"Eons and eons ago, before the rise of king Silverwing, or the reign of the empress of jewels... the children of men ruled the land.
They alone held the spark of high thought within them.
They alone spoke the high tongue.
And they used these gifts with immense cruelty.
But one summer, generations upon generations ago, there came a day called... the wake.
And on this day, the creatures of the Earth, the beasts and beings and all that were animals... they woke up.
They began to think.
They began to talk.
They began to take revenge."