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The Golden Age was generally described to be a long and happy time, during which the Four Monarchs ruled Narnia well. After stamping out the remnants of the White Witch's army, the four rulers established good laws, preserved the peace and nature of the land, and encouraged ordinary people to live the lives that they wanted to.

Cardan grins at me as though we've been great friends all our lives. I forgot how charming he can be--and how dangerous that is. 

After Prometheus stole the fire and humans gratefully accepted the gift, Zeus decided to give humans a gift that would balance their acquisition of fire. He asked Hephaestus to create the first woman, who would be endowed with numerous seducing gifts that would plague humanity from then on. However, the natural gifts of Pandora were not the problem for humanity. The gods also offered her a jar that held within numerous evils, diseases and other pains. With the jar in hand,  One day, out of curiosity and not of malice, Pandora opened the lid of the jar, releasing all evils into the world. Shocked by what had happened, she quickly tried to put the lid back, only managing to trap Hope in it. This is how the ancient Greeks believed there was evil in the world.

“Aspargus is in season,” said Francis helpfully.

Nyx was almost too much to take in. Looming over the chasm, she was a churning figure of ash and smoke, as big as the Athena Parthenos statue, but very much alive. Her dress was void black, mixed with the colours of a space nebula, as if galaxies were being born in her bodice. Her face was hard to see except for the pinpoints of her eyes, which shone like quasars.

“It's a good thing one of us has some sense”