The prose, imagery, and worldbuilding are really excellent here. I think 1000 words is too short to fill in enough of the worldbuilding concepts to really anchor them all, but the attempt is still impressive. I love the use of historical documents as directly quoted sources and like the contrast of a very personal, explanatory bit of history that is on the longer side and a short, profound statement that acts as the outro. Would be cool to see more of this devloped beyond the tight limits of the jam!