Chapters 7-9 Summary

In Chapter seven, Aldur confesses to his disciples that what really caused the catastrophe was set in motion a very long time in the past, when a star exploded unexpectedly, and destroyed its surrounding cluster of stars. This split the Purpose of the universe's design, and now one of the possible outcomes is for the universe to end in darkness. Aldur tells the disciples of the one named Belgarion, who will eventually be the one to stand against Torak. Beldin leaves to spy on the Angarak people, and Belzedar joins him while Belgarath goes north for business in Arendia and Tolnedra. He visits the Gorim of UL in Proglu on his way. Nearby, he and the she-wolf encounter Hrulgrin, a kind of predatory horse. The she-wolf is convinced that they are eating humans, and that they are hunting Belgarath. He is...