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{{Quote|}} | {{Quote|Or take the [[Viridia|Dominion]]. In its own histories, we learn of a thousand year period of greatness, of peace and prosperity. Was there truly no conflict, no division, no internal strife? Did the reigns of monarchs end peacefully and without struggle? Or does such a past exist only to direct the present? | ||
We know of wars throughout the so-called Reign of Light. The later great invasions are more famous, of course, but others took place throughout this time - border conflicts, re-subjugations of petty lords in the [[Ten Thousand Islands|western islands]], and so on. That they are not spoken of is no accident. It is, rather, intentional, for to shape the past can shape the present. Are we not more inclined towards the image of Viridian greatness if it can be remembered as greater still? | |||
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On the Nature of History
By Sangar-Lucan
Excerpt from notes written by a Katerran philosopher and historian in the late ninety-ninth centuryOr take the Dominion. In its own histories, we learn of a thousand year period of greatness, of peace and prosperity. Was there truly no conflict, no division, no internal strife? Did the reigns of monarchs end peacefully and without struggle? Or does such a past exist only to direct the present?We know of wars throughout the so-called Reign of Light. The later great invasions are more famous, of course, but others took place throughout this time - border conflicts, re-subjugations of petty lords in the western islands, and so on. That they are not spoken of is no accident. It is, rather, intentional, for to shape the past can shape the present. Are we not more inclined towards the image of Viridian greatness if it can be remembered as greater still?