[quote=@The Grey Dust]
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Everything seems fine. My only question is why didn't the monks continue surviving on their mountain top? I mean they'd certainly prefer death over hiding. Maybe the lower order monks would.
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It's a question of survival. When society collapses, where do you get your food? Or your firewood? I mean, they barely survived on the mountain before, and then the climate shifted. I'm not saying the monks fled; in fact they were probably the main group that stayed. But temples would have been sacked by starving tribes in the chaos, or if the monks survived they would starve to death, or just die out due to nobody wanting to stay there to breed. I picture a few crazy hermits still clinging to life in the ruins. 

But then that's just my take on them.