Extract from ‘De’Et’Niale’Ternaven - An Order for life’ by Solin D’Teinde.
Alas, I am the last of my order. It pains me greatly that all my brethren have departed this world. I now stand alone, the final living testament to all that the order of De’Et’Niale’Ternaven has accomplished over its many tens of thousands of years of existence. Not a day goes by when I do not mourn each one in their passing. We, have battled, travelled, learned and written ourselves into oblivion, for none now come to learn of the ways of old, for successive generations have become distracted. Our changed culture increasingly seeks only that which has immediacy. We become more interested in results than in planning. For it seems that people no longer look to the past for guidance or encouragement, those attributes which set our culture apart are shunned and alas we are becoming weaker for it.