Arcanum

Long before open sanctums and sung prayers, Umbra kept wisdom in wells no eye could sound.

The deepest arts were not given to the many, but guarded in silence until a will strong enough could draw from them without trembling.

Thus the keepers were taught to hide what mattered most, that power might remain pure from the ruin of careless hands.

For a secret preserved in darkness endures longer than a truth shouted into the wind. - Codex Umbra