The Elenium is a series of fantasy novels by David Eddings. The series consists of three volumes:
The series is followed by The Tamuli.
The Elenium is Eddings' second fantasy series, and has proven to be quite popular.
Sparhawk, a Pandion Knight, has returned to his hometown Cimmura after ten years of exile in Rendor.
He finds his Queen and former pupil, Ehlana, has fallen ill, having been poisoned by Annias, the Primate (an ecclesiastical rank) of Cimmura. Queen Ehlana has been encased in diamond by magic performed by Sephrenia, the Styric tutor of magic to the Pandion Knights. The diamond will keep Queen Ehlana alive for up to 12 months while a cure is found.
To aid him on his quest, Sparhawk takes his childhood friend and fellow Pandion Knight Kalten, his squire Kurik, and Sephrenia. In a show of unity, the other three Church Knight Orders also send their champions to be his companions: Genidian Knight Ulath of Thalesia, Alcione Knight Tynian of Deira, and Cyrinic Knight Bevier of Arcium.
I didn't provoke you for nothing
You did not wake up without a reason
We try to aim to heaven
One piece out of time
One says: "our purpose is to be"
When one is lost to it's call
What if you have no way out
What if you have no safe floor
What if you're caught
What if you're gone
You do your best to sell out
A first class maneuver without a doubt
Containing the right amount of everything
And then the jump
A new deck of cards
But our hand only leads
A summit to another flaw
A summit to another fall