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<blockquote data-quote="Edgar Ironpelt" data-source="post: 9473239" data-attributes="member: 32075">Loretober 3: ProphecyLady Torishar of the House of Broktus had invited Master Seztrim of Ylide to her Doomsday Party. This was a daring and even scandalous move, not because Master Seztrim was a scaly lizardman with psi powers, but because he was a slave dealer. The men of the House could and did do a regular business with him, but not the women - never the women. In the event, Master Seztrim was his usual well-dressed and cosmopolitan self, and avoided even hinting at his profession - at least until the very end. He was wheedled into reading the auras of the women present and offering them foretellings. Banal foretellings, until he came to Lady Oridisa, the year-older sister of Torishar. To her he said, &quot;Six years from now, you will not own gold or gems. Instead, gold and gems will own you.&quot;Three months after that Doomsday Party came the evil day when Torishar and Oridisa were forced to draw lots. Torishar won, and received the family's dowry funds. Oridisa lost, and provided those funds by being sold and sent into a genteel slavery in far-off Enamine. And six years later, Oridisa found herself sold a second time. Only not exactly sold: She was gifted to her new owner when he purchased her jewelry box, an arrangement used to evade Enamine's slave tax.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edgar Ironpelt, post: 9473239, member: 32075"] Loretober 3: Prophecy Lady Torishar of the House of Broktus had invited Master Seztrim of Ylide to her Doomsday Party. This was a daring and even scandalous move, not because Master Seztrim was a scaly lizardman with psi powers, but because he was a slave dealer. The men of the House could and did do a regular business with him, but not the women - never the women. In the event, Master Seztrim was his usual well-dressed and cosmopolitan self, and avoided even hinting at his profession - at least until the very end. He was wheedled into reading the auras of the women present and offering them foretellings. Banal foretellings, until he came to Lady Oridisa, the year-older sister of Torishar. To her he said, "Six years from now, you will not own gold or gems. Instead, gold and gems will own you." Three months after that Doomsday Party came the evil day when Torishar and Oridisa were forced to draw lots. Torishar won, and received the family's dowry funds. Oridisa lost, and provided those funds by being sold and sent into a genteel slavery in far-off Enamine. And six years later, Oridisa found herself sold a second time. Only not exactly [I]sold[/I]: She was gifted to her new owner when he purchased her jewelry box, an arrangement used to evade Enamine's slave tax. [/QUOTE]

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