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Prologue

           Onthebottomshelfbehindarowofsalvesinsquatclayjarshefoundavialofindigoglass,nolargerthanhislittlefinger.Itrattledwhenheshookit.Cressenblewawayalayerofdustandcarrieditbacktohistable.Collapsingintohischair,hepulledthestopperandspilledoutthevial’scontents.Adozencrystals,nolargerthanseeds,rattledacrosstheparchmenthe’dbeenreading.Theyshonelikejewelsinthecandlelight,sopurplethatthemaesterfoundhimselfthinkingthathehadnevertrulyseenthecolorbefore.

           Thechainaroundhisthroatfeltveryheavy.Hetouchedoneofthecrystalslightlywiththetipofhislittlefinger.Suchasmallthingtoholdthepoweroflifeanddeath.ItwasmadefromacertainplantthatgrewonlyontheislandsoftheJadeSea,halfaworldaway.Theleaveshadtobeaged,andsoakedinawashoflimesandsugarwaterandcertainrarespicesfromtheSummerIsles.Afterwardtheycouldbediscarded,butthepotionmustbethickenedwithashandallowedtocrystallize.Theprocesswasslowanddifficult,thenecessariescostlyandhardtoacquire.ThealchemistsofLysknewthewayofit,though,andtheFacelessMenofBraavos...andthemaestersofhisorderaswell,thoughitwasnotsomethingtalkedaboutbeyondthewallsoftheCitadel.Alltheworldknewthatamaesterforgedhissilverlinkwhenhelearnedtheartofhealingbuttheworldpreferredtoforgetthatmenwhoknewhowtohealalsoknewhowtokill.

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