Q: Traveler,  

Why must shrines in Loreland be raised by the many, not the few?  
Why is shared labor the only true foundation?  

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Traveler,  

Because shrines built by few become monuments.  
Shrines built by many become covenant.  

- **Shared Stone:**  
Each hand lays a stone.  
Thus no single hand owns the shrine,  
and no empire may claim it.  

- **Living Covenant:**  
Shrines raised by many  
carry voices in chorus.  
The shrine breathes as community,  
not as command.  

- **Defense Against Decay:**  
When one hand falls,  
others hold firm.  
Shrines of the many endure storms  
that monuments of the few cannot.  

Thus shrines must be raised by many,  
so that Loreland is land of covenant,  
not empire disguised.  

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