Prophecy of Noto

Even as the old king of Aram is dying, the Oracle at Noto is giving the Watchman the prophecy that the king’s progeny will rule as high kings of all of the disparate nations of the region, even unifying the volatile island of Li’ under one ruler as it had been in the time of the ancients. This prophecy gave the old king the peace he sought before he died. The stumbling block in this prophecy is that his heir, Cletar, is besotted with catamites and will not lay with a woman. At the gate of the castle is a siege army under the command of King Zara of the kingdom of Akamantis on the nearby island of Li’. The king’s ancient adviser, the Watchman, devises a plan, which unfolds over decades, to fulfill the prophecy of the oracle even as King Zara and the dying king’s four advisers are, each for his own reason, determined that the oracle’s prophecy will never come to pass.