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    • Chapter 3: Part One — 2. Difficult Answers Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Linden Avery, accompanied by Mahrtiir, emerges from Revelstone onto a sunlit plateau, freed from the oppressive presence of the Humbled Masters thanks to Stave’s intervention. She grapples with the emotional turmoil of reuniting with Thomas Covenant and her son, Jeremiah, only to find them altered and distant, refusing her touch. Compounding her distress, Covenant warns that using the Staff of Law—her source of power—would erase their presence. Despite her doubts, she believes them, torn between her…
    • Chapter 2: Part One — 1. Reunion Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Linden Avery stands atop Revelstone’s watchtower, surrounded by companions who have sacrificed much for her—Stave, Liand, and the Ramen—yet she is oblivious to them. Her focus is entirely on the approaching riders fleeing the Demondim horde. Among them, she recognizes Thomas Covenant, her lost love, and her adopted son Jeremiah, whose mind has inexplicably been freed from its former prison. Overwhelmed by this revelation, Linden’s past struggles—her flight from the Masters, her journey with the…
    • Chapter 1: What Has Gone Before Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Thomas Covenant, a once-happy novelist, is devastated when he contracts leprosy, leading to the amputation of two fingers and the collapse of his personal life. His wife abandons him to protect their son, and society shuns him as an outcast. Struggling with impotence and writer’s block, Covenant experiences episodes of unconsciousness where he is transported to a magical realm called the Land. There, his leprosy and impotence vanish, but he dismisses the Land as a hallucination, clinging to "Unbelief" to…
    • Chapter 30: Part Two — 12. Find Me Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter opens with Linden Avery facing the oppressive judgment of the Masters in the Close, their collective animosity weighing heavily upon her. Supported by her companions, Liand and Mahrtiir, she approaches Stave, expressing profound gratitude for his unwavering loyalty. Stave, however, responds with a sense of finality, as if his actions have irrevocably severed him from his people. Linden’s emotional thanks are met with his stoic acknowledgment, emphasizing his commitment to her cause despite…
    • Chapter 29: Part Two — 11. The Masters of the Land Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Linden Avery awakens from a deep sleep, disoriented by dreams of Thomas Covenant warning her of danger. Initially mistaking Liand’s knocking for Covenant’s voice, she struggles to shake off her grogginess and respond to the urgency. Her alarm grows as she realizes her health-sense—her ability to perceive the Land’s vitality—has vanished, leaving her vulnerable and disconnected. Despite her frustration, she prepares to face the Masters, who have summoned her to discuss Anele’s imprisonment and…
    • Chapter 27: Part Two — 9. Pursuit Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Linden Avery endures the torment of traversing a caesure, a chaotic rift in time, experiencing unbearable pain and sensory disarray. Unlike her previous ordeal, she does not need to manipulate the Fall’s currents; the Ranyhyn’s instincts guide her forward. Covenant’s ring, a source of wild magic, anchors her amidst the chaos, preserving her identity and sanity. The absence of Joan Covenant’s madness in this Fall spares Linden additional anguish, allowing her to emerge into sunlight, though…
    • Chapter 28: Part Two — 10. Troubled Sanctuary Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Linden Avery enters Revelstone, the ancient fortress of the Land, burdened by exhaustion and the encroaching blindness caused by Kevin’s Dirt. Though familiar with the forehall from past struggles, she now finds it dark and disorienting, contrasting with the acute senses of the Haruchai Masters. The Staff of Law in her hands offers some solace, sustaining her fading percipience. As the gates close against the pursuing Demondim horde, she fears the impending threat of the Illearth Stone and the Keep’s…
    • Chapter 25: Part Two — 7. Aid and Betrayal Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Linden Avery is overwhelmed by despair as she confronts the consequences of her actions. Her son Jeremiah is being tortured far away, her companions have suffered due to her creation of a caesure, and the Staff of Law—which she hoped to retrieve from Anele’s cave—is missing. She realizes she had naively assumed the Staff would be there because of her own intervention in the past, ignoring other possibilities. Lord Foul’s manipulation becomes clear: by leading her to hurtloam, he set her on a path…
    • Chapter 26: Part Two — 8. “Contrive their salvation” Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Linden Avery and her companions, exhausted yet resolute, follow the Waynhim into a cave after healing one of their kind. The group, including Stave, Mahrtiir, Liand, Anele, and the enigmatic Esmer, is greeted warmly by the rest of the rhysh in a chamber lit by mystical fires. The atmosphere is peaceful, and Linden senses the nearness of the Staff of Law, which fills her with contentment. The Waynhim’s gratitude is evident, as Linden’s actions have validated their purpose, and the cave’s soothing…
    • Chapter 23: Part Two — 5. Against Time Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Linden Avery is engulfed by an overwhelming and paradoxical torment as she is pulled into a *caesure*, a rift outside of Time. She experiences simultaneous agonies: a sensation of ants devouring her flesh, an infinite white void of unbearable cold, and a desolate wasteland of shattered stone. Despite the unbearable pain, she remains conscious, unable to escape or succumb to madness. The chaos of the *caesure* defies the natural order of existence, leaving her suspended in a state where life and death lose…
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