Tales of Herding Gods

Power corrupts.
Saplings are harvested before growing tall.
Who knows the secrets of ancient gods?
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The river of time connecting the past and the future is endless.
No one can sail it, almost.
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Upon the ruins of civilizations with struggle and hopes extinguished, there exists a place known as abandoned by the heavens, where during the night, darkness devours all.
In this place where survival is hard and villages are rare, one strange village only has the elderly who are crippled, or mute, or blind, or deaf.
In the river stream nearby, a basket with a newborn child floats by…