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Garion shuddered, the -shapes they had encountered in the City of Night co back to him with painful clarity

"Anyway" Beldin continued, "after the Battle of Vo Mimbre when Torak was put to sleep for all those centuries, Urvon went into the forbidden area around the ruins and ed to persuade a part of the pack of hounds that he was acting on behalf of old burnt-face He took theed theh he had to kill about half of them in the process Anyhow, they call themselves the Chandim -a sort of secret order within the Grolim church They're absolutely loyal to Urvon They're pretty fair sorcerers and they dabble a bit in s -very obedient and erous in packs than they are as individuals"

"What a fascinating little sidelight," Silk observed, looking up from a parchment scroll he had found in one of the cabinets

"You have a very clever mouth, Kheldar," Beldin said testily "Hoould you like to have ht, Beldin"

"Well, what now, Belgarath?" Queen Porenn asked

"Noe go after Zandra way behind, but we'll catch up"

"You can count on that," Garion said "I dealt with the Child of Dark once before and I can do it again if I have to" He turned back to Errand "Do you have any idea of why Urvon wants my son killed?"

"It's so he found in a book of some kind The book says that if your son ever falls into the hands of Zandra Whatever it is, Urvon would be willing to destroy the world to prevent it"

"What is it that Zandraarath asked, his eyes intent

"Harakan doesn't know All he knows is that he's failed in the task Urvon set hiarath smiled slowly, a cold, wintery kind of s down Harakan," he said

"Not chase him?" Ce'Nedra exclaimed, "After all he's done to us?"

"Urvon will take care of his to hiin to think of"

"Who is this Urvon?" General Brendig asked

"Torak's third disciple," Belgarath replied "There used to be three of them -Ctuchik, Zedar, and Urvon But he's the only one left"

"We still don't know anything about Zandras We know that Zandramas is now the Child of Dark, for exaarath," Barak rumbled "Why would Urvon want to interfere with the Child of Dark? They're on the sains to look as if there's a little dissension in the ranks on the other side"

"That's always helpful"

"I'd like to know a bit h"

It was midafternoon before the last fanatic resistance collapsed in the southeastern quarter of Rheon and the deh the streets of the burning town to join the others in the town square