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THE PALADIN OK THE MCHT
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Copyright C 1989 by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
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Book One
THE BOOK OF THE IMMORTALS 1
Chapter 1
*!l1┬╗e theories about the creation of the world of Sularin num-
,: bered the same as the Gods who kept it in motion. The
followers of Benario, God of Thieves, were firm in their belief
. that their God stole the world from Sul, who had been going to set it as
another jewel in the firmament. Uevin's worshipers portrayed Sul as a
craftsman, holding calipers and a T
, square in his hand and spending his spare time considering
;ihe nature of the dodecahedron. Quar taught that Sul molded the world from a
lump of clay, used the sun to bake it, then bathed it with his tears when he
was finished. Akhran told his followers nothing at all. The Wandering God
hadn't the least
тАв interest in the creation of the world. That it was here and now was enough
for him. Consequently each Sheykh had his own view, handed down from
great-great-grandfather to great-grandfather to grandfather to father to son.
Each Sheykh's view was the right one, all others were wrong, and it was a
mat-;'ter over which blood had been spilled on countless occasions. ~ in
the Emperor's court in Khandar, renowned for advanced thought, learned men and
women spent long hours , debating the differing theories and even longer hours
prov-;-,ing, eventually, that Quar's teachings were undoubtedly the v inost
scientific. Certainly it was the only theory to explain 'adequately the
phenomenon of the Kurdin SeaтАФan ocean of '^arft water populated with seagoing
fish and completely surrounded on all sides by desert. ;1:.- The landlocked
Kurdin Sea was populated by other things,
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too; dark and shadowy things that the learned men and women, living in the
safety and comfort of the court of Khandar, saw only in their sleep or in
fevered delirium. One of these dark things (and not the darkest by any means)
was Quar's minion, Kaug.
Three figures, standing on the shore of the sea, were discussing this very