The Color of Magic Close to the Edge / Chapter 12 Summary

How It All Goes Down

  • Terton, a lengthman like Tethis, hears the bells signaling something caught in the Circumfence.
  • He thinks he sees something moving in the distance but decides not to investigate.
  • This decision doesn't matter, though, because whatever it is comes crashing through his hut, smashing it to pieces.
  • Terton survives by clinging to the Circumfence.
  • Weeks later, he's picked up by Krull refugees, and after a series of adventures, settles on the Great Nef desert. Despite the negative rainfall, he still finds it "uncomfortably damp" (4.12.5).