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- Subject: touching the orb/sorcery
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- Date: 21 Nov 92 23:51:50 GMT
- Organization: Penn State University
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- Yes, I am new to this net.
- Anyone that is without evil intentions may touch the orb. Not just those
- that were of the Rivan line. This is why those of the Rivan line had to touch
- the orb when they were babies. After growing up they would no longer be withou
- t any evil intentions.
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- As far as the mark being a mark of a sorceror, it was(sort of). It is whe
- re the power came out of Garion(sorry, I still think of him by that name.) It w
- as also a birthmark like any regular mole. Belgareth said at one point(when he
- was explaining Garion's lineage) that some of Garion's ancestors had the power
- of the will, but they had not discovered it. The power must be discovered by o
- neself in order to use it. Coaching helps, but I am sure that even Durnik had
- to discover it on his own.
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