[A/N: Magician's Gambit is copyright by David Eddings. I am responsible for no part of the original work. Please do not come to the conclusion that I dislike this book, because that would be false. I do not own any part of The Lion King, The Sixth Sense, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, or Belgarath the Sorcerer.]

PART TWO: THE VALE OF ALDUR

Chapter Seven

Some random people rob the troupe of ten bags of gravel. It snows. Brill shows up for no particular reason, other than to prove his absolute ubiquity. The reader starts to get REM.

Chapter Eight

Garion somehow finds a convenient cave hidden in the mountains. One of the mares gives birth to a foal, but it dies. Garion brings it back to life. This actually has significance. But nobody knows it yet.

Chapter Nine

Belgarath starts to teach Garion Sorcery For Dummies. Garion and Ce'Nedra yell at each other to build the main character romance subplot.

Chapter Ten

The troupe arrives in the Vale of Aldur. Ce'Nedra meets the Tree and tries to bond spiritually with it. Belgarath continues to teach Garion sorcery.

Chapter Eleven

Aldur has a business meeting with Belgarath and Polgara. Garion and Ce'Nedra continue to build their subplot. Garion tries to do some sorcery and ends up burying himself in the group up to his armpits. Silk, Hettar, and the reincarnated colt all laugh at his misfortune.

Chapter Twelve

Beltira, Belkira, and Beldin show up. This is so that Beldin can tell Belgarath that Zedar the Apostate has moved Torak to Cthol Mishrak in Mallorea. This is so that David Eddings can put in lots of filler when they have to go to Mallorea later.