Third Harbinger

First appearance and context

The term appears as a chronological marker in a quoted entry from The Dictionary concerning Saunt Proc. That source places Proc’s prominence during a brief window of stability between the Second Harbinger and the Third, toward the end of the Praxic Age. The same account associates Proc’s presumed death with The Terrible Events and notes honors following the Reconstitution, framing the Third Harbinger within that sequence of upheavals.

Role and function

Within the narrative so far, the Third Harbinger functions as a named historical crisis or turning point whose approach ends the cited window of stability. Its specific nature has not yet been described, but, together with the Second Harbinger, it serves to date late-Praxic developments. In dialogue, it is also invoked as a period remembered for severe atrocities and for perpetrators’ “just following orders” defenses, making it a moral warning point in mathic discourse.

Relationships and references

• Part of a numbered series of “Harbingers”; the Second precedes it in the sequence.
• Referenced in connection with Proc and the Circle as temporal context; the details of those relationships remain unspecified, beyond timing.

Current status

• A past historical marker only; no active or on-page occurrence has been described. Further details have not yet been provided.