 Niko can scry into the future to get a hint of what may come.He was able to See where Sandrilene fa Toren, Trisana Chandler, Daja Kisubo, and Briar Moss were in order to bring them all to Winding Circle.This ability of his is called on in "Sandry's Book" and "Daja's Book", then further described in "Shatterglass".