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Phthor
by Piers Anthony (the sequel to Chthon)
version 1.0

PHTHOR (thor), form of English noun phthore, -ine,
old name for element fluorine; derived from Greek
phtheiro, destruction. 1. Armageddon, Gotterdam-
merung, Ragnarok. 2. A chthonic god.

Sector Cyclopaedia, з426

"Fluorine is the only element known which forms no
compound with oxygen."

Eliot and Storer, Inorganic Chemistry

Prolog:

Destruction
The only answer

F

Fluorine

Compounded with oxygen

Phthorine

Our essence

Inimical to the chemistry of life

Paradox:

Life is a horror

It must be expunged

Yet life must be cultured

A tool

To destroy life

Aton:

Half-minion

History of his coming to Chthon