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the third underland book! two more to go. XD you can totally tell how bored i am.

The Prophecy of Blood
<sub>WARMBLOOD NOW A BLOODBORNE DEATH
WILL ROB YOUR BODY OF ITS BREATH.
MARK YOUR SKIN, SEAL YOUR FATE,
THE UNDERLAND BECOMES A PLATE.

TURN AND TURN AND TURN AGAIN
YOU SEE THE WHAT, BUT NOT THE WHEN.
REMEDY AND WRONG ENTWINE,
AND SO THEY FORM A SINGLE VINE.

BRING THE WARRIOR FROM ABOVE
IF YET HIS HEART BE SWAYED BY LOVE.
BRING THE PRINCESS OR DESPAIR,
NO CRAWLERS CARE WITHOUT HER THERE.

TURN AND TURN AND TURN AGAIN
YOU SEE THE WHAT, BUT NOT THE WHEN.
REMEDY AND WRONG ENTWINE,
AND SO THEY FORM A SINGLE VINE.

THOSE WHOSE BLOOD RUNS RED AND HOT
MUST JOIN TO SEEK THE HEALING SPOT
IN THE CRADLE FIND THE CURE
FOR THAT WHICH MAKES THE BLOOD IMPURE.

TURN AND TURN AND TURN AGAIN
YOU SEE THE WHAT, BUT NOT THE WHEN.
REMEDY AND WRONG ENTWINE,
AND SO THEY FORM A SINGLE VINE.

GNAWER, HUMAN, SET ASIDE
THE HATRED THAT RESIDE INSIDE,
IF THE FLAMES OF WAR ARE FANNED,
ALL WARMBLOODS LOSE THE UNDERLAND.

TURN AND TURN AND TURN AGAIN
YOU SEE THE WHAT, BUT NOT THE WHEN.
REMEDY AND WRONG ENTWINE
AND SO THEY FORM A SINGLE VINE.</sub>

Very repetitive.

Let's see wiki's breakdown of this.

Warmblood now a bloodborne death
Will rob your body of its breath
Mark your skin and seal your fate
The Underland becomes a plate:
All of this stanza is referring to the plague that is infecting the Underland.

Turn and turn and turn again
You see the what but not the when:
If you turn 180 3x, you are facing the opposite direction than where you started. So if you're facing the jungle, you end up facing Regalia. Gregor saw that Ares had the plague, but not when he contracted it.

Remedy and wrong entwine
And so they form a single vine:
These lines refer to Doctor Neveeve, who had the cure and was wrong to not give it to the humans or gnawers.

Bring the warrior from above
If yet his heart is swayed by love:
Gregor must come to the Underland.

Bring the princess or despair
No Crawler cares without her there:
Bring Boots, the "Princess", or no Crawler will come.

Repeating stanza

Those whose blood runs red and hot
Must join to seek the healing spot:
Warmbloods must come on a quest to seek the healing spot.

In the cradle find the cure
For that which makes the blood impure:
Where the plague started is where the cure for the plague is.

Repeating stanza

Gnawer, human set aside
The hatred that resided inside:
Humans and rats must set aside their hatred of each other.

If the flames of war are fanned
All warmbloods lose the Underland:
If there is a war between humans and rats, all warmbloods will die.

Repeating stanza

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It should be noted that Boots revealed the meaning of the prophecy. When Gregor mentioned "turn and turn and turn again", Boots figured this to mean to turn literally. Her motions revealed the truth; that the "cradle" of the plague lay in Regalia rather than the Vineyard of Eyes.

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Questions?

Boots is Gregor's 2 or 3 year old sister.

Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods (c) Suzanne Collins