Jericho has an eye made of mother of pearl, and keeps the real one in a raven’s beak; in this way, though half-blind, he watches the world. Â Jericho’s left arm is iron and his teeth sprung gold and ivory. Â He keeps his brain beneath a crystal dome, that his thoughts might stay sharp and clear.
Only Jericho is permitted to employ such bindings. Â Only Jericho can harness the truths thus unlocked.
“Mercy,” begs the young mage they drag before him, two fingers cut to stumps. Â But Jericho keeps his heart far away, in a box on the floor of the sea.