The Bards' Tales
in Ner'ai: Awakenings"For thousands of years before the breaking of chains, Mann has told of his past through the solemn duty of oration. How much of that past remains with us to this day is suspect as they were not permitted the glory of the written word. But even the druids of our time have passed on their bounty from Master to Student for a thousand years. Any person, be it king or murderer, who wishes that knowledge be destroyed is a tyrant. The only true sin is to forget. He who forgets the past is doomed to repeat it."
― Jean-René Tolkien, Master Bard for the Dovrani Court