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DAVID EDDINGS

GUARDIAN OF THE WEST



PROLOGUE

Being an Account those Events came to the Throne of Riva and how he
slew
the Accursed God Torak.

-from the Introduction, Legends of Aloria

After the seven Gods created the world, it is said that they and
those
races of men they had chosen dwelt together in peace and harmony. But
UL,
father of the Gods, remained aloof, until Gorim, leader of those who
had no
God, went up on a high mountain and importuned him mightily. Then the
heart
of UL melted, and he lifted up Gorim and swore to be his God and God
of his
people, the Ulgos.

The God Aldur remained apart, teaching the power of the Will and the
Word
to Belgarath and other disciples. And a time came when Aldur took up
a
globe-shaped stone no larger than the heart of child. Men named the
stone
the Orb of Aldur, and it was filled with enormous power, for it was
the
embodiment of a Necessity which had existed since the beginning of
time.

Torak, God of the Angarak peoples, coveted lordship and dominion over
all
things, for to him had come an opposing Necessity. When he learned of
the
Orb, he was sorely troubled, fearing that it would counter his
destiny. He
went therefore to Aldur to plead that the stone be set aside. When
Aldur
would not give up the stone, Torak smote him and fled with the Orb.

Then Aldur summoned his other brothers, and they went with a mighty
army of
their followers to confront Torak. But Torak, seeing that his