The Grey King
“Somewhere out beyond the rock, thunder still rumbled and growled. The torches burned, flickering and smoky, on the walls.
Bran said huskily: “Was he the—the—”
“No,” Merriman said. “He is not the Grey King. But he is one very close to him, and back to him he has now gone. And their rage will mount the higher because it will be sharpened by fear, fear at what the Light may be able to do with this new Thing of Power.” He looked at Will, his bony face tight with concern. “The first perilous part of... the quest is accomplished, Old One, but there is worse peril yet to come.”
“The Sleepers must be wakened,” Will said.
“That is right. And although we do not yet know where they sleep, nor shall till you have found them, it is almost certain that they are terribly, dangerously close to the Grey King. For long we have known there was a reason for his hard cold grip on this part of the land, though we did not understand it. A happy valley, this has always been, and beautiful; yet he chose to make his kingdom here, instead of in some grim remote place of the kind chosen by most of his line.MoreLess
Bran said huskily: “Was he the—the—”
“No,” Merriman said. “He is not the Grey King. But he is one very close to him, and back to him he has now gone. And their rage will mount the higher because it will be sharpened by fear, fear at what the Light may be able to do with this new Thing of Power.” He looked at Will, his bony face tight with concern. “The first perilous part of... the quest is accomplished, Old One, but there is worse peril yet to come.”
“The Sleepers must be wakened,” Will said.
“That is right. And although we do not yet know where they sleep, nor shall till you have found them, it is almost certain that they are terribly, dangerously close to the Grey King. For long we have known there was a reason for his hard cold grip on this part of the land, though we did not understand it. A happy valley, this has always been, and beautiful; yet he chose to make his kingdom here, instead of in some grim remote place of the kind chosen by most of his line.MoreLess
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