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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 might be, other
than an object of fear, he could not say.
Then on a night when young Errand was visiting in the Citadel at Riva, he and
Belgarion were awakened by the voice of the Prophecy within their minds and directed
to the throne room. And there the blue Orb on the pommel of the sword turned angry
red of a sudden and it spoke, saying, "Beware Zandramasf" But none could learn who
or what Zandramas was.
Now, after years of waiting, Ce'Nedra found herself with child. But the fanatic
followers of the Bear-cult were active again, crying that no Toinedran should be
Queen and that she must be set aside for one of the true blood of the Alorns.
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When the Queen was great with child, she was set upon by an assassin in her bath and
almost drowned. The assassin fled to the tower of the Citadel and from there threw
herself to her death. But Prince Kheldar, the Drasnian adventurer who was also known
as Silk, saw from her garments that she might be a follower of the cult. Belgarion
was wroth, but he did not yet move to war.
Time passed, and Queen Ce'Nedra was delivered of a healthy male heir to the Throne
of Riva. And great was the rejoicing from all the lands of the Alorns and beyond,
and notables assembled at Riva to rejoice and celebrate this happy birth.
When all had departed and peace again descended upon the Citadel, Belgarion resumed
his studies of the ancient Prophecy which men called the Mrin Codex. A strange blot
had long troubled him, but now he found that he could read it in the light cast by
the Orb. Thus he learned that the Dark Prophecy and his obligations as the Child of
Light had not ended with the slaying of Torak. The Child of Dark was now Zandramas,
whom he must meet in time to come "in the place which is no more."
His soul was heavy within him as he journeyed hastily to confer with his grandfather
Belgarath in the Vale of Aldur. But even as he was speaking with the old man, new
words of ill were brought him by messenger. Assassins had penetrated the Citadel at
night, and the faithful Rivan Warder, Brand, had been killed.
With Belgarath and his Aunt Polgara, Belgarion sped to Riva, where one assassin