Chapters 19-25 Summary

In Chapter nineteen, Belgarath continues to wander about the Western Kingdoms. He is captured in the Dryad Forest, but is eventually released and winds up once again in the kingdom of Nyssia, where he learns that Salmissra, a different ruler of the same name, is in danger of assassination by her eunuchs.

In Chapter twenty, Belgarath departs for the city of Mar Amon and remains there for nine years until Beldin finally takes him back to the vale. Belgarath resists, but Beldin tells him that the Angarak are coming across the bridge in droves. The Alorns are spread too thin to offer any kind of resistance. On their return to the Vale, Beldin warns him that Polgara will not be happy to see him.

In Chapter twenty-one, Polgara berates Belgarath for his long absence, then flees up a tree and spends...