The Malloreon

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The Malloreon is a five part fantasy book series written by David Eddings, which follows The Belgariad. The
Malloreon is set in the same world as The Belgariad, but expands on several aspects of the setting, especially
the eastern continent of Mallorea.

Contents
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1 Works in the series

o 1.1 Guardians of

the West

o 1.2 King of the

Murgos

o 1.3 Demon Lord

of Karanda

o 1.4 Sorceress of

Darshiva

o 1.5 The Seeress

of Kell

2 See also

3 External links

[edit]Works in the series

1. Guardians of the West (ISBN 0-345-35266-1)

2. King of the Murgos (ISBN 0-345-35880-5)
3. Demon Lord of Karanda (ISBN 0-345-36331-0)
4. Sorceress of Darshiva (ISBN 0-345-36935-1)
5. The Seeress of Kell (ISBN 0-345-37759-1)

While the story concludes in The Malloreon, minor events occur in the prequels Belgarath the
Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress, which otherwise cover the history of the world.

[edit]Guardians of the West

Guardians of the West  

 Author David Eddings

Country USA

Language English

Series The Malloreon

Genre(s) Fantasy

Publisher Del Rey Books

Publication date 1988

Media type Print ( )

Pages 448 (paperback)

ISBN 0-345-35266-1

OCLC Number 17609325

At the end of The Belgariad, Garion has slain the evil god Torak and believes that he may expect lasting
peace. The first half of the book concentrates on the first eight years of Belgarion's reign, describing many
minor problems including Queen Ce'Nedra's seeming infertility and a civil war inArendia. All of these problems
are resolved without much trouble, their resolutions providing somecomic relief. The book also focuses on
the life of Errand, who is growing up in the Vale of Aldur as Polgara's ward. During his years there, Errand is
revealed to have extraordinary powers of extra-sensory perception that extend almost to the definition
of omniscience. This puzzles Polgara and Belgarath. During the same years, Errand encounters other
supermundane activity, most significantly a lesson learned telepathically from an ancient tree and two contacts
with people who will be important to his destiny.

Before the dawn of a particular day, Garion and Errand are both summoned by the Orb of Aldur to the Hall of
the Rivan King. Before either one can react the Orb suddenly glows deep red, and the Voice
of Prophecy warns them "Beware Zandramas!". Thereafter Garion and Belgarath seek to discover the identity
and purpose of Zandramas through records of ancient, dubious prophecies. Ultimately, Garion learns that he is
still a figure of prophecy and bears the responsibility of defeating the one who will succeed Torak as "Child of
Dark".

Subsequent to Garion's discovery, his regent Brand is unexpectedly murdered by assassins sent to

kill Ce'Nedra and her newborn son Geran. The assassins are traced to the Bear-Cult, a legion of ethnocentric
fanatics dedicated to reunification of the empire divided among the sons of Garion's distant ancestor King
Cherek, who consider Ce'Nedra a corruptive foreign influence. Garion later hears word that the Bear-Cult have
taken over several Alorn cities as their base of operations. In response, he and other descendants of Cherek
destroy the Bear-Cult, but are unable to prevent the abduction of Prince Geran by a third entity. When the cult
rising is put down, it is revealed that the leader of the cultists is actually the Grolim priest/sorcerer Harakan, a
servant of Torak's disciple Urvon. Harakan escapes shortly after the revelation of his true identity.

The military leaders are later visited by the clairvoyant Cyradis, the seeress of Kell, who reveals that the
kidnapping was carried out by Zandramas, the new Child of Dark. Garion is told that to find his son, only the
following companions must he take with him on the start of his quest: Belgarath, Polgara, Ce'Nedra, Errand,
Durnik, and Silk. Additionally, he will gather on his travels the Huntress (a Drasnian spy named Liselle or
Velvet), the Man Who Is No Man (Sadi), the Empty One (Mallorean Emperor Zakath), the Silent Man (Toth) and
the Woman Who Watches (Poledra). With these companions he must travel to the Place Which Is No More for
the final meeting between Light and Dark that will decide the fate of the world. When all objections are
overcome, the company assembles and departs.

