The Anticipations are a dangerous, unknowable mutation of physics - a series of nine bestial stars that travel together through the cosmos at odds with gravity, seeking planets to devour. Though they move faster than light, they may have a near infinite journey ahead of them if not for the power they offer to supplicants on planets to be consumed, which their warlocks can wield to great effect in the time before all is rendered to ash and stardust. In exchange for this power, their agents act as a tether, drawing the Anticipations ever closer with each passing year. They move so quickly that the light they produce is left behind them, and it is only via their perverse magic that those unlucky enough to cast their selfish eyes into the night sky can even see them at all.
