The Power and the Prophet

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They were mined from the finest veins in the Mar—six huge diamonds, each the size of a giant’s skull. A company of warriors, sworn to secrecy, bore them by horseback around the treacherous southwestern route. They wouldn’t dare enter Dragonsgate with diamonds of this size, for Vicia-Heinox would claim them for himself. These stones were destined to be the dragon’s bane, and that would end the conspiracy at its beginning.

The Man warriors bore them to the scholars of the south, surrendering their treasures in the heartland of their hated foes. All men were allies now, for there was dragonburn on the land. In the hallways of the craftsmen, under the learned eyes of the wise, each diamond felt the chisel. Six three-sided pyramids were carefully cut—six slivers of crystal, each tapering gracefully to a point, each calibrated to fit precisely with every other. Then the wise men summoned the powershaper to meld by his magic the six sharp shards into a single diamond thorn.

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