The Crystal of Distant Vision

The Crystal’s Vision:

Suddenly a beam of violet light shoots out from the crystal, to a point in the air between the mound and the others at the shore, and a vision begins to form there...

You hear music in the air - "Da da dum - Dee Da!" The violet light coalesces into swirling runes, some kind of script that looks a very little like Alryan, and these fade, to an image of a brightly lit marble desk, an elegant looking woman with the scarlet skin of a pureblood Altanian is sat behind it, staring "out" of the vision. Her black hair is subtly coiffed, and she wears a diaphonous white gown. She begins to speak, in archaic Altanian, similar enough to Alryan that you can all understand.

"Here is the news. Combat Command has confirmed that Orichalan forces now occupy Delta Sector. There is no word of survivors. Fighting in Theta Sector continues. .."

"Combat Command lists Altan confirmed casualties at eight thousand, three hundred and thirty two. Orichalan losses are estimated at zero."

"Prime Minister Mendel has urged the populace not to give up hope. He remains confident that..."

There is the sound of a crashing noise from somewhere outside the vision's field of view. The woman looks up, suddenly frightened. Then a massive black battle-axe descends, smashing the marble desk-top. The woman screams. You see a scaly black, clawed hand gripping the shaft of the adamatine waraxre. Then there is a shower of white motes, a crackling noise, and the vision ends.