Prophet of Iskanara

The world shall be killed by three- the law is always three deaths. The first death will be of water, the second of blood, and third by flame. What remains shall rise three times for the birth, always in three- of soil, of sky, and of song. But the law remains, of three for the final death and final birth- of stars, of cold, and of light.

-'Law of Three' prophecy, circa 5600

In the dark water shall emerge those abandoned and forgotten, shunned and left to rot. Their cries shall shatter the sky, as dead waters come to die again. Heed the wails of the ocean rising, heed the surging tides come to swallow all beneath their maw.

-'Dark Water' prophecy, circa 5850 recreation

The end shall come quietly and only on realizing it is imminent, shall man recognize that the stack has begun to fall. Its slow grip on the world shall creep, like roots unto soil, like the melting of nightly snow, the vanishing of dew and just as immovable, unable to be stopped, for the ... In doom, bring man ... peace in that knowing all must be tied with bows, as man has packaged his fate.

-Fragmentary Czech fragment, date unknown

...and what unto does man bring to the table but famine, death, and conquest unto ourselves? To dictate a world uncaring, a world unmoving? But on hills do men cry they have killed the world that remains yet alive, uncaring of his passing? ...Earth O' mother, ... vested us to be forgotten ...

-5290 fragment, authenticity debated

Historical Basis

Actual historical basis for the prophet is hotly debated, as there is no solid proof to the prophet ever having been any one individual or that the writings attributed to them were their own. The majority of texts attributed to the prophet were found in a singular location, and likely to be recreations, as determined by the numerous copies of fragments found with different writing and methods of recording the scripture. Most of these recreations are far more well known than the originals, due to much finer script used and higher legibility, suggesting that the original fragments may have been significantly older, if not ancient by the time of their re-recording. Influence by cults during the war of the moon suggest that the prophet may have been mythologized in order to create a central origin for many of the works that later became doomsday cult scripture.

Spread

The Prophet's words, what still survive, have been passed through generations and often attributed as predictions of numerous disasters. Within the War of Black Ash period, the prophet's words were taken to have predicted the disaster, claiming the 'Law of Three' to be describing the eruptions, social unrest, and eventual recovery with skies clearing and the world entering an ice age. Many smaller and more regional events such as outbreaks of plagues, war, and social upheaval have also attributed the prophets words to their events.
The exact identity of the prophet remains unknown, as throughout a period of centuries, their words have been copied thousands of times in many different locations, as well as having been spread by their 'flock' on the prophet's behalf. Some artifacts also suggest that there were also copycats claiming to be the prophet claiming independent conflicting prophecies at the same time in different regions. Numerous doomsday cults also began to spread the prophet's words, giving them the name Prophet Iskanara and claiming the prophet to tell the tales of the ending of the world.
Recent resurgences of the prophet's words have made their appearance during the War of the Moon, particularly the 'Law of Three'.

Date of First Recording

Unknown- At least as far as the War of Black Ash