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The Petroglyphs of the Ara

It is no strange occurrence that over a period of time a settlement developed in a Framework on any space available on the Three Forms is identified by a unique orthographic and linguistic pattern. To a scholar of the Yirim, this tends to become a full investment of discovery, as new languages and writing systems are discovered consistently as new Frameworks are found, documented, and archived. Every once in a while, these languages and writing systems are learned post-circulation, as due to specific circumstances, these systems die out and fall to oblivion alongside their forgotten cultures. But to think that some systems that appear lost are truly missing entirely is to forego the potency of the symbolism that brought them to life. Therein lies the understanding to the existence of the Petroglyphs of the Ara.   These Petroglyphs have been used by the earliest documented Ara phratries dating back thousands of years ago, and before said systems could flourish to a lingua franca of a collection of Frameworks or even acknowledged by Yirimoth academia, they faded with the spirit of the times. The Udo of the Castraversi, marked all things of importance such as landmarks, hunting routes, safe travel, dangerous zones, mysterious zones, sacred sites, whatever that was needed to be especially noted among their varied people. They understood the relentless forward progression of time as a force that could take away anything that was not recorded, and felt that marking specific locations in symbols unique to their people could resist that and provide a blueprint for their legacies.   One immediate benefit of this practice is the modern day attempt to attune, or empower The Yer, the Yeri can find those very important foci with understanding of the petroglyphs, as limited as that knowledge might be, there are a few still among others in Xalia that can translate the meaning of the old petroglyphs.   However due to the fact that many Udo of the modern era have been denied opportunity to learn of the writing systems of their ancestors, the knowledge has a very small range of individuals. This result allowed the members that would organize The Barakutáshi to spread the knowledge of the incident involving the Vora and the truths the Ars have tried to keep hidden for centuries. This document that held the truth is known as the Táshi Folio. With this ancient writing system forgotten by so many, truths that must be told with the least amount of hostility from the superiors of Xalia can be spread in a easy, protected way.

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