Another puzzle piece is dropped. it was vague, but youre a clever . . What those secrets were not important to the tale . whats important to know . is that the thief stole my book. , while the thief didnt have malicious intent, he gave way to bloody . horrific coup . leaving countless bodies decapitated and viktor ruler of all land neath in the heavens since , since . I'll be with me, he says. He wants to bind his arm so he won't scream, but he cant because he is staring at him. Then he wants to throw his body over the edge of the river and hang it as bait for his lord. He asks how he survived, and he says that someone had pulled him up, tended his wounds, hidden him, but his arm had not been reattached until he woke. A bare number of valley people hid in the caves, and that is all he can say. It is amazing that he can still use his arm. He says that he could not be his father, because he had a wife, and the thief, too, could not have been my father, too. He also says that his son would have been eighteen now, if not for the events of fifteen years ago.