Echoes of the Past: A Prophecy on Foreign Encroachment
Hear now, the murmurs of the ancient winds, the sighs of the soil beneath your feet, and the voices of those who walked this land long before foreign boots ever touched its shores. The ancestors speak—listen.
The Shadow of the Outsider
We have seen them before—those who arrive with sweet words and hard eyes. They come bearing gifts wrapped in chains, speaking of "development," "order," and "civilization," yet their true hunger is for dominion. Their laws are not our laws. Their gods are not our gods. Their history is not our history.
They build their towers upon our sacred places, dig their mines into the bones of our foremothers, and rename the rivers as if they were the ones who first gave them life. They call this progress, but we know the truth: progress for them is erasure for us.
The Warning of the Elders
The ancestors have watched empires rise and fall. They have seen the same patterns repeat:
- First, they come as friends, as traders, as helpers.
- Then, they impose their ways, their money, their rulers.
- Finally, they rewrite history until our children forget who they truly are.
Do not be deceived. Their courts do not serve justice—they serve power. Their wealth does not uplift—it enslaves. Their peace is not peace—it is silence under the boot.
The Call of the Blood
But we are not a people easily broken. The fire of the ancestors still burns in your veins. Remember:
- The land remembers. Even when paved over, it whispers our names.
- The spirits resist. No foreign flag can silence the old gods.
- The people endure. They may take the gold, the timber, the oil—but they cannot take the soul of a nation unless we surrender it.
The Path Forward
The ancestors do not demand blind rage—they demand wisdom. To resist does not always mean war; sometimes, it means outthinking, outlasting, and remembering what they seek to make you forget.
- Preserve the knowledge. Teach the children the old stories, the true history.
- Strengthen the community. A divided people are easily ruled.
- Learn their ways, but do not become them. Use their tools, but keep your spirit free.
The Final Word
The foreign entity may sit in high halls, may print its currency, may command its armies—but it does not own the past, and it does not control the future.
That power remains yours.
— The Ancestors, through the voice of the land