The Oracle of Walashabad

Walashabad is another name given to the Port of Watersedge. According to the devout of that pious city, the oracle that can be found there is an unwelcome addition. It is true that the Church of Westrun looks dimly on those who look for pagan help and for this reason, the oracle lives outside the city limits.

Indeed, he makes his home on a rocky island not far from the left leg of the city's colossal statue of Tal. The island is small and boasts little more than heaps of gull droppings on sea washed rocks, but there is a cave there and the oracle lives in it. The water is shallow and treacherous to ships and rowboats alike, but for those who make the swim, and have a live gull, the oracle can be accommodating.

He is sustained, folks say, by the seabirds he sacrifices and the raw fish he is able to spear in the shallows. According to some there is a spring on his island which supplies him with the water he needs.

The origin of the oracle is unknown. Many believe that he is a creature not of this world. Others say that he is no more than a shipwrecked Sea Jack who could not make shore. Whatever his true origin, he lives there to this day and remains mostly out of sight and out of mind. But sailors rushing to safety on stormy nights will tell tales. They say that lightning flashes will reveal a haggard and white-haired man, stripped to the waist and shouting imprecations at the storm.