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Vila Restal:
Tell us about the Thaarn, Cally.

Cally:
It's the oldest story in the Book of Auron.

Vila Restal:
Well, let's hear it. I like a good story, meself.

Cally:
The story goes back to the mists of time, to the Dawn of the Gods. There were seven gods who discovered the planet Auron, and on it left the first man and woman. A million years went by. The gods returned. They were no older even though a million years had past.

Kerr Avon:
Not impossible, if they had a spaceship capable of traveling at near the speed of light.

Cally:
I did say it was just a legend. The gods returned and were pleased with what they saw, and they bestowed on the people of Auron great gifts: new types of crops, which ended hunger, constant peace ...

Del Tarrant:
And telepathy?

Cally:
- and telepathy was promised. But one of the gods was very jealous. He didn't believe that the people of Auron deserved all this. He was frightened they would one day become so powerful they would challenge the supremacy of the gods themselves. And in his rage, he killed another god. The five remaining gods were so angry, they built a chariot for him and sent him beyond the threshold of space and time. The mad god swore a terrible vengeance. He said that he would return again. He said that he alone would discover the eternal secrets and become the one great master of the universe.