This translated section of the Prophecy is known to members of House Heligan. Family tradition has it that the heirs of the spreading tree refers to Heligan, whose insignia is an oak tree, and that the glass city is Syran.
Along a slender thread of fate shall walk the heirs of the spreading tree, and after them shall follow the destiny of the glass city, and its twin. Those who watch shall guard them, and keep them from harm. The twelve seekers shall aid them, and find in this their fate. If, through war and strife, through fire and ice, through plague and famine, through lies and betrayal, the tree endures, then the glass city shall prosper; if it fails, then the serpent shall prevail.
The mention of twelve seekers is believed to be a reference to a traditional verse, which may date from the same time as the prophecy:
The seer seeks inspiration in a blank stone wall
The knight seeks for honour in a blind man's oath
The scholar seeks the world in an orb of blue
The orphan seeks for power from the shadows obscure
The rake seeks a cure for his conscience cursed
The watcher seeks for meaning in a world of lies
The shadow seeks for profit in a secret told
[ five additional line not recorded ]
