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Aldur is the eldest of the seven gods. He takes no race of people, but has a number of disciples: Belgarath, Beldin, the twins Belkira and Beltira, Belzedar, Polgara, Belmakor (deceased), Belsambar (deceased), Belgarion, Durnik (in the Malloreon), and Poledra, as mentioned in Polgara the Sorceress. His totem animal is the owl; this is never mentioned in the primary story (though the owl is commonly associated with his disciples in various ways), but appears in the Rivan Codex.

After Aldur and his brothers create the world in which the stories are set, Aldur refuses to take a seventh part of mankind to worship him, leaving the ancestors of the Ulgos, Dals, Morindim, Karands and Melcenes Godless. Instead, he takes his disciples, prepending Bel- to their names. Polgara and Poledra are also counted among the Disciples, as is mentioned by the prefix Pol- being the feminine of Bel-. At one stage, Aldur also names Polgara as his Beloved daughter. The Disciples all at some time took residence at the Vale of Aldur, where each disciple has its own [[]]tower. Aldur also possesses a tower, wherein natural resources are apparently inexhaustible.

The Orb of Aldur is a powerful half of the stone at the centre of the Universe, polished into a roughly spherical shape by Aldur's hand, after it fell to earth. Torak coveted the stone; therefore he smote Aldur and stole it, causing the War of the Gods in which the world was cracked apart. The Orb did not appreciate such use; therefore Torak was maimed by the Orb's chastisement. After two thousand years, the stolen Orb was retrieved, and all the gods save Torak departed from the physical world. More so than his brothers, Aldur remained in spirit to guide his disciples and the course of the Prophecy of Light.

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