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these, to be a wife to Riva Iron-grip to found the line of Rivan
kings. His other daughter, Polgara, he kept with him, since her dark
hair bore a single lock of white, the mark of a sorceress.

Guarded by the power of the Orb, all went well with the West for
thousands of years. Then, on an evil day, King Gorek of Riva and his
sons and sons' sons were slain by foul treachery. One child escaped,
however, to be henceforth guarded in secret by Belgarath and Polgara.
On the Isle, the Rivan Warder, Brand, sorrowfully took over the
authority of his slain lord, and his sons continued to guard Aldur's
Orb and all were known as Brand.

But there came a time when Zedar the Apostate found a child of such
innocence that he could touch the Orb without being destroyed by its
fire. Thus Zedar stole the Orb and

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fled with it toward the place where his dread Master, Torak, lay
hidden.

When Belgarath learned of this, he went up to the quiet farm in
Sendaria where Polgara was rearing a boy named Garion, who was the
last descendant of the Rivan line. Taking the boy with them, they set
out after the Orb. After many perilous adventures, they found the
child, whom they named Errand. And, with Errand bearing the Orb, they
returned to set the Orb back upon the sword.

Then Garion, now named Belgarion for the powers of sorcery he had
shown, learned of the Prophecy, which revealed that the time was at
hand when he, as the Child of Light, must confront the evil God
Torak, to kill or to be killed. Fearfully, he departed eastward for
the City of Endless Night to meet his fate. But with the aid of the
great sword that bore the Orb of Aldur, he prevailed and slew the
God.

Thus Belgarion, descendant of Riva Iron-grip, was crowned King of
Riva and Overlord of the West. He took to wife the Tolnedran Princess
Ce'Nedra, while Polgara took the faithful smith Durnik as her
husband, since the Gods had raised him from the dead and had given
him the power of sorcery to be her equal. With Belgarath, she and
Durnik left for the Vale of Aldur in Algaria, where they planned to
rear the strange, gentle child Errand.

The years passed as Belgarion learned to be a husband to his young
bride and began mastering his powers of sorcery and the power of his
throne. There was peace in the West, but trouble stirred in the
South, where Kal Zakath, Emperor of Mallorea, waged war upon the King
of the Murgos. And Belgarath, returning from a trip to Mallorea,
reported dark rumors of a stone known as the Sardion. But what it