The First Gathering
For the women who walk all six series and meet the Seventh, there is an invitation. It is not bought. It is not earned by paying. It is recognized into being by what she has already walked.
The first Gathering takes place in Cape Town in October 2029 — the inaugurating ceremony of the Lineage.
It is the moment when the women who have walked all six cities, met all seven Oracles, and recognized themselves out of all seven Masks finally meet each other. In person. At a long table. In the city where the universe begins.
This is not a conference. It is not a retreat. It is not a launch event for the seventh series. It is the canonical moment when the empire's readers — who have walked alone through the work — are received together as a Lineage.
The Gathering will be small. The criteria are not yet given on this surface. The location within Cape Town is not yet given. The seventh Oracle, who hosts it, is not yet named.
What is given: the date. October 2029. The city. Cape Town. The architecture. A long table at dusk.
If you are reading this, you have already begun. The universe is patient. It will tell you when you are ready.