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Alderic, Knight of the Order of the City and the Assault, hereditary Guardian of the King's Peace of Mind, a man not unremembered among makers of myth, pondered so long upon the Gibbelins' hoard that by now he deemed it his. ALDRIC KNIGHT OF THE ORDER OF THE CITY AND THE ASSAULT HEREDITARY GUARDIAN OF THE KING'S PEACE OF MIND A MAN NOT UNREMEMBERED AMONG MAKERS OF MYTH PONDERED SO LONG UPON THE GIBBELLON'S HOARD THAT BY NOW HE DEEMED IT HIS
ognita, to the lands we know, by a bridge. Their hoard is beyond reason; avarice has no use for it; they have a separate cellar for emeralds and a separate cellar for sapphires; they have filled a hole with gold and dig it up when they need it. And the only use that is known for their ridiculous wealth is to attract to their larder a continual supply of food. In times of famine they have even been known to scatter rubies abroad, a little trail of them to some city of Man, and sure enough their larders would soon be full again. Their tower stands on the other side of that river known to Homer--_ho rhoos okeanoio_, as he called it--which surrounds the world. And where the river is narrow and fordable the tower was built by the Gibbelins' gluttonous sires, for they liked to see burglars rowing easily to their steps. Some nourishment that common soil has not the huge trees drained there with their colossal roots from both banks of the river. There the Gibbelins lived and discreditably fed.  IS JOINED TO TARRA COGNITA TO THE LANDS WE KNOW BY A BRIDGE THEIR HOARD IS BEYOND REASON AVARICE HAS NO USE FOR IT THEY HAVE A SEPARATE CELLAR FOR EMERALDS AND A SEPARATE CELLAR FOR SAPPHIRES THEY HAVE FILLED A HOLE WITH GOLD AND DIG IT UP WHEN THEY NEED IT AND THE ONLY USE THAT IS KNOWN FOR THEIR RIDICULOUS WEALTH IS TO ATTRACT TO THEIR LARDER A CONTINUAL SUPPLY OF FOOD IN TIMES OF FAMINE THEY HAVE EVEN BEEN KNOWN TO SCATTER RUBIES ABROAD A LITTLE TRAIL OF THEM TO SOME CITY OF MAN AND SURE ENOUGH THEIR LARDERS WOULD SOON BE FULL AGAIN THERE TOWERS STANDS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT RIVER KNOWN TO HOMER HORUS OCEANOIO AS HE CALLED IT WHICH SURROUNDS THE WORLD AND WHERE THE RIVER IS NARROW AND FORDABLE THE TOWER WAS BUILT BY THE GIBBELLON'S GLUTTONOUS SIRES FOR THEY LIKED TO SEE BURGLARS ROWING EASILY TO THEIR STEPS SOME NOURISHMENT THAT COMMON SOIL HAS NOT THE HUGE TREES DRAINED THERE WITH THEIR COLOSSAL ROOTS FROM BOTH BANKS OF THE RIVER THERE THE GIBBELLONS LIVED AND DISCREDITABLY FED
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