Possible Clues:

• Beyond what is normal
• Abnormal
• Extraordinary
• Bizarrely, learnt rapture is extraordinary
• Unusual pattern a ruler re-established
• Unusual seabird found in rural peat, flapping
• Abnormal resistance borne by male character on staff
• Very unusual bird eaten by creature, except head and tail, in China
• Pattern a ruler distorted beyond what's normal
• Extraordinary energy by bird splitting headless fish beside river