Prophecy

Jonathan Chess did not often visit the island home of the Darkmoon Faire, but he had thought that visiting it with Lynesia might make a fun outing for the two of them. Lynesia was constantly busy preparing and teaching classes in combat magic to the recruits f the <Brotherhood of the Horse>, often working long into the night.  She was tired, and Jonathan thought she deserved a treat, so he went to the

Located in the Great Sea, Darkmoon Island was the home of the eponymous Darkmoon Faire, owned by Silas Darkmoon. The Darkmoon Faire was a carnival that ran throughout the year, with arcane portals available in Goldshire one week out of every month.  Jonathan had visited the island, making plans to delight his lover.

Wih military precision, Chess had done a reconnaissance, locating the food vendors and entertainments he thought that Lynesia might like best.   while he was there, he had visited the Fortune Teller, a gnoll named Sayge, who was located between the Southern Pavilion and the Ring Toss. Sayge had seemingly gone into a trance, and had recited what some had called a prophecy, that said:

The Rook will fall to blood and fire

Tormented for his heart's desire

Shadow-forsaken, his screams will sing

Saved by She of the ebon wing

Chains will shatter by tooth and claw

Death will come by bloody paw

Ellemayne come to slay and burn

Fire will come and mercy spurn

Her Rook will fight with venomed claw

Kal'dorei saved, but homeland fall

Vengance taken with rage and gore

Blessed be Her shalla'tor.

Jonathan had not understood but had visited Darassus, as some of the words sounded Darnassian.  The Kal'dorei people with which he had spoken had been unfriendly and sent him away with the advice to consult with a Druid of the Talon.  Chess had gone to the Shrine of Aviana at Mout Hyjal.  The had been unable to decipher the meaning, but Jon, who had been suffering from sleeplessness after his torture and the psychic damage to his mind, had fallen into a deep, dreamless sleep for the first time in weeks.

Jonathan had been enlighted, at least a little bit, by a Druid of great age.  he had translated some of the words Chess had not known.  Jonathan assumed the first part had referred to his kidnapping and torture because he had been identified as a supporter of the recent Ren'dorei additions to the Alliance; his lover Lynesia was one of them.  During his years attached to the Alliance military, and before that working for the Kul Tirasian government as a spy and assassin, he had been known as the Rook. However, Jonathan had no memory of his rescue from his imprisonment - the priestess Priann had, during her partially successful attempt to heal the damage to Jon's mind, had seen images indicating that a shapeshifting Worgen druid had been responsible.

Ellemayne was the Darnassian word for "riever"; the second seemed to predict a bloody conflagration with the Kal'dorei. Shalla'tor meant "shadow render".  Further, the venerable druid had informed him that Shalla'tor and Ellemayne were two magic elven blades forged during the War of the Ancients and wielded by the twins Vor'Illian and Lo'Vellian.  The two had been merged into one blade named Shalamayne, used by his late Majesty Varian Wrynn.

Jonathan didn't know what it meant, but whatever the interpretation, it didn't sound good for the Rook.