![]() ![]() Still, the best augurs are those who divine from the portents of the past. We did have four modestly accomplished wizards to stand sentinel against predatory tomorrows-though never by any means as sophisticated as divining through sheeps’ entrails. Fools can make an omen of anything in retrospect. At the Bastion, the eagle not only departed, the ivy on the outer ramparts withered and gave way to a creeper which appeared black in all but the most intense sunlight.īut that happens every year. A mad soothsayer wandered the streets proclaiming the imminent end of the world. Then one evicted the eagle which lived atop the Paper Tower.Īstrologers refused readings, fearing for their lives. For nine evenings running, ten black vultures circled the Bastion. At the Fork Barracks, where the Urban Cohorts were billeted, the image of Teux turned completely around. One victim escaped after its bowels were opened and was not recaptured. Priests at several temples reported sacrificial victims without hearts or livers. ![]() ![]() ![]() One bolt struck the bronze plaque sealing the tomb of the forvalaka, obliterating half the spell of confinement. Lightning from a clear sky smote the Necropolitan Hill. One-Eye’s handicap in no way impairs his marvelous hindsight. We must blame ourselves for misinterpreting them. There were prodigies and portents enough, One-Eye says. ![]()
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