Ser Claudius

"To one side I saw a brownish Priest-King, very thin and angular, wearing the appearances of age but yet his antennae seemed as alert as those of any one of the golden creatures.
My arms and legs were bound with hands of steel to a flat, narrow, wheeled platform; my throat and waist were similarly locked in place.
“May I introduce the Priest-King Kusk,” said Parp, gesturing to the tall, angular figure who loomed to one side. So it was he, I said to myself, who formed Al-Ka and Ba-Ta