"David Eddings - Malloreon 1 Guardians of the West" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

Angaraks must
be defeated, raised the Orb and used its power to crack the world and
bring
in the Sea of the East to divide him from his enemies.

But the Orb was angered that Torak should use it thus and it lashed
him
with a fire whose agony could not be quenched.
Torak's left hand was burned away, his left cheek was seared in the
arts of
sorcery and charred, and his left eye took flame and was ever after
filled
with the fire of the Orb's wrath.

In agony, Torak led his people into the wastelands of Mallorea, and
his
people built him a city in Cthol Mishrak, which was called the City
of
Night, for Torak hid it under an endless cloud. There, in a tower of
iron,
Torak contended with the Orb, trying in vain to quell its hatred for
him.

Thus it endured for two thousand years. Then Cherek Bear-Shoulders,
King of
the Alorns, went down to the Vale of Aldur to tell Belgarath the
Sorcerer
that the northern way was clear. Together they left the Vale with
Cherek's
three mighty sons, Dras Bull-neck, Algar Fleet-foot and Riva
Irongrip. They
stole through the marches, with Belgarath taking the form of a wolf
to
guide them, and they crossed over into Mallorea. By night, they stole
into
Torak's iron tower. And while the maimed God tossed in pain-haunted
slumber, they crept to the room where he kept the Orb locked in an
iron
casket. Riva Iron-grip, whose heart was without ill intent, took up
the
Orb, and they left for the West.

Torak waked to find the Orb gone and he pursued them.

But Riva lifted up the Orb, and its angry flame filled Torak with
fear.
Then the company passed from Mallorea and returned to their own
lands.

Belgarath divides Aloria into four kingdoms. Over three he set