Snow and the great stone beast breathing shadow fire (HotU II,3)   I am taking a new look at stanza II, sentence 3 of the Houses of the Undying vision triplets:   From a smoking tower, a great stone beast took wing, breathing shadow fire.   This is arguably the hardest to interpret sentence in the prophecy. Though it is actually easier than one might assume. You may be surprised. Let's walk through this step by step:   A smoking tower. A great stone beast