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Консервативная революция, как и было сказано.

Forbidden chess pieces

The Prophet, who is aware of the hands which move the pieces.
The Crows, placed on the board after the final turn.
The Sea Monster, who writhes just beneath the grid.
The Messenger, who is desperately trying to tell us something.
The Cartographer, driven mad by an endless sea of ivory and ink.
The Pyramid, stationary, indifferent, and silent.
The Prisoner, trapped forever within a marble figurine.
The Mirror, in which even players see themselves as pawns.
The Moon, always played on the same endless black square.
The Shadow, waiting beneath the king to take your place.
The Spy, whose true color is not known until made to bleed.
The Spectre, who remembers and mourns your every loss.
The Heir, whose gray blood reminds you of a kingdom long lost.
The Plague, just biding its time inside your pawns.
The Machine, that from which all pawns emerge.
The Gravedigger, who deals with the pieces that keep crawling back.

(by Uel Aramchek)