Chapters 49-Epilogue Summary

In Chapter forty-nine, the marriage between the heir, Geran, and Ildera takes place. Belgarath wanders for a while before he learns that a rockslide has killed Geran's father. Suspecting Chamdar, he uses Drasnian intelligence to try and find him, but when he learns that the Child of Light is about to be born, he returns to the heir's home and finds it on fire.

Belgarath saves the infant from Chamdar, who had attempted to escape with it. He and Pol take the child to safety, and then Belgarath resumes the search for Chamdar. They find someone impersonating him in Tol Borune, and Belgarath realizes that the Drasnians have been watching the wrong person the entire time.

In the epilogue, five soldiers toss a drunken Greldik into cold water. They sail to Riva to deliver Belgarath's documents to Garion and Ce'Nedra, who...