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knew not of the power locked in its azure petals.
It fell at last to Adian of Thalesia, mightiest and most
crafty of the heroes of antiquity, to solve the riddle. At
peril of his soul, he took counsel with the Troll-Gods and
made offering to them, and they relented and told him
that Ghwerig went abroad in the land at certain times in
search of the Goddess Aphrael of Styricum that he might
reclaim a pair of rings which she had stolen from him, but
of the true meaning of those rings they told him not. And
Adian journeyed to the far north and there he awaited
each twilight for a half-dozen years the appearance of
Ghwerig.
When at last the Troll-Dwarf appeared, Adian went up
to him in a dissembling guise and told him that he knew
where Aphrael might be found and that he would reveal
her location for a helmet full of fine yellow gold. Ghwerig
was deceived and straightaway led Adian to the hidden
mouth of his cavern and he took the hero's helm and
went into his treasure chamber and filled it to overflowing
with fine gold. Then he emerged again, sealing the
entrance to his cavern behind him. And he gave Adian
the gold, and Adian deceived him again, saying that
Aphrael might be found in the district of Horset on the
western coast of Thalesia. Ghwerig hastened to Horset to
seek out the Goddess. And once again Adian impereled
his soul and implored the Troll-Gods to break Ghwerig's
enchantments that he might gain entrance to the cavern.
The capricious Troll-Gods consented and the enchantments
were broken.
As rosy dawn touched the ice fields of the north into
flame, Adian emerged from Ghwerig's cavern with
Bhelliom in his grasp. He journeyed straightaway to his
capital at Emsat and there he fashioned a crown for
himself and surmounted it with Bhelliom.
The chagrin of Ghwerig knew no bounds when he
returned empty-handed to his cavern to find that not
only had he lost the keys to the power of Bhelliom, but
that the flower-gem itself was no longer in his possession.
Thereafter he usually lurked by night in the fields
and forests about the city of Emsat, seeking to reclaim his
treasure, but the descendants of Adian protected it
closely and prevented him from approaching it.
Now as it happened, Azash, an Elder God of Styricum,
had long yearned in his heart for possession of Bhelliom



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