Artifact 25

In the hushed hours before dawn on that rare occasion, three obelisks of light appeared at cardinal points across the lands: north, south, and rising in the east where the sun first awakens. Time-keepers called them the Markers. They did not cry out.They did not command.They simply were. And so the sculptors, the astronomers, and the keepers of lore brought forth a monument to embody that singular moment:Three peaks stand where time folds in on itself —each one a witness, not a ruler.The statue does not celebrate power, nor conquest, nor the placing of names in history books. It celebrates alignment:The moment when the currents of before, the breath of what is, and the whisper of intention all briefly agreed.