part one -maragor chapter one her imperial highness , princess ce'nedra , jewel of the house of borune and the loveliest flower of the tolnedran empire , sat cross-legged on a sea chest in the oak-beamed cabin beneath the stern of captain greldik 's ship , nibbling thoughtfully on the end of a tendril of her coppery hair as she watched the lady polgara attend to the broken arm of belgarath the sorcerer .