• Noticed, again, the enmity between my dear half-brother and Caine's son, Jolan. Tried to engage Jolan in conversation. Limited success. Have since sent him an opening chess move. I should like to test his mettle before drawing him closer in.
• Overheard heated discussion between two former betrothed lovers. Man was still in love with woman. Woman no longer in love with man, and had in fact gotten married. Limits betrothal it would seem. Sometime during the course of the night man committed suicide.
• Met with Eirean ambassador briefly. He requested help in finding a new shadow since his somehow was destroyed during the war with the Dark.
• Rebman "kelp witch" seems to have spontaneously appeared at the wedding reception. Recited following prophecy:

  What you hold will never last
  Amber's luck is fading fast
  Winding curls growing tight
  Throbbing with a greater light
  Mother cries and mirror breaks
  Brother's seed shall sorrow make
  As depths below grow opaque
  and land above rends and quakes
  White face hides, long night bides
  Morning dawns and grief reins
  Amber's luck by love is slain.

  Given the timing of the message, the "love" indicated may be the marriage. May be lovers in garden. May be something else entirely. Will need to have Garrett carefully watched. Mirrors and depths implies Rebma. The general tone of the prophecy implies problems for Amber. The white face could be the moon, referring to Tir-na Nog'th. All, of course, is gross speculation. Will need more facts before pursuing matter further.
• After multiple repetitions of prophecy the seer died. Slight delay due to Duke Rolfe's "taking control of situation", and Llewella blatantly looting the body, but magical examination turned up that she had simply been consumed by the power she channeled. Autopsy performed by Fiona and myself later turned up nothing further productive.

Returned home, answered correspondence. Turned in early.

Following day I went down to Rebma to meet with local law enforcement. Asked them if they could look into the identity of the deceased kelp witch. Stopped by Rebman libraries and did some minor research into the kelp witches. Found that Rolfe had already been there. Knowing Rolfe's MO, I may need to do something or else find all clues destroyed under the weight of a holy war.

Spent some time travelling through shadow in search of new home for Eireans. No success, not that I expected any. Spent some time trying to detect traces of the Dark. No success on that front, either. Did, however, have some time to think away from Amber and have come up with some new courses of action.

To do:

• Check mail for reply from Jolan.
• Meet with Fiona to discuss logistics and complications of creating and distributing magically tagged jewelry among Amber's young and wealthy women, as well as the possibility of setting up a tracking network through the city of Amber with an algorithmic cycle.
• Investigate church structure to find best way to spread rumor of church heresy in Golden Circle shadow to send Rolfe on "wild goose chase".
• Check on status of body of both suicide victim and murder victim. If available, procure them for further tests.
• Visit Shadow Galactic to check on status of pinkpowder replication.
• In further notes and communications, refer to the Dark and the Obscurum in order to confuse people.
• Visit various frequented shadows to check on status of money and communications.
• Work on restorative strength elixer.