[ Summonings. Gates. She closes her eyes, the words reminding her of how she and her husband Juba had opened up a portal to hell and unleashed a horde of demons upon the world. The thought makes her shudder, and she lets out a slow breath. ]

Perhaps this... rune you speak of had been broken up into pieces, and then put back together for the summoning.

[ Speaking from experience. Though aren't runes symbols? In her case it had been artifacts, stones. Broken pieces of the Throne of God.

She shrugs, trying to pass it off as nothing. ] Merely idle speculation, of course.