Message Carved into the Ground

The Sanctuary: a forbidden place the elves kept hidden from the world. And yet, scattered throughout it are structures that appear to have been built by humans. That detail is hard to ignore. It raises the possibility that the legend of the Swordsman of Salvation may have come into being after human history was already well underway. And if that's true, then what is this world, really—

The message carved into the ground ends here, the final words lost in a dark, spreading stain.