The Hidden Past

Behind the lush wild foliage, the hero could make out the faint carvings of an ancient wall. It protected a long forgotten city, lost even to the collective memory, deliberately wiped from most books and legends. Yet it stood there, withstanding the unforgiving millennia and many struggles. Countless conquerors failed to penetrate these walls, and not a single fracture or crevice has ever been found. Some believed uttering the city's true name would open its gates to the world. Moreover, hose who listened really carefully, could hear sounds like a muffled busy market, but maybe those were echoes of the past.