“Before the reckoning of days and the weaving of stars, the Wheel turned upon the face of the deep, and by the casting of lots was dominion given to LUMAD, the First Maker, who raised the isles from the abyss and wrought the gods of sky, stone, dream, and sea. Yet the beginning is veiled in mist, and the end lieth beyond the sight of gods and men. As the gods strive and the people of the isles lift their songs, LUMAD resteth crowned upon the Dragon’s Beak, His dreams binding the world. But it is told that at the last turning of the Wheel, the First and the Last shall awaken, unmaking all, and shaping anew the worlds and gods yet to be.”

that at the Last, when stars fall and isles are swallowed,


38. But until that day, the Wheel turneth unseen,


and the lots are cast in secret places,


and none know whose name is writ upon the deep.


39. And mists move upon the face of the waters,


and the dreams of TALIMUN stir in hearts of gods and men.


Chapter 9 - The Foretelling of the End and the Turning of the Wheel