THE FIRST MARK OF THE BEAST 1623     By the will of the Thulean Accord, upon two enclaves of deviation, known separately as the Circles of Scion and the Old Hunt, shall the Mark of the Beast manifest. Sent by the Thuleans, the entity known as the Ophidian of Thule, a great white serpent of a keen, trained mind, seeks the Archdruids of both the Scion and Old Hunt Circles. It imparts this message alone; and being as large as a man, there would be little incentive to acco