Chapters 16-18 Summary

In Chapter sixteen, upon their return to the western continent, Aldur appears and tells Belgarath that the Gods must depart or risk destroying the world in their fight against Torak. The final conflict is to be decided by the Child of Light, who will descend from Riva. The second age has ended, and the third age is the age of prophecy. Belgarath wishes to return to Poledra, but must first divide up the Alorn kingdom into four separate ones. Dras is sent to Val Alorn, Algar is sent to grasslands in the west, and Cherek is send to a peninsula from where his kingdom will guard the last, Riva's, set upon the Isle of Winds. He personally accompanies Riva to the Isle, but after the Alorns arrive they burn all of their boats in celebration, leaving Belgarath temporarily stranded.

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