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When Noso approached to the Altar, who was sure that he came first, he warned amazed
a mutilation in the statuette of the Child of Stone: someone had dissected the hand of stone
that expressed the Bala Vrune. But that was not the moment to solve the enigma. Noyo
wrapped the busts of the Virgin and the Child with a cape and won ahorse the left shore of the
River Odiel, where an unfrequented footpath would him to the mountain range of Candelaria.
The news about the extermination of great part of the family affected the strong old
woman: 1700 years before, another Vraya had lived a similar situation. Was not possible, she
said almost for herself, that all that effort was in vain. Even by all the attacks suffered until
then, the House of Tharsis achieved to overpass always the difficult moments, although no one
such critical as the present; but the progress were also many: the familiar guideline was almost
accomplished: the Cult of the Cold Fire since centuries ago that was giving Men of Stone to the
Lords of Tharsis; and they had preserved the Stone of Venus, the most valued trophy for the
Enemy; was only missing a last effort of blood purification, that the family could produce a
Man of Stone able to understand the Serpent with the Symbol of the Origin, that’s to say,
someone capable to project the Symbol of the Origin over the Stone of Venus; that
Hyperborean Initiate would reach in this way the Highest Wisdom, the localization of the
Origin, and the Stone of Venus would show them the Lytic Sign of the L'Taagar; then the Lords
of Tharsis could march towards the destiny that the Liberator Gods had reserved to them; and
that moment not seemed to be far, the House of Tharsis was conscious that the imminence
with which would reach a Man of Stone that would be Pontiff and would comprehend the
major secrets; they were awaiting him with anxiety since many years ago but they were all agree
that he would come soon; and the signs of the Gods were coincident. How, then, how was
occurring now this disaster? They had underestimated the Enemy again? Undoubtedly, that
was the answer. Was not maintained a sufficient state of alert and was allowed to the Enemy to
act, who had to be attacked preventively once he approached to the region of Aracena. Being as
this, the occurred was explained, at least strategically, because against the knowledge employed
by the Immortals they had no defense apart of the Purity of Blood.
Was not possible, repeated the Vraya, that the Liberator Gods have abandoned us at the
will of the Golems; such hit could not mean the end of the House of Tharsis, not before the
accomplishment of the familiar mission; with security would remain some Lords of Tharsis
alive to save the Lineage and make possible the generation of the awaited Man of Stone. Was
necessary to search them! Noso of Tharsis would have to leave and go around the places where
lived other relatives, although was not convenient to keep hopes about the survival of no one
who was not initiated. And these last ones, the Men of Stone, were all incorporated to the
Order of Preachers, working in different monasteries and universities of France and Italy. The
Noyo would travel immediately. She would remain in Guard; rationing all that was possible the
available victuals would resist six months, then, naturally, would die there, if Noso not
returned at time.
The Vraya was right: there still existed Lords of Tharsis alive and with possibilities to
save the Lineage; but was not less true that this would be the most critical situation that they
ever faced, including the destruction of Tartessos. This time sixteen members of the family
achieved to survive: now remained only eight, considering the old Vraya and the Noyo. In fact,
during his journey to Seville, Cordoba and Toledo, Noso only found the mourning and fear of
the non-sanguineous relatives, to whom nothing had happened, and he realized that the

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