The captain of the army spittleseed praises the gods of the krath, who have defeated the ogres and broken the castle. The prophecy machine will be restored, he says, and the war will be over. The army is accusing stonesaddle of amplifying his voice, and they need to get to the castle as fast as possible. They need to find out where the black tear is, because if they don't, the prophecy will stop ticking