—Gundal, Siege of Stones, ch3, p9 Aboard the Stormclaw, Qothan answered the summons to the auracle chamber and found Prince Agasklin sitting in one of the visuran chairs. “Peril is upon us, Qothan,” he said. “The vicious wiles and machinations of the dark sorcerer Jumil have finally borne fruit.” Qothan nodded. “Almost the entire crew has felt it.” He shuddered. “All those fragments of the Grey Lord have merged, and created….something terrible.” “Few of those still alive among us remember the Shadowkings,” Agasklin said, “but now another of them walks the world again, thus we must make every effort to conceal ourselves from his hungry gaze. We have vital work ahead.” “I understand, master, but will it suffice to plan an attack on Jumil’s forces here when the first Shatterseed has taken root in Besh-Darok?” “Jumil is the linchpin, the guiding will behind the way the Shatterseeds develop,” Agasklin said. “Without him, they will be far less dangerous which is why we are alert to his purposes in Sejeend.
