[Streets of Riverside]

Several weeks after the concerning incident with pregnant shadows, something yet stranger occurs. People begin to wander the streets. Clad in rags and tatters or strange, mismatched clothes from faraway lands, they are bird-like figures, with filthy feathers, sometimes beaks, sometimes feathered hands and sometimes simply wings. They either walk the streets or stand on corners. Either way, they appear to have a message to send.

"Rejoice! A great prince is coming!"

"The birth of the heir is soon upon us! Does that not ring clear and true?"

"Never before has such a child been born! We are honored beyond all measure!"