Editing Zeitgest: The Gears Of Revolution/Visions

==Duchess' Skyseer's Vision==

''"A globe spins on its axis, and a steel ship sets off to war on a sail of shadows. The world passes into night, and blackness grips all of Risur as the stars fall from the sky. The king’s eyes turn a soulless white, and he moves as a puppet, his strings pulled by a man who has already died a thousand times."''

==Nevard's Visions==

''"I saw a dark figure, standing atop Cauldron Hill, towering over our city. The sun set, and he cast a shadow across Parity Lake, stretching northwest, into the sea, beyond the horizon. He is born in our city, but his ultimate goal is elsewhere. And also things moved in his shadow— indeed, his shadow moved before he did, for while he was mighty, he
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: The dark figure is Mayor Reed Macbannin, who controlled much of Flint's industry, but was only a lower-level member of the Obscurati. His accumulated witchoil stock was about to break containment and would have flooded much of Flint without the team's efforts. (#2: The Last Skyseer)''' 

''"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."''

'''Meaning: The black silk bird/first danger is the threatened witchoil flood. (#2: The Last Skyseer)''' 

'''The others are currently unknown.'''

==Nevard's Visions 2==
"I thank you again for saving my life, and allowing me to give out this message. I fear for the citizens in the Nettles, and hope that they can get to safety in time before the darkness I saw arrives. However, you need to know; the speech I gave, it wasn't all I saw that night. There was more to my vision... but I was uncertain as to what these visions mean. I wish to share them with you, perhaps it may be of assistance to you in coming days."

He braces himself, takes another sip, and then starts to recite:

''"A woman sat on a leather couch in a waiting room, surrounded by red curtains. She held a gold coin and rolled it across the back of her fingers. A pick lay against the side of the couch. I asked her what she was waiting for, and she answered in a language I didn’t know, saying, 'The place I’m going isn’t here yet.'"''

'''Meaning: Currently unknown.'''

''"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: The trumpeter was Luc Jierre, who developed his lantern to better enable the Obscurati to travel between the Material Plane and the Bleak Gate. However, the party intercepted and captured him as he was about to travel over to the Bleak Gate to have his inaugural meeting with the Obscurati. (#4: Always On Time)'''

''"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?"''

'''Meaning: Currently unknown.'''

''"A man carrying a bronze staff with three keyholes was assailed by swords and arrows and fire, but nothing killed him. He began to take off his robes, revealing tiger fur beneath them, while stars fell from the sky all around him. Then the sky was dark, and when the sun should have risen, instead a pale glowing cloud floated in the dark."''

'''Meaning: Currently unknown.'''

''"Finally, a tyrant and murderer languished in prison, hanging from twelve chains and hooks that pierced her feet, her legs, her thighs, her shoulders, her arms, and her hands. But the thirteenth hook that sealed her mouth swung loose, and it fluttered in the breeze as she whispered a map that led everywhere."''

'''Meaning: Currently unknown.'''

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