1219 新闻：哈德里安河的秘密（完成）

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{5050}{490c MYSTERY ON
THE HADRIAN}
{5051}{492c _ MAGICKER OBSERVED IN STRANGE RITUAL _}
{5052}{483l Staff Writer

Police reported a curious encounter that took place down near the banks of the Hadrian River, which runs through Tarant. It seems a local constable observed a man engaged it what he described as "behavior of a most peculiar type".
The constable stated " I observed this individual for several minutes from my vantage point which was not far from where the suspect was standing. He was holding a bag or sack of some type in one hand and was pulling feathers out of it with the other. He would then hold the feather in his outstretched hand, in front of his face, and appeared to be concentrating some kind of Magick upon it, whereupon the feather would erupt in a blue flash and disappear from his hand. I observed this queer ritual several times before I decided fire a warning shot over his head.  Unfortunatley, my weapon would not operate".
The constable went on further to explain that the man escaped, but in his haste had dropped the satchel from whence he had been pulling the feathers. The sack was found to contain a number of different feathers.  Examination of the feathers by the honorable Professor Tristan Fenwick of the Tarantian Zoological Society, showed that the feathers were indeed of a variety of birds, even some heretofore-unknown species.
This information, coupled with the constable's account of his weapon misfiring, a known side effect of strong Magick in the vicinity, led Fenwick to believe this man and his strange ritual may have something to do with the recent migratory anomalies that have been occurring in the Hadrian aviary hatcheries, which others, mainly magick users, have attributed to the so-called "poisoning" of the Hadrian by local factories. The police have stated that they will continue their investigation.}

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{5050}{490c 哈德里安河的秘密 }
{5051}{492c _ 魔法使用者的奇怪仪式 _}
{5052}{483l （本报编辑 zfj1028）

据警方报告，在塔伦特的哈德里安河岸边发生了一件怪事情。据说，当地一名警官看到一个男人在做一些“极其诡异的事情”。
该名警官说：“我从一个视野不错的地方观察了这个人数分钟，当时该嫌疑人离我不是很远。他一手拿着一个像是包或布袋的东西，另一只手从里面掏出羽毛。然后他把羽毛摊在他的手掌上，平端在面前，集中心神向这个羽毛施法，于是羽毛迸发出一道蓝光并且从他手里消失。在看着他进行了好几次这种古怪的仪式之后，我决定鸣枪示警。不幸的是，我的枪碰巧打不响。”
警官接着说道，这个怪人后来逃跑了，但是匆忙中遗落了他拽出羽毛的小包。包中发现了一些不同类型的羽毛。塔伦特动物学学会的知名教授特里斯坦·芬威克对羽毛进行了检查，结果证明羽毛来自不同的鸟类，甚至有一些是来自迄今为止都未知的鸟类。
根据这一检查结果，再加上这名治安官关于他的武器不能点火的描述（通常是因为周围魔法力量强大造成的），芬威克相信这个人和他奇怪仪式可能与最近哈德里安河鸟类的异常迁移有关；而其他专家，主要是魔法使用者们，则把鸟类的异常迁徙归罪于当地工厂对哈德里安河造成的所谓“毒害”。警方说他们将继续进行调查。}