Their tomb would not be built until twenty-five years later in 1854, making it the first landed society of Yale.

During the Skull and Bones' prognostications, Lethe delegates are expected to arrive early to ensure the chalk signs of protection were correct and that the circle perimeter was secure. However, like all Houses of the Veil, all instances of ritual magics from Skull and Bones must be sanctioned by Lethe House and as a society, they are subject to the authority of the Ninth House. Indeed as a powerful major House, Lethe House depends on the Bonesmen for funding. The Bonesmen's widespread and powerful influence outside of Yale causes what has been described as an inflated sense of ego, which often results in Bonesmen expecting deference from Lethe delegates. The Haruspex's authority and power is venerated within the delegation, and thus has his pick of undergrads to 'attend' to him. The undergrad Scribe takes down the predictions and many other lower-rank Bonesmen cater to the needs of the Haruspex. The Haruspex is a Bonesman alum who travels to the University in order to conduct high level prognostication rituals. Important members within the society's hierarchy is the Haruspex. LIke the other societies, Skull and Bones are managed by Bonesmen alumni and the society's Board of Trustees. The nurse is kept unaware of the specifics, including who she is working for. The society pays off a nurse to feed the patient dove’s heart, geranium root, a dish of bitter herbs, such as parsley. The society prefers to dissect and read the entrails of the mentally-ill, such as schizophrenics, believing this type of victima results in more accurate predictions. Skull and Bones acquire mentally-ill patients from the local hospital to be the victima of the rite. This was all done in Dutch, known as the language of Commerce, and the official language of the Bonesmen. From the entrails, the Haruspex would call out predictions regarding the stock market, often ordering specific actions, along with stock names and share prices for companies traded publicly on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ, Euronext, and the Asian markets. The Haruspex, adorned in a surgical gown and mask, would read the entrails of the victima. High level prognostications are performed by a Haruspex. This rite would be performed in SSS Hall where Bonesmen dress in their robes and hoods. This information would be passed on to hedge-fund managers and private investors. The society conducts their prognostication rituals 4 times a year, at the start of every fiscal quarter. Within SSS Hall, the Bonesmen operate in a windowless chamber only accessible through a barely visibly notch in the paneling that allowed the disguised door to swing open. It is within their tomb and the nearby Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall that the Bonesmen perform their rituals. Skull and Bones' tomb is a grand red brick building in close proximity to New Haven General. In terms of magic, the reading of entrails is not so dissimilar to reading the future in the cards of a tarot deck or a handful of animal bones. These two practices can be used to predict anything from trends in the stock market, to results of sports games. Organs inspected include the liver, intestines, and lungs. Splanchomancy is the term used for human prognostications. Extispicy is the practice of using anomalies in animal entrails to predict or divine future events. Skull and Bones practice extispicy and splanchomancy. Famous Alumni: William Howard Taft, George H.Teachings: Practices extispicy and splanchomancy, divination using human and animal entrails.Motto: Rich or poor, all are equal in death.The following is information found in the final pages of Ninth House provided by Leigh Bardugo on the Houses of the Veil.

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