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[[Mecenary|mercenaries]], [[smuggler]]s and [[crime lord]]s of all ilk and species were invited, as well as crooked [[politician]]s and [[priest|clergymen]]. These included a [[centaur]], a [[Technosapien (Going Once, Going Twice)|a Technosapien]], a [[Member of the Cephalopodic Coterie (Going Once, Going Twice)|member]] of the [[Cephalopodic Coterie]], the [[Ice Heiress]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Bishop (Going Once, Going Twice)|Bishop]], and representatives of the [[Faction Paradox]] splinter-group known as the [[Family of the Shadow Spire]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Going Once, Going Twice (short story)|Going Once, Going Twice]]'') | |||
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Revision as of 15:45, 1 January 2021
The First Auction in Heaven was a Spiral Underworld auction held in a self-contained atmosphere on Kratoam by Cortalian during the Armistice. It dealt with items salvaged from the War in Heaven, which would become a rarity into the Peace. (PROSE: Going Once, Going Twice)
Items on auction
Items on auction included the Ochenissi Tablet a caged temporal predator reciting Hamlet's most famous soliloquy, red rockets "programmed to warp reality and knock entire cities into a postmodern nightmare", a Homeworlder hybrid shrunk into a bottle, the gear shaft of Iris Wildthyme's Celestial Omnibus recovered from its crash into the City of the Saved, the Frozen Battle of Cratosi Fields, and Apep.
Additionally, bazaars sold weaponry, pieces of temporally erased cultures, star systems in glass bottles, and disembodied body parts of Homeworlders with the tagline "grow your own lord of history". (PROSE: Going Once, Going Twice)
Participants
mercenaries, smugglers and crime lords of all ilk and species were invited, as well as crooked politicians and clergymen. These included a centaur, a a Technosapien, a member of the Cephalopodic Coterie, the Ice Heiress, a Catholic Bishop, and representatives of the Faction Paradox splinter-group known as the Family of the Shadow Spire. (PROSE: Going Once, Going Twice)
