A waller was repairing a break in a boundary line where frost had lifted the stones and left the face loose. The ground there holds clay close to the surface, so the stones stay damp, even when the air is clear. A man helping him chose a large block with a clean edge and too much weight.

I set it here in the Secret Annex because the marvel of its construction deserves witness, though the Church would rightly question why a monk concerns himself with fortifications.

Caer Fawr and Caer Einion were twin settlements raised by the Cymroth people in the high country of what would become middle Wales, serving as capital for nearly three thousand years.

Blacksmith and inventor who created the wheel c. 4000 BC, built the twin forts of the Cymroth, and later produced the first steel in the forge of Annwn. His brilliance was matched by the darkness that eventually led him to attempt poisoning the sacred springs around 600 BC.

The Dragon Tongue, taught to refugees fleeing Shinar during their westward migration c. 4000 BC. This language restored speech to those struck silent by terror and became the foundation of Welsh, carrying harmonics that could make stone itself respond when properly spoken.

Refugees fleeing Babel's fallen towers migrated westward for generations. A mysterious stranger guided them toward an island in the western ocean, promising virgin hills where stone could sing. These peoples reached Wales near 4000 BC, named themselves Cymroth.