In Mana, we noticed that mana remained in the emblems of gods no longer worshiped. In Matuchek's Moment Of Realization, we described three deities invoked by the mana of the signs on the emblems borne by the Matucheks.
It remains to describe those emblems:
an owl pin;
a carved feathered serpent;
a silver hammer pendant.
-Operation Chaos, XXXI, pp. 248-249.
Thus, the three powerful figures, when they appeared in Chapter XXXIII, were not dei ex machina but had been carefully prepared for.
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Kaor, Paul!
A writer as careful as Poul Anderson was would prepare the way for these mythological figures appearing in the story. Hence the owl pin, carved figurine, and silver hammer.
Ad astra! Sean
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