"The first High King after the Great Cataclysm," Cuthbert tells him. "Which was the great war the Old Ones caused, ye ken."

"The ways of the Old Ones were the ways of death, it's said," Susan mutters, and Cuthbert nods. "Aye, and I've not seen anything ever to make me think different."

"He established the line of Eld, created the Affiliation, and began to bring the world back together. Most of the gunslingers are - were - descended from him or his knights."