Tales of the past were meant to serve as beacons and reminders for the descendants after, and there were different ways to live the tales of any epic events of the past.
The most common of them was the words of mouth passed down the generations. But with the passage of time, some important details could be omitted, exaggerated and muddled up.
Records could also be accessed at the market place. There were openly acknowledged stalls which sold records and information of generally known past events. Even though their records were not totally completed, they were good sources of memories of the past.
Also, there were private sources who were selling those records and informations. But they were at exhurbitant prices, and they carried a degree of risks.
Then, we had the clans and the more powerful sects who had more complete records in their archives.
