Zwol Kam

The name Zwol Kam literally means "People of Martyred Will" in Hladir, said to refer to the mythical ten martyrs whose deaths brought the people the power of prophecy before recorded history begins. Their blood, as legend goes, spilled upon pages and stones, inscribing them with magical writ that foretold the future for thousands of years but could only be read by those who have the martyrs' consent -- those whose names are somewhere within the original prophecy. Scholars and other learned clergy dedicate their lives to translating even one passage of this seemingly endless prophecy, and they are most often brought into this life by translated passages that indicate the names of the people who will translate the next ones. Occasionally, they will even go far out of Zwol Kam itself or even away from the planet Sigzlor in search of someone named by the prophecy. The common citizen is able to make official requests of these foretellers to have their future told, and the government of Zwol Kam works closely with the foretellers to ensure that everything they do is in accordance with the martyrs' will.
To be a "foreteller" -- someone capable of reading the martyrs' prophecy -- is the highest honor in Zwol Kam, but comes with great costs. Foretellers are meant to have no attachments to the world, lest those attachments come into conflict with the prophecies they must translate. They are meant to not exert any force upon the world or the future, merely speak words meant to guide those who can. Cautionary tales are often told to new foretellers about predecessors with hidden attachments that ultimately caused their downfall when they learned of a horrible disaster that would claim the lives of their loved ones and fell into ruin by trying and failing to avert it. The foretellers, thus, are seen as martyrs themselves, and though none of them have confirmed as such, it is rumored that when a foreteller dies in service of the prophecy, their spilled blood continues to write the prophecy for years to come.
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