![]() ![]() ![]() He would have been handsome save for the baroque blemish that was now his right eye and for the somewhat grim twist to his lips. The hair was fair and finer than the finest Mabden maiden's, his mouth was wide, full-lipped, and his skin was rose-pink and flecked with gold. They had no lobes and were flat against the skull. ![]() His skull was narrow and long and tapering at the chin and his ears were tapered, too. And the last of the Vadhagh race, Prince Corum in the Scarlet Robe, was deep in love with the Mabden woman, Margravine Rhalina of Allomglyl.Ĭorum Jhaelen Irsei, whose right eye was covered by a patch encrusted with dark jewels so that it resembled the orb of an insect, whose left eye (the natural one) was large and almond-shaped with a yellow centre and purple surround, was unmistakably Vadhagh. Now the skies of summer were pale blue over the deeper blue of the sea over the golden green of the mainland forest over the grassy rocks of Moidel's Mount and the white stones of the castle raised on its peak. In which Prince Corum meets a poet, hears a portent and plans a journey ![]()
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