Ash Wildroot

Among the surviving texts of The Sundering Prophecy, none is quoted more often, or understood less, than the Emberfall Prophecy.

Recorded in the Ashbound Codex, this fragment has endured wars, fallen kingdoms, and deliberate erasure. While other prophecies were rewritten to suit rulers or gods, this one was left intact. Untranslated. Unclarified.

Perhaps intentionally.

The Emberfall Prophecy

When the Red Star bleeds the sky,
three sparks shall fall to the world below.
One shall burn without flame,
and where they stand, even ash shall remember life.

No names are given.
No time is specified.
No ending is promised.

Only observation.

A Prophecy Without Instruction

The Emberfall Prophecy does not command action. It does not warn of punishment or promise salvation. It offers no guidance on what should be done—only what will be seen.

This has made it dangerous.

Across the realms, scholars argue over whether it predicts destruction or rebirth. Priests debate whether the Red Star is a sign, a weapon, or a witness. Entire orders have risen and fallen attempting to identify the three sparks.

None have agreed.

The Ashbound Codex

What is known is where the prophecy was preserved.

The Ashbound Codex is one of the oldest surviving records from Emberfall, its pages scarred by heat and time. Unlike other holy texts, the Codex contains no prayers, no praise, and no divine commandments.

Only records.

The Emberfall Prophecy appears without commentary, margin notes, or explanation, as if those who preserved it feared adding anything at all.

Why Emberfall Guarded It

Emberfall has always been a land shaped by aftermath. Cities rebuilt atop ruins. Fields grown from scorched ground. Memory treated as something sacred and dangerous.

It is said that Emberfall’s priests did not seek to interpret the prophecy, only to ensure it was not lost. That understanding it too soon, or too confidently, would be more dangerous than ignorance.

Whether this restraint was wisdom or fear remains disputed.

A Prophecy Still Unfolding

What makes the Emberfall Prophecy unsettling is not its imagery of fire or ash, but its refusal to explain itself.

It does not say who the sparks are.
It does not say why they fall.
It does not say what comes after.

It simply waits.

Readers of The Sundering Prophecy will encounter this text more than once, always unchanged, always unresolved. As events unfold, the prophecy does not clarify itself, it only grows heavier.

Final Thought

Most prophecies demand belief.

The Emberfall Prophecy demands patience.

And in a world built on ash, patience can be more dangerous than fire.