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was controlled by others."'' | was controlled by others."'' | ||
| − | '' | + | ''“I saw smoke hiding his face, for he was made mighty by industry. In my vision, a king chased him out to sea and defeated him by slicing him free from his shadow. But the cauldron had already shattered, and many thousands were drowned and devoured in its roil."'' |
| − | '''Meaning: | + | '''Meaning: Mayor Reed Macbannin controlled much of Flint's industry, but was only a part of the Obscurati. His accumulated witchoil stock was about to break containment and without the team's efforts, would have flooded much of Flint.''' |
| − | '' | + | ''“I saw three birds alight on the peak, the first of black silk, the second of black steel, both weeping blood. But the third was made of stars, and it sang many songs."'' |
| − | ''"I tell you this: Cauldron Hill is not safe. Twice will danger arise, and twice will we be deceived into thinking it is safe to return, but we must avoid the place and avoid being tricked. I have arranged shelter in the Cloudwood, where people can be safe until the darkness passes."'' | + | ''"I tell you this: Cauldron Hill is not safe. Twice will danger arise, and twice will we be deceived into thinking it is safe to return, but we must avoid the place and avoid being tricked. I have arranged shelter in the Cloudwood, where people can be safe until the darkness passes. "'' |
| − | '''Meaning: The black silk bird | + | '''Meaning: The threatened witchoil flood was the black silk bird and the first danger. The others are currently unknown.''' |
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==Nevard's Visions 2== | ==Nevard's Visions 2== | ||
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''"A trumpeter carried a lantern onto the stage of a darkened theater, and the people gathered for his performance applauded, then lit lanterns of their own. The theater never got bright enough for him to see their faces."'' | ''"A trumpeter carried a lantern onto the stage of a darkened theater, and the people gathered for his performance applauded, then lit lanterns of their own. The theater never got bright enough for him to see their faces."'' | ||
| − | '''Meaning: | + | '''Meaning: Theorized to be Luc Jierre, and his mystically powerful lantern-shaped device. He's already shared it with Orithean VIPs, and might possibly do so with the Obscurati.''' |
''"One man tore himself in two, and his twin selves fought over a woman, tearing her into three, who ran away. Mice skittered around them, collecting cheese fallen amid the rails of a trainyard. Then a train roared down the track past me, but it had no one driving it. In the distance it derailed, and crushed two of the women, but which of the three survived?"'' | ''"One man tore himself in two, and his twin selves fought over a woman, tearing her into three, who ran away. Mice skittered around them, collecting cheese fallen amid the rails of a trainyard. Then a train roared down the track past me, but it had no one driving it. In the distance it derailed, and crushed two of the women, but which of the three survived?"'' | ||
