And in mortal Absalom, the Starstone is visibly much diminished in size and brilliance; for Carissa Sevar has seized of it almost all the power that Aroden did not take for Himself, and nearly all of Achaekek's remaining energies beside.

And in mortal Absalom, the Starstone is visibly much diminished in size and brilliance; for Carissa Sevar has seized of it almost all the power that Aroden did not take for Himself, and nearly all of Achaekek's remaining energies beside.