When the World Shook Chapter 17 - Yva Explains

In which the travellers settle into a shelter by the rock and encounter the enigmatic Lady Yva, who reveals the ancient wisdom and powers of her father, Lord Oro, and imparts a knowledge of a vanished civilisation whose mastery of nature and spirit far surpasses modern understanding. Discourse flows between scepticism and wonder as the visitors grapple with notions of life, death, and the mysteries of the soul, while pondering the uncanny likenesses and prescient knowledge they have come upon in this strange and timeless place.