Fortune telling and anchient predictions
It always appears to be "The end of times"
In many ways these future predictions are a clever mental trick.
Make a predictions about a time of turbulence, they make it vague enough to fit any era. Throw in a few evil protagonists, and then allow Human imagination to fill in the gaps.
It's a similar trick to reading tarot cards. They are so vague that you use them to say very general things that the "mark" feels are personally about his life, he will duly fill in the gaps that fit to specifics. When he leaves he will feel that the Tarot reader really did have great psychic powers. (in truth, it is just a good skill at fooling people)
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