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Kwiriki’s Lantern, which is known as the Long-Haired Star in the West, is a comet that passes overhead at regular intervals. It rains sterren in the form of “star rot,” and it helps to maintain the balance between siden and sterren.
Kwiriki’s Lantern/the Long-Haired Star Quotes in The Priory of the Orange Tree
The The Priory of the Orange Tree quotes below are all either spoken by Kwiriki’s Lantern/the Long-Haired Star or refer to Kwiriki’s Lantern/the Long-Haired Star. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 34 Quotes
‘You believe,’ Ead said, frustrated.
‘As others believe in gods. Often with less proof,’ Truyde pointed out.
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Chapter 43 Quotes
‘There has not been a meteor shower since the end of the Grief of Ages—and understand, Eadaz, that the shower was the end of the Grief of Ages. It was not coincidence that it came when the wyrms fell. The Easterners believe the comet was sent by their dragon god, Kwiriki.’ Kalyba smiled. ‘The shower closed an era when siden was stronger, and forced the wyrms, who are made of it, into their slumber.’
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Kwiriki’s Lantern/the Long-Haired Star Term Timeline in The Priory of the Orange Tree
The timeline below shows where the term Kwiriki’s Lantern/the Long-Haired Star appears in The Priory of the Orange Tree. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 25
...come from eggs? Nayimathun explains that they do now, but dragons came from the comet Kwiriki’s Lantern , which “rained light into the water” and created dragons. The dragon continues: dragons are...
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Chapter 43
...the Tablet of Rumelabar. She asks if Kalyba’s “other power” came from the comet, the Long-Haired Star . Kalyba is shocked, but she says it’s true. (Truyde, Ead realizes, was right.) Kalyba...
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Chapter 52
...journey to the Priory. Ead picks up the story, sharing what she learned about the Long-Haired Star , the Tablet of Rumelabar, and her visit to Kalyba, known here as the Lady...
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Chapter 76
...is resolved to be a good Prioress, find and kill Fýredel, and wait for the Long-Haired Star to return and restore the world’s balance. Gian Harlowe joins Ead and shares that Queen...
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