[A/N: Pawn of Prophecy is copyrighted by David Eddings. I do not own any part of it. I have condensed it chapter by chapter. I do not dislike this book. I am merely annoyed with it at times. Please don't get the wrong idea. David Eddings is funny. He just doesn't seem to believe in sticking to a storyline.]
Garion lives on Faldor's Farm with his Aunt Pol. His friend Rundorig pretends to be Kal Torak. Garion pretends to kill him. Garion almost kills him. David Eddings pretends to foreshadow. Garion goes to sleep.
A storyteller comes to Faldor's farm. David Eddings pretends he is writing his college thesis. Garion goes to sleep.
Garion goes with the storyteller to some village, and decides to call him Mister Wolf. Mister Wolf's true identity is blatantly obvious to all readers, except for Garion, even though he has probably heard the story of Riva stealing the Orb more times than we ever will. Mister Wolf is shocked to learn that Garion the farm boy can't read. Garion pretends to be Rundorig when confronted by a Murgo. Garion is stupid enough to be an Arend. Garion goes home and goes to sleep.
Garion almost drowns, but doesn't. He discovers that he has a stalker. The plot goes into hibernation. A Murgo comes to Faldor's farm for Christmas. I mean, Erastide. Durnik the blacksmith gives Garion a dagger for Erastide. The Murgo goes away. A new stable hand comes in the spring, named Brill. David Eddings starts to have too much fun with letters. Garion makes out with Zubrette. He actually does not go to sleep.
Mister Wolf comes back in the autumn. He and Aunt Pol have a long discussion about whether or not to take Garion with them. Mister Wolf tells a story about the Marags. It is mind dulling, mostly because David Eddings tries to turn it into The Odyssey. Brill threatens Mister Wolf. Durnik decides to flatten Brill's lungs. Garion, Durnik, Aunt Pol, and Mister Wolf go away.
Garion meets Silk and Barak. Silk instantly becomes the best character in the entire two series plus two companion books.
They reach the city of Darine. Silk lies and cheats some people. A Murgo named Asharak talks to Silk, but is really just there so that David Eddings can try to build tension. Silk starts to teach Garion the Drasnian secret language.
Aunt Pol somehow senses Murgos and a Grolim riding toward them. Garion apparently does not find this strange. They stop in a village. Garion sees Brill in the village. Garion tries to get Silk to tell him what's going on, but only succeeds minimally. Garion has the nerve to say that mind reading is impossible, when he's the main character of a sword-and-sorcery fantasy novel.
Aunt Pol doesn't tell Garion who he is. Garion decides that Aunt Pol is totally ruining his life. Brill almost kills Garion, but fails in the end. The reader starts to realize that there will be a near infinite number of failed attempts on Garion's life throughout the course of these books.
They go to Camaar. Garion learns his parents' names. Then he goes to sleep. Garion flirts with some insignificant girl, but is interrupted by Aunt Pol before he even steps up to the plate. Captain Brendig of Sendaria shows up, supposedly to escort them to Sendar, but he's really there for comic relief.
Silk tells Garion a story, and Captain Brendig corrects him every two seconds – thus completing his role as comic relief. Garion finds out who Silk really is, gets mad, and then decides he doesn't care. Lots of people have a big, pointless conversation. Garion decides that Aunt Pol has totally ruined his life