Having a couple hints point to a big reveal or plot twist is great. But how do you pull it off? Like prophecies and prologues, it's hard not to reveal everything. But as always, you have to try!
Don't make hints so obvious that it's easy to figure out, but don't make them so subtle that no one can pick up on them. The best hints are kind of there, but can be dismissed by more logical reasons. This puts the reader on edge, but still takes them by surprise.
Example: Let's go back to that story about the deputy dying, all the way back in the Plotting section. The deputy has died and no one knows who it is. The suspects are the ambitious, influential warrior and the quiet, sketchy apprentice of the deputy. Plot twist! It was actually the leader. How could the reader have guessed this?
Maybe, the leader didn't mourn that much during vigil, but most brushed it off as her trying to appear calm amongst the devastation. The leader and deputy were never particularly close, and some elders and senior warriors recount the leader disregarding the deputy's opinions, and sometimes they argued. But again, that's small, and it's normal for some disagreement to break out.
In the end, your foreshadowing should be able to be dismissed with logic, but don't need to be extremely tiny details. If you have to pick a side, it is better to be too subtle than to be too obvious.
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