Script Rewrite (Second Draft) Underway_

Here's a selection of the script which centers around exposition.  I'll post the other exposition heavy moments (in revers order) soon.

Strago: I can't believe it! A monument to the Warring Triad!

Terra: The Warring Triad?!

Strago: There aren't many of these around anymore. After the war, most of them were destroyed.

Locke: I can make out faint letters carved on the back of each of them_

Locke:
_birth_
    _of_
    _mana_

Locke: What exactly are these statues, again?

Strago: They're statues of the Warring Triad. Each of them a master over one aspect of magic. White, Black, and also Red.

Strago: According to legend, these three gods alone are responsible for bringing magical power into existence!

Terra: So, they're the "gods of magic", then?

Strago: You could say that!

Terra: The espers, no doubt, must have come here so they could bask in all the Mana stored in this monument.

Strago: Their ancient struggle for control over raw elemental power drew the three of them into endless conflict.

Strago: The essential result of their violent war with one another gave birth to Mana itself.

Strago: After many ages had passed, they finally realized the futility of continuous warfare and agreed to seal themselves away_forever.

Terra: Could the barrier that protects the espers realm from ours be powered by this monument?

Strago: The stories tell us, their only request was that someone keep them hidden away for an eternity.

Strago: Beyond the reach of all those who sought to awaken them_

The Monument:

The dawn of magic_three gods descend from the heavens.

Fearing one another's wrath, they began competing for the vast amount of elemental power surrounding them in properties_

Firaja_ Thundaja_ Blizzaja_ Terraja_ Tempaja_

Those mortals caught amongst their fighting became espers and were forced to fight endlessly as slaves to the three.

Realizing their war begot naught but strife, the three, at last, agreed to seal away their strength.

With the last of their fading might, the three returned free will to those enslaved, then turned themselves to idle stone. The last words they spoke to the espers are writ_

"Never must we be woken."

In reverence to the three was this monument made and in prayer that their might would never again be stirred.
Let it serve as a warning to future generations of the three gods who once descended from the heavens.

Locke: Man, what a FIND!

Strago: Legend says that if one were to awaken these three gods from their slumber_

Strago: They would be granted unlimited access to raw elemental power until the end of time_

Strago: Together, the three of them represent power beyond all comprehension!

Terra: If the espers were drawn here due to the Mana stored in that monument, then they must be somewhere close by_