He is an engaging sort of rogue, however, quick-witted and vastly amusing. He is, moreover, a frequent drunkard, a glutton, and a patron of ladies who are no better than they should be. He is, as all men know, a thief, a liar, an occasional murderer, an outrageous braggart, and a man devoid of even the slightest hint of honor. It would be sheer folly to try to conceal the true nature of Althalus, for his flaws are the stuff of legend. Had he been completely sober and had he not reached the very bottom of his purse, he might have asked more questions about the House at the End of the World, and he most certainly would have asked many more about the owner of the Book. In defense of Althalus, it should be noted that he was in very tight financial circumstances and more than a little tipsy when he agreed to undertake the theft of the Book. And there he contemplated vengeance against the Light, and against his kinsman, and against Time herself.Īnd their sister watched, but said nothing. And then retreated he to his cold throne in the echoless darkness of the void. Now the Demon Daeva was made sore wroth by the encroachment upon his dark domain by his kinsman Deiwos, and eternal enmity was born in his soul, for the Light caused him pain, and the orderly progression of Time herself was an agony unto him.
And Deiwos marked that awful edge with fire to warn all men back from Daeva’s abyss, and then he rested there in his keep and communed with his Book while Time continued her stately march. And with a single thought made he a high keep at that edge which divides the Light from the Darkness and the realm of Time from that place where there is no Time. But in time Deiwos wearied of his labors, and sought him a place to rest. And he rose up to make all that is made, and his making brought encroaching Light into the emptiness of his kinsman, the Demon Daeva. And Deiwos looked out upon the Chaos and the Darkness, and a great yearning filled his heart. But Deiwos, the Sky God, awoke, and with his awakening, Time itself began.
Now before the Beginning, there was no Time, and all was Chaos and Darkness. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!! Who have made our lives so much more pleasant. Library of Congress Card Number: 00-109182 Originally published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., in 2000.ĭel Rey is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc.
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