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They named their two sons, Runnir and Gunnir, the sons of war and thunder, and their daughter Aluia, the goddess of peace and the waters. As their names portray them, the brothers warred with each other for the approval and attention of their parents. They were inseparable twins but constantly at odds with each other. One of their many fights accidentally brought about the creation of the worlds of the Universe, and the tears of their sister Aluia fertilized the first gardens when life began anew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaya was intrigued by this development and saw endless possibilities; Haeldrun was annoyed with his wife's distractions. Soon a rift began between the two original lovers that saw a goddess choose her new reality and a god skulk off to the darkness to create one of his own.   Now both sides strive to maintain the upper hand over the other. The goddess continues to try to reconcile with her love and preserve the Light and life, but Haeldrun refuses to back down on his demands. He commands that his wife snuff out all of her other interests and return her attention to him alone to prove her love and fidelity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, Haya schemes to win back her betrothed while striving to maintain the life she loves, and The Underlord schemes to create a blackness that will shut out all of her Light and destroy all that lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePuryn, the newborn son of humble beginnings, has no idea what his goddess has planned for him. The world known as the Ert has endured many dark, murderous days before his birth. Heroes of humankind and the elder races have defeated all challenges to the Light before now. Still, the Ert never beheld a force of destruction such as the one that Haeldrun has conjured and planned over thousands of years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis tome is the lore of Puryn, son of Durn, and of those unsung heroes who stood together against the darkest moment in the history of a world known to all who live upon it as The Ert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Champion of the Golden Queen\u003c\/strong\u003e is the first book in a series entitled \u003cstrong\u003eTales of the Ert\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302725235061,"sku":"9781733835503","price":12.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781733835503_1f079445-bb4f-4170-b2c6-ca77f5b86f75.jpg?v=1786024521"},{"product_id":"9781733835541","title":"In the Shadow of the Great White Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Goddess has won her battle, but her love, the Dark Lord, continues in his struggle for dominion.  Puryn wrestles with gaining control of his ravaged and lawless lands.  New smaller wars simmer in all locales around his borders as vile pretenders rise with claims of title and rights to foreign thrones.  Civil war and strife threaten to derail the fragile peace of neighboring kingdoms.  Evil seemingly survives and pushes to bring their Lord to the Ert to exact his revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new band of heroes is called to action as the new generation takes up the mantle of their elders.  Theirs is the task of bringing the King's vision to pass.  The teams are young, but they are the best that Yslan has to offer.  A tenuous future rests in the hands of the unproven few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Ert was a smoky, charred mess of disorder, chaos, and violence, and despite the gilded words of a victor's Scribes and Heralds, real people suffered in those first few years after the great reckoning of the Goddess. The official truth is always skewed, and seldom bears a resemblance to the reality of what happened.  Humankind is known to tell a good tale when the drink is good, or the lady listening is fair, or when the truth is too ugly to remember. Many times, a scribe takes poetic license with the events of man, washing facts with cleansing waters of prose and legend. More often than not, fairy-tales are not written for the children of men, but instead for adults seeking comfort in better memories of their past deeds. These prettier versions of the truth soothe the guilt of many past indiscretions. This tale is not one of those stories. 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