The Primeval Era Nov

“Successisashallowfoundationbuiltonluckandcircumstance.Failure,accumulatedandstackedlikeendlessbodiesinamassgrave,forgesthedeepestrootsintounshakablepower.IknowallthisaboutpowerwithsuretyasallIhadwerecountlessfailures.Afterall,IamVakochev,andIsettheveryScalesofExistence.This...ismystory.Existence,ismyStory.”---InthebrutalLandsofStone,wheremountainsmoveandbeastsdevourcivilizationswhole,poweristheonlycurrencythatmatters.DamianVakochevwasonceaprincetoagloriouspower,buthewasstrippedofthatpower,family,andeverythinghehelddearashewasleftwithashatteredfoundation.InanagewheretribeswarforscrapsandNeolithicEmpirescrushallwhoopposethem,whereancientbeastsroamterritoriesolderthanmemoryandManaflowsthroughtheLandsofStonelikebloodthroughveins,whereWarriorsreinforcedbyManawhocouldgoagainstentirearmiesandPrimalBeastscoulddevourentiremountains,Damianlooksuponitallandasks...why?Whosaidthingshadtobethewaytheywere?Whodecidedwhatpowertrulywas?Whycouldhenotstandoverthetallestmountainanddeclareexactlywhatpowerwasashesawfit?!Whydidhehavetofollowthesetpathofcultivation?WhywereothersbornwithLandandSkyPhysiqueswhilehewasnot?Whatpreventedhimsettinguphisownrulesandhisownpaths?!