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believed it, too.

There was one Vadhagh, however, who was not sure. He
was unlike others of his race, though he had the same tall
beauty of form, the tapering head, the gold-flecked rose-
pink skin, fair hair, and almond-shaped yellow-and-purple
eyes. But instead of a right eye he had an object like the
jeweled eye of a fly and instead of a left hand he had what
appeared to be a six-fingered gauntlet of similar design,
encrusted with dark jewels. Upon his back he wore a
scarlet robe and he was Corum Jhaelen Irsei, who had slab
gods and been instrumental in banishing others, who
desired nothing but peace but could not trust the peace he
had, who hated his alien eye and his alien hand, though
they had saved his life many times and thus had saved both
Lywm-an-Esh and Bro-an-Vadhagh and furthered the
cause of Law.

Yet even Corum, burdened by his destiny, knew joy as
he saw his old home reborn, for they were building Castle
Erorn again on the headland where she had stood for
centuries before Glandyth-a-Krae had razed her. Corum re-
membered every detail of his ancient family home and his
pleasure grew as the castle grew. Slender, tinted towers
stood again against the sky and overlooked the sea, which
was all boisterous white and green and leaped about the
rocks below and in and out of the great sea caves as if it
danced with delight at Erorn's return to the eminence.

And inside, the ingenuity and skills of the craftsmen of

Gwlas-cor-Gwrys had wrought the sensitive walls which
would change shape and color with every change in the
elements, the musical instruments of crystal and water
which would play tunes according to the manner in which
they were arranged. But they could not replace the
paintings and the sculpture and the manuscripts which
Corum and Corum's ancestors had created in more
innocent times, for Glandyth-a-Krae had destroyed them
when he had destroyed Corum's father, Prince Khlonskey,
and his mother, Colatalarna, his twin sisters, his uncle, his
cousin, and their retainers.

When he thought of all that was lost Corum felt a return