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that an ancient foe was no more. Then it was that He began His preparations to do
war upon the kingdoms of the west. But the signs in the heavens and the whispers in
the rocks told us that it was not as Torak believed. The stone was still guarded,
and the
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line of the guardian remained unbroken. Torak's war would bring Him to grief.
The preparations of the Dragon God were long, and the tasks He laid upon his people
were the tasks of generations. And even as we, Torak watched the heavens to read
there the signs that would tell Him when to move against the west. But Torak watched
only for the signs He wished to see and He did not read the entire message written
in the sky. Reading thus but a small part of the signs, He set His forces in motion
on the worst possible day.
And, as we had known it must, disaster befell the armies of Tbrak on a broad plain
lying before the city of Vb Mimbre in the far west. And the Dragon God was bound in
sleep to await the coming of His enemy.
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And then it was that a whisper began to reach us with yet another name. The whisper
of that name became clearer to us, and upon the day of his birth the whisper of his
name became a great shout. Belgarion the Godslayer had come at last.
And now the pace of events quickened, and the rush toward the awful meeting became
so swift that the pages of the book of the heavens became as a blur. And then upon
the day that men celebrate as the day the world was made, the stone of power was
delivered up to Belgarion; and in the instant that his hand closed upon it, the book
of the heavens filled with a great light, and the sound of Belgarion's name rang
from the farthest star.
And then we felt Belgarion moving toward Maliorea bearing the stone of power, and we
could feel Torak stirring as his sleep grew fitful. And finally there came that
dreadful night. As we watched helplessly, the vast pages of the book of the heavens
moved so rapidly that we could not read them. And then the book stopped, and we read
one terrible line, "Tbrak is slain," and the book shuddered, and all the light in
all of creation went out. And in that awful instant of darkness and silence, the
Fourth Age ended, and the Fifth Age began.
And as the Fifth Age began, we found a mystery in the book of the heavens. Before,
all had moved toward the meeting between Belgarion and Torak, but now events moved
toward a different meeting. There were signs among the stars which told us that the
rates had selected yet other aspects for their final encounter, and we could feel
the movements of those presences, but we knew not who or what they might be, for the
pages of the great book were dark and obscure. Yet we felt a presence shrouded and
veiled in darkness, and it moved through the af-
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fairs of men, and the moon spoke most clearly, advising us that this dark presence
was a woman.
One thing we saw in all the vast confusion that now clouded the book of the heavens.
The Ages of man grew shorter as each one passed, and the Events that were the
meetings between the two fates were growing closer and closer together. The time for
leisurely contemplation had passed, and now we must hasten lest the last Event come
upon us all unaware.
We decided that we must goad or deceive the participants in that final Event so that
they should both come to the appointed place at the destined time.