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The eighty-first Lord of Stormhold is on his deathbed when the novel begins. He’s been ruling for centuries and thinks highly of himself—and he thinks less of his sons, whom he believes are soft and haven’t suffered as much as he has. To resolve the question of which son will succeed him, the Lord of Stormhold throws the Power of Stormhold—a topaz stone on a silver chain, which belongs to the rightful ruler of Stormhold—into the sky, where it knocks Yvaine from her place among the stars and causes her to fall to Earth. He dies immediately after.
The Eighty-First Lord of Stormhold Quotes in Stardust
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Chapter 3
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Privately, the eighty-first lord had hoped that by the time his end came upon him, six of the seven young lords at Stormhold would be dead, and but one still alive. That one would be the eighty-second Lord of Stormhold and Master of the High Crags; it was, after all, how he had attained his own title several hundred years before.
But the youth of today were a pasty lot, with none of the get-up-and-go, none of the vigor and vim that he remembered from the days when he was young...
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The Eighty-First Lord of Stormhold Quotes in Stardust
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Chapter 3
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Privately, the eighty-first lord had hoped that by the time his end came upon him, six of the seven young lords at Stormhold would be dead, and but one still alive. That one would be the eighty-second Lord of Stormhold and Master of the High Crags; it was, after all, how he had attained his own title several hundred years before.
But the youth of today were a pasty lot, with none of the get-up-and-go, none of the vigor and vim that he remembered from the days when he was young...
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