[edit]King of the Murgos

King of the Murgos   

 Author David Eddings

Country USA

Language English

Series The Malloreon

Genre(s) Fantasy

Publisher Del Rey Books

Publication date 1989

Media type Print ( )

Pages 316 (paperback)

ISBN ISBN 0-345-35880-5

In this book, Belgarion and his fellow travelers take up the chase of his kidnapped son Geran. They learn more
about the murderous woman Zandramas and of her minion, a white-eyed Angarak named Naradas. During
their stay in Nyissa they recruit Sadi, a eunuch expelled from Queen Salmissra's court. Sadi convinces the
group to pose as slavers searching for escaped runaways as the Mallorean army ravages through Cthol
Murgos. When they enter the wastelands of Cthol Murgos, they are captured by the desert-dwelling Dagashi
and given the task of secreting an assassin through the Mallorean army lines. Eventually, they arrive in the
palace of the King of the Murgos, Urgit, and discover, to Kheldar's surprise, that his father had sired the Murgo
King while on a diplomatic mission many years before.

Urgit, upon learning that Kheldar is his half-brother, arranges for the group to travel south to the Isle of Verkat.
Before they leave the city, they find that the Dagashi assassin they are supposed to take with them is in fact
Harakan. Garion and Harakan duel with swords until Harakan realizes he is about to lose and resorts to sorcery
to save himself. The group then sails south. En route, their ship wrecks and they must travel to the coast on
foot. When they reach the coast, Toth tells them thatCyradis has pre-arranged for a boat to take them to the
island. On the island, they discover that they must travel to Ashaba. Before they can leave the island,
Mallorean soldiers come looking for them, and Cyradis, who must abet both Necessities equally, tells Toth to
alert the guards to their presence. This greatly angers Durnik, who believes that Toth, a trusted friend
especially to himself, has betrayed them. The book ends with the company's imprisoned and sent to Emperor
Kal Zakath's Imperial Palace.

[edit]Demon Lord of Karanda

Demon Lord of Karanda   

Author David Eddings

Country USA

Language English

Series The Malloreon

 Genre(s) Fantasy

Publisher Del Rey Books

Publication date 1989

Media type Print ( )

Pages 316 (paperback)

ISBN ISBN 0-345-36331-0

At the beginning of this chapter, Belgarion and his fellow travellers are brought to Mallorea. There Belgarion
meets Kal Zakath, the Mallorean emperor bent on destroying all opposition to himself. During their stay at the
Imperial Palace, Zakath and Garion become friends. When a sudden plaguespreads, necessitating quarantine,
the questing party escape the city so as to continue their journey.

While escaping the palace, they are joined by a traveling jester named Feldegast (actually Belgarath's 'brother'
Beldin in disguise), with whom they approach the kingdom of Ashaba. Problems arise when it is revealed that
the reports of demons in the country are true, as is the report of a Demon Lord named Nahaz, who has turned
the once deadly Urvon insane to control him.

Reaching Ashaba, Garion is tricked into believing that he sees Zandramas and his son meeting with Urvon and
charges into the throne room, to find that they were merely illusions. Beldin, on seeing Urvon and his man
Harakan, assumes his true form; this starts a battle with Urvon's forces, which ultimately results in
Harakan's death when Velvet throws a poisonous snake belonging to Sadi into his face, avenging the death at
his hands of her colleague Bethra. Nahaz faces the group of sorcerers and the Orb, ready to fight; but when
Eriond comes to stand with Garion, the Demon Lord flees, carrying the insane Urvon with him. The group then
continues east.

Travelling through the demon-infested countryside, and seeing horrors such as women impregnated by
demons (the births usually resulting in the mother's death), the group encounters Zandramas, who attempts to
coerce Ce'Nedra to come within killing distance. At the last moment the supposedly dead Poledra, Polgara's
mother and Belgarath's wife, appears and forces Zandramas to retreat. Poledra then returns Ce'Nedra to
safety, smiles at her family, and vanishes.

[edit]Sorceress of Darshiva
 Sorceress of Darshiva   

Author David Eddings

Country USA

Language English

Series The Malloreon

Genre(s) Fantasy

Publisher Del Rey Books

Publication date 1990

Media type Print ( )

Pages 384 (paperback)

ISBN ISBN 0-345-36935-1

The party continues their pursuit of Zandramas into the Melcene Empire, where they discover that the Sardion,
the polar opposite of the Orb of Aldur, was once kept in an undersea cove where traces of its power still
resonates in the walls.
Upon reaching the University at Melcena, Belgarath finds the unmutilated copy of the Ashabine Oracles, which
he has sought, and figures out that the party must go to Kell to learn of the location of "The Place That Is No
More". Garion, in the same book, sees that in his sole moment of sanity, Torak specifically addressed
Belgarion at the back of the Ashabine Oracles, demanding that if need be he should destroy the world, even kill
his own son, rather than let Zandramas complete her plans. This reflects a similar warning made by Cyradis
in Guardians of the West. Garion is stricken by the pain of Torak's request and ultimately must forgive himself
for the latter's death. Having achieved this knowledge, the group return to Mallorea and travel overland. At
some point thereafter, a suggestion is made that Torak's existence was an aberration and that another God
shall appear to take his place.

