None of them understood what they held in their hands.
The Oldest Sovereign of Binding Flames had watched countless beings across spans of time that would reduce these natives to madness if they tried to comprehend them. He had seen realities flourish and stagnate and collapse under their own weight. He had observed the rise and fall of Civilizations that made the grandest achievements of this place seem like children playing with stones.
And yet in all his travels, in all his conquests, he had never encountered a place quite like this one.
