THRONE WATCH — we watch, so you don't have to.
Something unusual, and quietly wonderful, happened over the east hills last night.
Watchers counted seven fire-rings — great rings of golden fire, drifting through the dark, bright-edged and slow — arranging themselves in a long, lazy line across the sky, like lanterns hung out in order. They held the line for the better part of an hour, then drifted apart again, unhurried, as if the whole thing had been a rehearsal for nothing in particular.
Nobody knows why they lined up. The scholars have theories, most of them involving the wind, and one involving the rings simply enjoying themselves. Nobody is worried. The Watch's official position is that the rings do what the rings do, and our job is to notice, and to tell you.
So: if the night is clear, look east after dark. The rings may line up again. They may not. Either way, it is worth looking up.
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