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PROLOGUE

Being an account of how Belgarion's Son was stolen and how he learned
the Abductor was that Zandramas against whom the puissant Orb ofAldur
had warned. тАФfrom The Lives ofBelgarion the Great (Introduction, Vol.
IV)

Now, as has been told, in the earliest of days the Gods created the
world and filled it with all manner of beasts and fowls and plants.
Men also they created, and each God chose from among the races of men
those whom they would guide and over whom they would rule. The God
Aldur, however, took none, choosing to live apart in his tower and
study the creation which they had made.

But a time came when a hungry child arrived at Aldur's tower, and
Aldur took the child in and taught him the Will

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and the Word, by which all power may be used, in the manner that men
call sorcery. And when the boy showed promise, Aldur named him
Belgarath and made him a disciple. Then in time others came, and
Aldur taught them and made them also his disciples. Among these was a
malformed child whom Aldur named Beldin.

There came a day when Aldur took up a stone and shaped it and he
called it his Orb, for the stone had fallen from beyond the stars and
was a seat of great power, a center for one of the two Destinies
which had been in conflict for control of all creation since the
beginning of days.

But the God Torak coveted the stone and stole it, for the Dark
Destiny had claimed his soul for its agent. Then the men of Aloria,
known as Alorns, met with Belgarath, who led Cherek Bear-shoulders
and his three sons into the far East where Torak had built Cthol
Mishrak, the City of Eternal Night. By stealth, they stole back the
Orb and returned with it.

With the counsel of the Gods, Belgarath divided Aloria into the
kingdoms of Cherek, Drasnia, Algaria, and Riva, naming each for one
who had accompanied him. And to Riva Iron-grip, who was to rule over
the Isle of the Winds, he gave the keeping of the Orb, which Riva
placed on the pommel of the great sword that he hung upon the wall of
the Hall of the Rivan King, behind his throne.

Then Belgarath sought his home, but found tragedy awaiting him. His
beloved wife Poledra had passed from the world of the living in
giving birth to twin girls. In time, he sent Beldaran, the fairer of