Succession. Lines of succession. Battle cries from yore. Melded. Mixed in with the wind. Sparks of fury. Flickering fade. Snuffed out of existence. No memory. Gone, forgotten. As never were. From one to the next. Ancient past forward. Generation to generation. Chapters dissipate. New authors ascend. New pages assigned. Deadly work. Messy words. Then to now. Strange tome written. Aggressively transcribed.