23 See the first Footnote for the FURIES if you suspect you may be a Dreamwalker. It is imperative that you align yourself with a clairvoyant Group as soon as possible, for Safety’s sake. But be sure to write first! Recording the Details of your Gift is of paramount Importance for future Reference.
ORACLE. Well documented, but extremely rare. Of similar Merit to the Dreamwalker, but without the Capacity to possess another Individual. I suggest that the Oracle would possess a Variety of subtle but potent Abilities, primarily the Ability to send visual or aural Messages through the Æther. Provided they have encountered their Aura before, they may be able to send a Message to any Clairvoyant, no matter where they are. The Oracle may also gain Flashes of Insight from the Past, Present and Future in a similar Fashion to the Methods used by SOOTHSAYERS, but without the use of a Numen. This lack of Dependence on an Object makes the Oracle far superior to any other Type of Clairvoyant with Precognition.
AN
AFTERWORD
I use this Afterword to express my fond Hope that my Research has enlightened all those Clairvoyants who have never thought to distinguish themselves from the great Mass of us that roam the Citadel. It has been an arduous Decade, but in this Pamphlet, my Wish for a more hierarchical and organised Society may yet be granted. We must fight Fire with Fire if we are to survive this Inquisition. We have the Strength, Diversity and Malleability to survive, as we always have. The Merits of Unnaturalness are simply too great to be crushed by the Cruelty of the Anchor, though we may yet live for ever in its Shadow. And on that Subject, I have nothing further to say.
Regards,
AN OBSCURE WRITER
A NOTE FROM
SAMANTHA SHANNON
This pamphlet was written by the mime-lord Jaxon Hall, also known as the White Binder. At the time, he was not known by either name.
On the Merits of Unnaturalness, published illegally by the Spiritus Club in 2031 after being discovered by a psycho-scout, is referenced in The Bone Season as one of the most important pieces of clairvoyant literature of the twenty-first century. The release of the pamphlet, which was written anonymously, brought widespread knowledge of the Seven Orders to London and eventually spread to other citadels in Europe. However, it also caused a spate of brutal gang wars between the newly identified categories and the imprisonment of the so-called vile augurs in the slum of Jacob’s Island, Bermondsey.
Jaxon Hall went on to become the most renowned mime-lord in the central cohort of London. By 2041 he had possession of the sought-after Seven Dials district, and by 2059 he had six dependants, including the famous Pale Dreamer – none of whom were from what he defined as the two lowest categories of clairvoyance.
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