" How had a royal son of s’Ffalenn come by the abuse so cruelly marked into youthful flesh? The sight was an offence. Dascen Elur must have changed drastically in the years since the Fellowship sealed the Worldsend Gate for the cause of Athera’s drowned sunlight. "

― Janny Wurts , The Curse of the Mistwraith (Wars of Light and Shadow, #1)