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           ThusspokeSeeressIthlin!Andbeforethiscomestopasstherewillbevisiblesigns,plagueswillravishtheearth–Remember!–theNilfgaardareourpunishmentfromthegods!TheyarethewhipwithwhichtheImmortalswilllashyousinners,sothatyoumay—"

           "Shutup,yousanctimoniousoldman!"roaredSheldonSkaggs,stampinghisheavyboots."Yoursuperstitiousrotmakesmesick!Mygutsarechurning—"

           "Careful,Sheldon."

           Thetallelfcuthimshortwithasmile."Don’tmockanother’sreligion.Itisnotpleasant,politeor...safe."

           "I’mnotmockinganything,"protestedthedwarf."Idon’tdoubttheexistenceofthegods,butitannoysmewhensomeonedragsthemintoearthlymattersandtriestopullthewoolovermyeyesusingthepropheciesofsomecrazyelf.TheNilfgaardiansaretheinstrumentofthegods?Rubbish!Searchbackthroughyourmemoriestothepast,tothedaysofDezmod,RadowidandSambuk,tothedaysofAbrad,theOldOak!Youmaynotrememberthem,becauseyourlivesaresoveryshort–you’relikeMayflies–butIremember,andI’lltellyouwhatitwaslikeintheselandsjustafteryouclimbedfromyourboatsontheYarugaEstuaryandthePontarDeltaontothebeach.Threekingdomssprangfromthefourshipswhichbeachedonthoseshores;thestrongergroupsabsorbedtheweakerandsogrew,strengtheningtheirpositions.Theyinvadedothers’territories,conqueredthem,andtheirkingdomsexpanded,becomingeverlargerandmorepowerful.