The Oracle and the Spear
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
A woman with white and black hair rode through the gates of Aturoane and immediately headed towards the northern gates of the town. Her progress was slowed near the center of town by a small scuffle that spilled out of a tavern and into the street. People were shouting and yelling as two people struggled in the middle of the crowd. She stopped at the edge of the crowd that had gathered and waited calmly. As the guards approached, some of the people turned around and tried blocking the progress of the guards. When the guards raised truncheons and began to push their way through, the woman slowly started pushing into the crowd on her horse. As people saw her pushing through, some of them started whispering and pulling the people around them out of her path. She made it into the middle of the crowd well before the guards did. There, she simply coughed twice and silence flowed over the crowd like a wave. The guards quickly forced their way to the middle as the two men continued to struggle against each other. She coughed again and the guards snapped to attention.
