Foretellers of a Thunbergian takeover may find comfort in Barba's allegory, in which the children fail to conquer the world—because the adults can't understand a word they say, and destroy them.
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But between you and us, it's their kids — those dang Generation Z'ers hooting and hollering around the streets of Hollywood — who are proving themselves to be the foretellers of fashion's next It trends, instead of their über cool parents.
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What's more important, however, is what I did after finding out about KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ [CROSS] which was: research all of the Foretellers to figure out whose Union I wanted to join, take a quiz to see which Foreteller I was most like, and then, only after I was sure I was definitely an Ava and therefore should obviously join the Vulpes Union, did I download the game.
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The remote eastern Fastnesses, like lamaseries, where Foretellers channel the future in a rite of intense, nearly savage carnality.
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In a flashback to their youth, Eraqus and Xehanort begin a new game of chess that predicts a battle between Sora, Luxu, and the Foretellers.
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Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover is a one-hour long cinematic film set during the events of the video game Kingdom Hearts χ. The film tells the game’s story from the Foretellers’ perspectives, explaining their actions during the game’s events.
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The player character awakens as a Keyblade wielder and is given a choice of joining one of five "Unions", after which a Dream Eater named Chirithy explains the player's role of destroying Heartless to collect Lux. Under Chirithy's direction, the player visits illusions of future worlds to carry out their mission. As they continue, Chirithy explains that the Foretellers have learned from the Book of Prophecies about a great battle in which the world will be consumed by darkness. To save the future, the Foretellers use the book's powers to project the future into their era, hoarding Lux to protect the world's light.
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Sora decides to use the power of waking to save Kairi; despite warnings that his repeated misuse of this power could result in him vanishing from the realm of light, Sora promises to return. Afterwards, Sora's friends gather at the Destiny Islands for a celebration, where a revived Kairi stays beside Sora before he fades away. In a post-credits scene, Xigbar, who survived the battle, retrieves Xehanort's Keyblade and summons four of the five Foretellers, revealing himself to be an incarnation of their fellow Keyblade apprentice, Luxu. He begins to recount his actions to the Foretellers, with Maleficent and Pete watching from afar.
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Kingdom Hearts χ is set in a world called Daybreak Town in the distant past, prior to the other games in the series. The game begins before the legendary Keyblade War, a conflict sparked due to disputes between Keyblade wielders over the light that created the world, triggering a calamity that reshaped the world into that seen in the rest of the Kingdom Hearts series. Prior to the war, a precognizant Keyblade Master known only as the Master of Masters bestows a Book of Prophecies to five of his six apprentices, the Foretellers, before disappearing. The book has the ability to manifest objects and people from the future, and contains an account of future events, from which the five Foretellers learn of a prophecy foretelling the world's destruction.
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In September 2015, Square Enix announced a new game titled Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. The collection features Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover, a 60-minute cinematic film that focuses on the Foretellers, elaborating on their actions during the events of the game and their attempts to determine who is the traitor among them. It was released in January 2017.
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The player befriends Ephemer, a Keyblade wielder from a rival Union who wishes to explore the Foretellers' tower in the center of town. The player agrees to help, but Ephemer disappears shortly thereafter. Later, the player meets another wielder from Ephemer's Union named Skuld, who is investigating his disappearance. Exploring the tower, the player and Skuld are caught by Ava, who challenges them to a duel.
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Samoei was to come with five foretellers. Contrary to the agreement, Meinhertzhagen marched from the fort at Kaptumo with 80 armed men, 75 of whom hid near the venue of the meeting. It is reported that when Koitalel stretched his hand to shake Meinhertzhagen's, the British Colonel murdered him with a shot at point blank range. This precipitated the end of the Nandi Resistance.
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He asks if Gethen will be a member of the Ekumen in five years, expecting that the Foretellers will give him an ambiguous response, but he is answered "yes". This leads him to muse that the Gethenians have "trained hunch to run in harness". After several months of travelling through Karhide, Ai decides to pursue his mission in Orgoreyn, to which he has received an invitation. Ai reaches the Orgota capital of Mishnory, where he finds that the Orgota politicians are initially far more direct with him.
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He also created the large rose window in the northern transept, the three windows beneath it (Foretellers of Judgment), four other windows in the north transept, and three clerestory windows above the choir on the south wall (The Angel Windows. Saint also served for seven years as the head of the Cathedral's Department of Stained Glass. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City filmed an educational video in Saint's studio about stained glass. Today, some of Saint's work can also be viewed at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Due to the Book of Prophecies' loss of power without the Master or Foretellers present, the Keyblade wielders instead visit simulated datascapes based on the various Disney worlds. Unchained χ initially repeats the story of the original, but diverges partway through the narrative. New stories feature the player forming a new team with four other Keyblade wielders, who become friends. Other major story events that do not involve the player are delivered via game updates, serving to expand on the story of Kingdom Hearts χ and continue the narrative after the events of the Keyblade War.
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Sometime later, all the guardians, including their close friends and allies, celebrate victory at Destiny Islands. But Xigbar, revealed to be the current incarnation of the ancient Keyblade Master Luxu from the time of the Keyblade War and summons the Foretellers, his fellow Keyblade Masters, to the present for the next phase of his mission. A year later, all attempts to find a clue to Sora's current whereabouts had proven to be futile, however Riku then learns that a clue, lies within his dreams. Elsewhere, Sora meets Yozora, a supposedly fictional character from a video game.
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To prevent this, the Foretellers use their books to manifest future worlds and defeat the Heartless infesting them to gather pieces of light, called Lux. Each Foreteller creates and leads their own "Union" themed around their individual animal icon: Unicornis, governed by Ira; Anguis, governed by Invi; Leopardus, governed by Gula; Vulpes, governed by Ava; and Ursus, governed by Aced. The player character, a newly awakened Keyblade wielder, chooses to support one of the Unions and works to ensure the chosen faction's supremacy. Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ takes place after the events of Kingdom Hearts χ in an alternate data worldline, with the player reliving the past to forget the events of the Keyblade War.
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Meanwhile, Dou's nephew Dou Shen (竇申), an imperial attendant, was very close to Dou Shen, and Dou Shen often discussed with him personnel movements before they were announced. Dou Shen thus often used this information to extract bribes from others by informing the subjects of promotions in advance — such that he gained the nickname of "Magpie" (because the Chinese believed that magpies were foretellers of good fortune). Even Emperor Dezong heard of Dou Shen's reputation and suggested Dou Shen to send Dou Shen out of the capital, but Dou Shen guaranteed to Emperor Dezong that Dou Shen would not cause trouble. Dou Shen closely associated with his maternal uncle Li Zezhi (李則之)New Book of Tang, vol.
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Upon her defeat, Ava reveals that she is recruiting Keyblade wielders to the Dandelions, a group who will be sent to another worldline to keep them out of the impending war so they may rebuild the world in its aftermath. She explains that Ephemer is one of those chosen, and offers the same to Skuld and the player; Skuld accepts, but the player is uncertain. As time passes, other wielders accuse one another of stealing Lux, and the Foretellers – suspecting one among themselves to be a traitor – begin rallying more wielders to their Unions to bolster their forces for the coming war. Seeking a solution, the player, Skuld, and Chirithy find Gula, who believes the only one who can stop the war is the now missing Master of Masters.
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