Alexis falls into step beside Ethelred and Ca’armine as they leave the statue and pillar.
“The pillar.” He nods back the way they came.
“The Dragon could deal in chronomancy. The Spider was a master of the ring and could see possible futures. Between the two of them they knew the empire was ending.” He glances at the road ahead. “I have a theory they decided where to create a reliquary to best help humanity survive the trials back then and into the future.”
He looks at the landscape around them.
“They picked this corner of the empire. Gave the Tears to the dwarves, because a hundred and sixty years is nothing to a dwarf. They’d still be holding them when humanity found its way back.”
He shrugs once.
“I have a hunch this place didn’t survive by chance. It was chosen.”
They keep walking together.
“It was chosen, built, defended… yes, it was meant to last for eons. It’s frustrating to walk away from it, I feel sure we did not learn the secrets it was there to share with us.”