Book II: Mother Nation

Chapter IV: The Crown of Theft

In the beginning, there was not one mother, but seven, each set upon a continent by Father Earth, each sworn to a sacred covenant. They were unique in language, life, and the living spectrum of their skin—a human band of countless colors. Harmony reigned until one mother, from her cold, isolated island, gazed upon her sisters’ gardens with a hungry eye. She opened her Master’s Book to the oldest, clearest page: Divide and Conquer. She forged a trident from stolen steel, built legions with trickery, and composed an anthem approved by popes and scribes. She stole the symbols of Greece and Rome, claimed patents on the trident and helmet, and proclaimed herself the Mother of All Nations. Her crown was not forged of metal, but of jewels—each a stolen bl ...