Chronicle Extract

Item · 1 gp · Weight 0

"...swore that the herald of the goddess herself, the Hand of the Inheritor, appeared to him in a dream, and showed the way with his staff, and with his snow-white finger drew the word "chosin" (written thus!) on his forehead. The collegium was unanimous: the man before them was either a lunatic or a liar, but in either case, a blasphemer. The guise in which the Hand of the Inheritor appears is well known: skin dark of hue, and armed not with a staff, but with a shield and sword as befits one of the goddess's servants. What is more, angels are typically literate, and surely they would use a nobler substance than tar for writing on the forehead of the true chosen one. The imposter was sentenced to a hundred lashes and exile, but Prelate Hulrun Shappok insisted on a public burning..."