Primordial Scrolls

*"The Origin of Knowledge; The Sacred Parchments"*

Mustn't then life be a cycle, being the past, the future?*
― Silvus, the Tenth Prophet

The **Primordial Scrolls**, also known as the **Sacred Parchments**, are a collection of notes, writings, codex and manuscripts that were found throughout history during and after the Primis Era, and it is the main source of Esmos' creed.

It is also through the scrolls that the Esmos seeks to find answers to their many questions, mainly the Propositum Vitae, or as it is popularly referred to, the *“primordial question”*.

## History

Most of the parchments were found in the dawn of civilization during the Primis Era, decoded and rewritten over the ages by countless scholars. These scrolls, presumably created by the Ygueans were considered divine and the origin of faith and different creeds. It was from them that the Esmos collected most of its sources of knowledge about the origin of life, gods, religion, astronomy, philosophy, fauna and flora, etc. Its information is so extensive, complex and mysterious that individuals still devote entire lives to its translation and search for more detail and knowledge.

The original scrolls remain scattered, protected by different Kingdoms all over Ámar. Their originality and existence until the present time is due to the fact that they're composed of an odd and indestructible material, which ended up making the content even more believable. There's a belief that there are more of the Primordial Scrolls hidden across the world and the search continues to the present day.

### Primis Era

It was at the first age of civilization that most scrolls were found. During that time, the Esmos couldn't understand what the writings meant, some tried to get rid of it or even destroy the parchments, but they were made of a stretchy and uncutable material, and that made the possessors of said item kept it safe and used it as a valuable trade item, or even as a shield. The visual difference of the parchments among all the items marketed at that time began to interest scholars, people that were learning the Esunan language.

## Famous Scrolls

### The Studies of Pöe Uylen

One of the most notorious and controversial parchments, *The Studies of Pöe Uylen,* follows Pöe Uylen's story of dedicated studies to unravel and his attempt to treat individuals who were under the influence of the voice. After ages of transcriptions, decodings by different kingdoms, some ended up condemning them as being blasphemous and consequently banned the studies, preventing its dissemination to the people, which made the subject unknown to most, and a taboo by those who had power and knowledge of these writings.

Uylen's studies showed that the voice acted as a kind of infection on the Ygueans' minds, making them practically slaves. This process was accelerated by what Uylen named "tendency of the Soul", where it appears that certain types of people were more likely to lose their rationality based on internal and external factors. He also found that in the most extreme cases of the infection, the eyes of the individuals turned white as if they had a *"mist"* inside them.

In addition to his studies, he also denounced powerful kings of his time, revealing them as corrupted by light and with accusations of crimes against peaceful individuals. It was also Uylen who spread the term "corruption" to people's knowledge, which eventually resulted in his death after being sentenced to death for crimes against the kingdom.

Translated notes and books regarding this matter were banned from being read in all realms, and prohibited of any future transcription of the scrolls, accused of being blasphemous and absurd, due to their controversial and detailed content regarding the calling of the Light.

### The End of All Life

*The End of All Life*, tells about a period where after many wars, blood and sadness, an Yguean was born with the Dark Soul, being recited many times in the parchments with a word that Men often translated to *"death"*. That Yguean was to judge the worth of life, and whether the Light had failed to bring them into existence, and thus becoming corrupted by its own creation.