NICE WORK! You assembled the whole fragment to read it in order:

We did not abandon the Cities.
We placed them beyond reach.

In the elder days, when the world was yet unbroken, the Treasures were not hidden, but held openly — each within its City, each in harmony with the land it served.

But harmony drew eyes.

There came those who would not listen to the land, who would not be named by it, yet still sought to command it. They did not ask what was rightful — only what could be taken.

So we changed the covenant.

The Cities were sealed, not by walls, but by forgetting. Their paths were unmade, their names scattered, their ways bound to knowledge, form, and will — so that none might stumble upon them unworthy.

The Treasures were left within, not as prizes… but as proofs.

For each Treasure answers only to that which is in accord with its nature. The Stone does not crown. The Blade does not obey. The Cauldron does not yield.

They reveal.

And in revealing, they bind truth to the world.

Let it be known: should one seek to force the Treasures — to compel their voice or twist their purpose — the land itself will bear the consequence.

We withdrew not in defeat, but in trust — that those who came after would understand what we preserved.

If you have found this fragment, then the Cities are stirring once more.

May you prove worthy of what still waits within them.