Eddings, David - Belgariad 01 - Pawn of Prophecy

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and for Arthur,

who showed me the way to become a man and who shows me still.

PROLOGUE

Being a History of the War of the Gods and the Acts of Belgarath

the

Sorcerer

-adapted from The Book of Alorn

WHEN THE WORLD was new, the seven Gods dwelt in harmony, and

the

races of man

were as one people. Belar, youngest of the Gods, was beloved by the

Alorns. He

abode with them and cherished them, and they prospered in his

care.

The other

Gods also gathered peoples about them, and each God cherished his

own

people.

of the Will and the Word and became a sorcerer. In the years that

followed,

others also sought out the solitary God. They joined in brotherhood

to learn at

the feet of Aldur, and time did not touch them.

Now it happened that Aldur took up a stone in the shape of a globe,

no larger

than the heart of a child, and he turned the stone in his hand until

it became a

living soul. The power of the living jewel, which men called the Orb

of Aldur,

was very great, and Aldur worked wonders with it.

Of all the Gods, Torak was the most beautiful, and his people were

the Angaraks.

They burned sacrifices before him, calling him Lord of Lords, and

Torak found

the smell of sacrifice and the words of adoration sweet. The day

came, however,

counsel. Put

aside this jewel which hath seduced thy mind from our fellowship."

Aldur looked into his brother's soul and rebuked him. "Why lost

thou

seek.lordship and dominion, Torak? Is not Angarak enough for thee?

Do not

in thy

pride seek to possess the Orb, lest it slay thee."

Great was Torak's shame at the words of Aldur, and he raised his

hand

and smote

his brother. Taking the jewel, he fled.

The other Gods besought Torak to return the Orb, but he would

not.

Then the

races of man rose up and came against the hosts of Angarak and

made

war on them.

came in. But

Belar and Aldur joined their wills and set limits upon the sea. The

races of

man, however, were separated one from the others, and the Gods

also.

Now when Torak raised the living Orb against the earth, its mother,

it awoke and

began to glow with holy flame. The face of Torak was seared by the

blue fire. In

pain he cast down the mountains; in anguish he cracked open the

earth; in agony

he let in the sea. His left hand flared and burned to ashes, the

flesh on the

left side of his face melted like wax, and his left eye boiled in its

socket.

With a great cry, he cast himself into the sea to quench the burn-

ing,

but his

people away to the east, where they built a great city on the plains

Mallorea, which they called Cthol Mishrak, City of Night, for Torak

hid his

maiming in darkness. The Angaraks raised an iron tower for their

God

and placed

the Orb in an iron cask in the topmost chamber. Often Torak stood

before the

cask, then fled weeping, lest his yearning to look on the Orb

overpower him and

he perish utterly.

The centuries rolled past in the lands of the Angarak, and they

came

to call

their maimed God Kal-Torak, both King and God.

Belar had taken the Alorns to the north. Of all men, they were the

most hardy

king.of the

Alorns, traveled to the Vale of Aldur to seek out Belgarath the

Sorcerer. "The

way to the north is open," he said. "The signs and the auguries are

propitious.

Now is the time ripe for us to discover the way to the City of Night

and regain

the Orb from One-eye."

Poledra, wife of Belgarath, was great with child, and he was

reluctant to leave

her. But Cherek prevailed. They stole away one night to join

Cherek's

sons, Dras

Bull-neck, Algar Fleet-foot, and Riva Iron-grip.

Cruel winter gripped the northland, and the moors glittered beneath

the stars

with frost and steel-gray ice. To seek out their way, Belgarath cast

ever after the

hair and beard of Belgarath were silver.

Through snow and mist they crossed into Mallorea and came at last

Cthol

Mishrak. Finding a secret way into the city, Belgarath led them to

the foot of

the iron tower. Silently they climbed the rusted stairs which had

known no step

for twenty centuries. Fearfully they passed through the chamber

where

Torak

tossed in pain-haunted slumber, his maimed face hidden by a steel

mask.

Stealthily they crept past the sleeping God in the smoldering

darkness and came

at last to the chamber where lay the iron cask in which rested the

living Orb.

It will not

be so used again. It reads our souls. Only one without ill intent,

who is pure

enough to take it and convey it in peril of his life, with no thought

of power

or possession, may touch it now."

"What man has no ill intent in the silence of his soul?" Cherek

asked. But Riva

Iron-grip opened the cask and took up the Orb. Its fire shone

through

his

fingers, but he was not burned.

"So be it, Cherek," Belgarath said. "Your youngest son is pure. It

shall be his

doom and the doom of all who follow him to bear the Orb and pro-

tect

it." And.Belgarath sighed, knowing the burden he had placed upon

Riva.

along

the secret

way to the gates of the city, and into the wasteland beyond.

Soon after, Torak awoke and went as always into the Chamber of

the

Orb. But the

cask stood open, and the Orb was gone. Horrible was the wrath of

Kal-Torak.

Taking his great sword, he went down from the iron tower and

turned

and smote it

once, and the tower fell. To the Angaraks he cried out in a voice of

thunder.

"Because you are become indolent and unwatchful and have let a

thief

steal that

for which I paid so dear, I will break your city and drive you forth.

Angarak

Three leagues to the north, Belgarath heard the wailing from the

city

and knew

that Torak had awakened. "Now will he come after us," he said, "and

only the

power of the Orb can save us. When the hosts are upon us, Iron-

grip,

take the

Orb and hold it so they may see it."

The hosts of Angarak came, with Torak himself in the forefront,

but

Riva held

forth the Orb so that the maimed God and his hosts might behold

it.

The Orb knew

its enemy. Its hatred flamed anew, and the sky became alight with

its

fury.

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andforArthur,whoshowedmethewaytobecomeamanandwhoshowsmestill.PROLOGUEBeingaHistoryoftheWaroftheGodsandtheActsofBelgaraththeSorcerer-adaptedfromTheBookofAlornWHENTHEWORLDwasnew,thesevenGodsdweltinharmony,andtheracesofmanwereasonepeople.Belar,youngestoftheGods,wasbelovedbytheAlorns.Heabodewiththemandc...

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