stamped his feet in impotent rage and the towers of the wealthy fell to the waters. Below the soil and the stone, impermanence reigned.

For in those days no memories could be trusted, and the dark waters of the Flood rose to consume the lands. The councils and kings and judges convened and spoke their words to halls of dust. The parched could not slake their thirst, nor could the cold warm their flesh.

For in those days the horizons disappeared without answer, and the dark waters of the Flood rose to consume the lands. Those whose faces were warlike found themselves with enemies but no weapons, and wore guises of peace. Those who knew no conflict shaped their walking-staves into spears.

In those days, in those days