Part I - Shield to Split

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"'Your dreams, my king, have yet to be realized, but why fear nightmares, which bear the opposing side of a hopeful coin?'

The king sneered at the haggard seer. 'Two sides of one coin, but one coin be they still. 'Tis not my dreams I wish to come true, but my hopes. 'Tis not my nightmares I fear, but fear itself.'

'My king,' she said, grinning with glee, 'your fears are your future. And now, they are flesh. Hear your fate, O Delerid the Fool: One day your city will sleep, and in slumber will you die. By your hand shall the Wraith be shaped, and by his hand shall you die. Suffer his innocence, lest your kingdom suffer your death.'"

–Collifer Ghardier, The Foolyear 1993 PR

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