The Wheel has turned, Nothing is new under the sun, and all that happened shall happen again. Once more a horde of northern barbarians have sacked yet another Eternal City. The Citizens of Ermor thought themselves clever when instead of a rich city of merchants and conquerors, the invaders found a gigantic tomb, and instead of plentiful temples filled with golden regalia, and nubile priestesses- a giant bone cathedral decorated with skulls. But fate can not be fooled, for with the invader came a dozen dozens wolves, who gnawed the bones for a dozen days, and the Eternal City was no more.
--Attributed to Bishop Jinnud c. 3 year of the Ascension Wars. Reprinted with permission from From The History of the Decline, Fall and Zombiefication of the Ermorian Republic by E. Baboon.