A History of the Village of Stones

This is a brief history of the Village of Stones, it spans 100 years. This is a very mysterious place, and very little is known about it. I have lived here my whole life but something always seemed off. I have spent more than a decade uncovering this town's mysterious secrets, and some of it is quite disturbing.

1847:
100 years ago, this town was founded. Several people came together and founded the village. Very little is known from back then. But there was this one object, it was called the Black Box. It's purpose was unknown, but Old Man Warner, the oldest man in town, says that the village was founded with that box. It held many secrets, but it was destroyed. Many of the old traditions we had changed from back then, we were never the same.

1893:
Years passed after the Black Box was destroyed, there were only 7 pieces of the box left over from its destruction. We did our same traditions from memory, but as the years went on it became more and more rundown and vague. And finally, we forgot what it used to be. We remembered two things though, it was a lottery, and it involved stones. So the mayor of the town interpreted it as this, there would be a lottery every year, and the winner would be stoned.

1906:
A new Black Box had been created, the 7 remaining pieces were incorporated into the new one as well. The papers of the lottery would go inside, and one paper would have a black dot in the middle. The person who chose that paper would be stoned. Rumors has it that other towns started as the Village of Stones did. They started with a Black Box, that was destroyed, and a new one was created with a lottery. This lottery had become a regular thing for the people, but the another town saw it as inhuman. So they stopped it all together, because they said it had no purpose and was a waste of life.

1920:
Some people started to think that this was a bad idea. They did not participate in the annual lottery. They said that it wasn't right or fair. The next day they were found dead with a stone in their hand.

1947:
All the other towns stopped the tradition. Now they set out to stop us as well. There was a battle between us as them. Most of the townspeople died, the other towns killed them with stones, to see how they would like it. Only a few were left, who had agreed to give the lottery up. I was one of them, and there are still many holes in this history. But it may never be found out. Now, the Village of Stones is no more.