The party is recaptured by Zakath, who threatens to take Garion back to Mal Zeth with his companions
as collateral. At Beldin's request, Cyradis appears and persuades him to release the party, offering herself as a
hostage; Zakath does so and joins them on their quest. Shortly thereafter, Poledra appears in the guise of
a wolf, bringing with her an orphaned cub, and joins the travelling party. Her identity is concealed from both
characters and reader until the next book.

Urvon's Karand army under Nahaz and Zandramas' Darshivan army eventually engage each other in battle, as
do Urvon's Demon Lord ally Nahaz and Zandramas' Demon Lord ally Mordja. The demonsgo after Garion's
group, sensing the Orb's presence, but Aldur steps in and infuses Durnik with his own powers, increasing his
size. His hammer at this point is implied to partake of the power of the Orb, much like the sword of Riva Iron-
grip carried by Garion. The awesome power of the three defeats Nahaz and Mordja, banishing them back
to Hell, and causing Nahaz's final act on earth to drag Urvon into Hell with him. Aldur, before leaving, informs
Belgarath, Beldin, and Polgara that Durnik is "also my beloved Disciple, as he was the best suited of ye".
An amulet (the only one made by Aldur without the aid of Belgarath) is then bestowed upon the smith.

[edit]The Seeress of Kell

The Seeress of Kell   

 Author David Eddings

Country USA

Language English

Series The Malloreon

Genre(s) Fantasy

Publisher Del Rey Books

Publication date 1992

Media type Print ( )

Pages 384 (paperback)

ISBN ISBN 0-345-37759-1

The group continues to Kell, where they meet with Cyradis. As promised, the Seeress surrenders herself to
Zakath as his "hostage", and tells them that the next stop of their journey is Perivor, an island to the southwest
of the Mallorean continent. Here, they will find the last clue to their journey to the Place Which Is No More.

Garion's party and Zandramas's servant Naradas attempt to find maps in Perivor, a kingdom of
shipwrecked Mimbrates, that point the way to the Place Which Is No More. Naradas, disguised as a court
minister, delays Garion by sending him on red-herring quests, whereafter Sadi successfully poisons him. With
the aid of a Necromancer, they expose his treachery to the King and find the ancient map. The Place Which is
No More is revealed to be the High Places of Korim, an ancient temple of Torak.

The group sets sail to the Place Which Is No More, rests on the island there, and confronts Zandramas. A
battle ensues against her Grolim priests, as well as the demon Mordja, who now resides inside the body of their
world's last living dragon. To everyone's horror Mordja kills the blindfolded Seeress's guide Toth; but Garion
slays both the dragon and the demon with his ancestral sword.

The group then accompanies Zandramas into the Sardion's resting place, where Zandramas chooses Geran as
the next Child of Dark, whereupon Garion chooses Errand as the next Child of Light. Cyradis, still grieving over
the loss of Toth and unable to consult with her people, experiences a few moments of terrible panic for fear of
making the wrong choice, until Polgara removes her blindfold so that she may see with human eyes. Receiving
a final challenge from Zandramas, Cyradis ultimately chooses Eriond, causing Zandramas and the Sardion to
be changed into starsand transported into outer space.

The Voice of Prophecy explains that the events of the preceding books were the result of an ancient, cosmic
event that resulted in the Light and Dark prophecies, and that Eriond, the final Child of the Light, is actually the
original, true God of Angarak, whereas Torak was never meant to be a God. Zakath's personal guard soon
arrives on the Imperial ship. In the harbor, Barak, Lelldorin, Mandorallen, and Hettar arrive in Barak's ship, with
Barak's son Unrak tied to the ship's mast. Here, it is revealed that Unrak is his father's successor to the position
of the Rivan King's guardian, the Dreadful Bear. The sorcerers honor the fallen Toth by populating his funeral
slab with eternally growing flowers and sealing off the section of Mount Korim with glowing quartz and crystal
so that it may act as his tomb.

After leaving Eriond, Zakath, and Cyradis, the adventurers return home in Barak's ship, where it is revealed
that both Ce'Nedra and Polgara are pregnant. The story ends with Garion reading a letter from Zakath,
showing that Zakath has now married Cyradis and is witness to the social changes wrought by Eriond, while he
(Garion), Belgarath, and Durnik in the Vale of Aldur with Polgara as she gives birth to twins. This birth is
theorized by the gods to be the first "new" event that is not a repetition, as Polgara has spent thousands
of years helping to raise other people's children and has not, until this point, had a child of her own.