Second Harbinger

First appearance and context

An in‑world dictionary entry concerning Saunt Proc situates his work in the late Praxic Age and notes “a brief window of stability between the Second and Third Harbingers,” during which Proc led a like‑minded group called the Circle. The entry treats the Second Harbinger as a named historical waypoint rather than describing its causes or details.

Role and function

Within the limited information given, the Second Harbinger is presented as one event in a numbered series of Harbingers used to demarcate periods of upheaval and calm. Its role in the narrative so far is as a temporal delimiter: the Second Harbinger precedes a short stable interval and is followed by a Third; what specifically happened during it has not been explained.

Relationships and references

• The mention appears alongside facts about Proc’s life course, including his presumed liquidation in The Terrible Events and, after the Reconstitution, his recognition as patron Saunt of the Syntactic Faculty. These associations place the Second Harbinger in the broad historical frame of late Praxic times without specifying any direct connection to those upheavals.
• The Circle led by Proc is referenced in this context, but no additional detail has been provided about that group here.

Current status

The Second Harbinger is a concluded historical occurrence known only by name and sequence at this point. Further description—causes, scope, or consequences—has not yet been provided in the text.