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Brys studied the glowing tile It was large, not quite square Two spans of a spread hand in length, slightly less so in width

The Holds The Cedance Kuru Qan’s chahout Letheras there were casters of the tiles, readers of the Holds Of course, their representations were s’s Sorceror possessed tiles such as these With ever-shifting faces ‘I see a barrow in a yard’

‘Ah, then you see truly Good An unhinged mind would reveal itself at this moment, its vision poisoned with fear andthe tiles of the Azath Hold Tell me, what do you sense from it?’

Brys frowned ‘Restlessness’

‘Aye Disturbing, agreed?’

‘Agreed’

‘But the Barrow is strong, is it not? It will not yield its clai is restless, there beneath that earth And each tiun the spiral’

‘Or ended it’

Kuru Qan tilted his head ‘Possibly A swordsman’s mind addresses the unexpected Iins, or ends So If the Barrow is in no danger of yielding, then why does this tile persist? Perhaps we but witness what is, whilst that restlessness pro’

‘Ceda, have you visited the site of the Azath?’

‘I have Both tower and grounds are unchanged The Hold’syour gaze onward, Finadd Next?’

‘A gate, for jaws’

‘Fifth in the Hold of the Dragon Gate How does it relate to Barrow of the Azath? Does the Gate precede or follow? In the span of on Hold in the pattern We are witness – or shall be witness – to a lanced at the Ceda ‘We are nearing Seventh Closure It isDiskanar shall be transformed – he shall ascend and assume the ancient title of First Eed himself ‘The popular interpretation, aye But the true prophecy, Finadd, is somewhat more… obscure’