/tags/urn/Recent content in Urn on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-usWed, 20 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2014/08/20/legends/Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000/stories/2014/08/20/legends/<p>Know, oh Queen, that, with the ascension of Zarela to the throne, a period of darkness descended upon the land. Unlike her mother, who prized learning, Zarela worshipped the flesh. Philosophers, teachers, any who supported free thought, were arrested on the flimsiest of reasons, if any reason at all were given. These were put to the harshest of labors. Many collapsed under the harsh treatment. Those who did were quickly taken away, never to be seen again.</p>