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| Titles | Dragon-God of the Angaraks, Child of Dark |
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| Race | God |
| First Appearance | Pawn of Prophecy, (mentioned) Enchanter's Endgame (appeared) |
Torak at Cthol Mishrak
Torak is the third of the seven Gods. His people are the Angaraks, and his is the only totem animal to be counted among the monstrous races (perhaps due to Torak's vain attempts to enhance the creature): the dragon. He wields the Sword of Shadows, the horrific Cthrek Goru.
The left side of his body, most notably his face and hand, are seriously maimed — burnt by the Orb of Aldur. Before this, he was apparently the most handsome of the Gods. His left eye, called The Eye That Was Not, continually burns with the fire of the Orb of Aldur. Beldin often referred to Torak as "Old burnt-face".
Alone among his brothers, Torak served the Dark in the War of Destinies. He fought them all in the War of the Gods, which he had brought about by stealing the Orb of Aldur; when almost defeated, he split the world using the power of the Orb, leaving the remaining Angaraks on one side of a new ocean, and their enemies on the other. However, this act offended the spirit of the Orb, and it struck him with its fire in retaliation. Establishing a theocratic, military culture, Torak drove the Angaraks to exploit and dominate the new continent of Mallorea, integrating the Dals, Karands and Melcenes, and also taking much of the western continent. His imperial ambitions were stopped, and he was rendered comatose at the Battle of Vo Mimbre.
Eons later, Torak was slain by Belgarion in the ruins of Cthol Mishrak, at what was originally thought to be the ultimate meeting of the Child of Light and the Child of Dark.
Torak by Zach Alexander
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