Editing EoS Chapter 09

= <span style="color: #FFFFFF !important;">Chapter Nine: Faces</span> =

Meris, High Oracle of Skywatch, ponders the perplexing cracks in Ivin Choerkin’s divination bone, foretelling war but lacking clarity, four days after his reading. Alone in the starry temple, she’s startled by the Lord Priest’s Face, a shape-shifting emissary of Ulrikt, who silently enters and questions her work. The Face declares the bone’s message is for Meris, not Ivin, revealing a celestial harbinger—a new light near the Fire-Lion—heralding a holy war on the Eve of Snows, where the Road of Living Stars will align, and Sol’s followers will crush foes like the Choerkin (bears) and Emudar (elk). Ordered to Istinjoln despite her age, Meris resists but yields under threat of the Slave Forges, reciting a vow of resolve. The Face mimics Peneluple Choerkin’s voice, hinting at Meris’ guilt in her death, deepening her dread as she accepts her role in Ulrikt’s cryptic plans.


* [[EoS Chapter 08]] — Frozen Repose
* [[EoS Chapter 10]] — Afloat in an Ephemeral Sea

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