“Might not any god rule? I have heard of gods who were not of the Dûs, nor, I believe, of the Eir.”
“Such gods, if they exist, are but lesser beings—except for Dagha, of course. There are the seven Dûs, the seven Eir, and the God of Time who created them all; these are the fifteen great gods, and you may be sure that one of these will represent the world’s new age.”
“This is the Thirteenth Age; the Fourteenth is soon to begin; but there are only fifteen of these higher gods. What will happen when each has ruled for an age?”
“Perhaps they will start over.”
Garth sat back and considered that. The whole system sounded rather haphazard; ages of varying length, in no known order? Only fifteen possible rulers? Interesting as it might be, and despite the seeming appropriateness of describing
