Zyck Receives a Vision

Miscellaneous

Zyck meets with the Watcher in the Web, who imparts a command to him.

Zyck sat in the darkness. He had rejected Raha, but still, every night he found himself in her camp, where his kin shared their sorrows with her. He had wandered from the light and warmth of the fire to sit on a stone amidst the tall dark trees. He was not alone in the darkness. Others wandered through the trees, seeking the Watcher's words. A voice behind him speaks.   "Greetings Zyck of Kriinae."   He knew that voice. Zyck turned and prostrated himself to the floating form of the Watcher in the Web; his shimmering, misty body fading into tendrils of smoke and the familiar eight orbs around his head glowing ever so faintly in multiple colours, nowhere near as bright as the triangle upon his faceless head.   "Abandon your mission," he said to Zyck, his eight spider legs clutching and embracing Zyck's body.   "Follow these three; help them learn the secrets of their lives in your name, so that they might know my power." The voice pauses a moment. "The dark eyes seek a tome in a cat's paw. Seek out the fathers of the fatherless, and I shall bring you closer to your own child." The Watcher drew back and released Zyck from his grasp. "Tell them of these things I have said. Tell them to look to the North Star and see what waits for them in those lands."