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Voran watched the abomination of the Great Changer fall apart and collapse back into the abyss. The knowledge came over him with the stamp of certainty, as the Father had said it would. He turned to Rogned and Alienne.
“The third of the three changers, the one called the Artisan. It seems he had a change of heart.”
“He sabotaged his own plan?” asked Alienne, uncomprehending.
“Yes!” said Rogned, understanding lighting up his features. “The evil ones never do account for the miraculous power of love.”
“The Artisan was always a crafter, a creator,” Voran told Alienne. “It seems that he created a simulacrum of life on Ghavan Isle. But the Father gave that simulacrum true life. She is named Adelaida, daughter of Mirnían and Lebía. And she loved her creator, though he was a creature of e
