There is a power like no other that weaves itself into the area around the Time Spire. The people can feel it, like an invisible force reaching into all as if a tether to anything and everything. There are some within the city that can feel this energy more than others, and when they are ready, they will hear a Call to look toward the spire. At the right place and time, when the runes glow, the person who hears the Call will see the message that is waiting, understanding exactly what it is and unlocking the newest mystery and prophecy.
The Call
The time may come when the sky is full of clouds and beams of sun breach through for a moment or perhaps when lightning streaks across the sky while fine rain comes in curtains from the sky. No matter when it is, the one that is destined to see the message will be there by the Spire, unaware of what they are waiting for but present to witness what only they can undertand. For while the people may see the message and the runes that glow on the Spire itself, only the one that hears the Call will be able to fully understand what it is that everyone sees.
Divine and Prophesy
It is known throughout the city that if you have seen and understood a message that it is your duty to come forward. While it is unknown which deity the message is being sent by, the one who understood it will know directly to which sect they should report to, and while this may be a first indicator of where the person will end up, it is ultimately the choice of the messenger who they decide to be.
After bringing the message to the sect, with knowledge of what they saw replicated by those strong in Divination, it is now the choice of the messenger to continue along the path of knowledge that has been unlocked or live a life of their choosing within the city. To date, there have been none that have refused the Call.
Only after the path forward has been accepted will the prophecy that was forseen on the walls be told to the one that had carried it. While they may not always play a role in the prophecy they foretold, those that received messages of annhilation and doom are taught arcane arts immediately due to a pattern being noted by scholars in that those particular messengers were meant for a life confronting the dangers that threaten the world.
Teachings and Training
After seven years of structured learning and on the anniversary of their Call, the initiate is allowed choice of which path they wish to follow: the path of the Mage, the Scribe, the Healer, the Warrior, the Watcher, or the Shadow.
Their eight and last year is dedicated to honing the proper skills needed on their path and on their next anniversary, they are inducted into the Hallowed Halls and given something unique to them. It is unknown what this is, but it is said that at some point in between the heartbeats of the world, the initiate meets the one who showed them the message and either receives a gift such as a blessing or is left with naught but memories and knowledge of a time long gone-- both valuable for the times ahead.
After the final gift is given, the initiate is no longer a student but a
Speaker and keeper of Time.
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