Din-Gonwy, cantref of Rhôs, North Wales, 835 AD
Din-Gonwy, cantref of Rhôs, North Wales, 835 ADExtremely anxious, Alun held his breath as Myrddin laid the scabbard across his knees and watched the aquiline features assume a rapt expression. The seer began to rock gently from the waist and uttered a low moan as if in the grip of ecstasy. Like a bard of old, he chanted a mysterious rhyme:
Just as tales of history are told
Just as tales of history are toldBefore the events themselves unfold
Before the events themselves unfoldSo, the artist creates in garnet and gold
So, the artist creates in garnet and goldWhat the eye must yet behold.
What the eye must yet behold.Thus, some ancient power spoke through Myrddin, confounding Alun’s fear of the seer’s wrath after his unwitting complicity i
