There is a land no-one has seen before. Would you believe that?
Granted we have explored the world for many hundreds of years, you might think we’ve found everything. But all these places we’ve discovered, have you seen them? People and places of history – have you ever seen a picture of Christopher Columbus? There are pictures, yes, and writings, but have you seen his photograph? Of course, there is no way anyone can prove for certain that he existed, or that he discovered a new part of the world, but we accept that he did. Just because Christopher Columbus is written in the book of history, we blindly assume he existed.
There is a land no-one has seen before. Would you believe that now? In a vast oceanic cradle, there are two islands, the second of which is written about, which should be enough:
“A place neglected but not forgotten. A place unrecorded, unbound, unseen. Where your thoughts are known, and broken and remade. Where men will fight for endless days, for everything, for nothing. What is to be found eludes them, and they elude all rescue.”
The person that wrote this was there, but our story doesn’t start there. It starts not far away, on the first island.
