Prophetic Jawbone

As I approached the bone pile where Flaherty’s remains are jumbled with those of his cohorts, I saw a jawbone sitting by itself. As soon as I picked it up I could feel the mojo in it. It’s missing a few teeth and smells bad but it’s definitely an important magical find! How does the old Mid-World saying go? Take the dead from the dead: only a corpse may speak true prophecy.

From what I’ve heard, in Mid-World-that-was, men could summon the spirits of the departed using jawbones such as this, and force the deceased to act as oracles. I’m definitely putting this in my bag—I may need it. Now on to Fedic!

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