Difference between revisions of "Death Rattle"

King [[Taravangian]] of [[Kharbranth]] keeps a record of Death Rattles taken from selected hospital patients (the terminally ill, the lowly, and the forgotten) who are slowly and intentionally bled to death solely for this purpose{{book ref|sa1|71}} by the king's [[Silent Gatherer]]s.{{book ref|sa1|endnote}} He does so in order to supplement the [[Diagram (literature)|Diagram]], {{book ref|sa2|i|14}} despite the Diagram itself calling Death Rattles and Moelach a distraction.{{epigraph ref|sa2|82}} The Diagram is aware of the possibility that Moelach, as Unmade servant of [[Odium]] may be feeding them bad information, but they believe the benefits of future sight outweigh the risks. They think the knowledge of what subjects the information contains is useful whether the information is correct or not.{{wob ref|8572}}