The Last Dark: The climax of the entire Thomas Covenant Chronicles (Last Chronicles of Thomas Cove)

Time. But he’s
Lord Foul
. If I let him, he might spit in your faces. Or he might find a way to use my ring. I hope I can persuade him to relax. Maybe I can even convince him to think of me as something more or better or at least kinder than his worst enemy.
    “We all need time.”
    And possibly a teacher, he mused ruefully. If so, one of the Insequent might serve. The Theomach had certainly guided Berek Halfhand well enough.
    Softly Rime Coldspray said, “Though you conceal it, your hurt is evident, Covenant Timewarden. None here would choose to deny you. Do not take it amiss when I confess that your departure will sadden us.”
    With an effort, Covenant set aside his aching. He reached out for Linden’s hand, smiled at Jeremiah. “It isn’t permanent,” he said more cheerfully. “It can’t be. Our old lives are finished.” By degrees, his distress receded. “There’s no going back. You can’t get rid of us this easy.”
    Then a new mood came over him, one that he had not felt for a very long time; and he found himself laughing as if he were a man for whom laughter came naturally.
    Take
that
, he told his inner Despiser. And all this time, you thought I hated you.
    When he subsided, he said to his friends, “I can’t tell you how good it feels to know we can see you again whenever we want.” Still chuckling, he added, “But we won’t until we’re ready.”
    Linden gave him a smile that sang in his heart; and Jeremiah nodded awkwardly, discomfited by recognitions for which he had not prepared himself. Together they walked away in the direction taken by the Insequent: the Unbeliever and his new wife and his obliquely adopted son.
    And as they walked, spring rainclouds gathered to the southwest. In the distance, sudden showers streaked the air, falling like chrism to the reborn ground. Struck by sunlight, the showers returned a rainbow to the heavens: one bright instance of the world’s inherent splendor.
    When it faded, Covenant, Linden, and Jeremiah appeared to fade with it. But their silver lingered for a time, until the day moved on.
     
     
     
    Here ends
    The Last Dark
    and
    “The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”

Combined Glossary for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
    Abatha
: one of the Seven Words
    Acence: a Stonedownor, sister of Atiaran
    Ahamkara
: Hoerkin, “the Door”
    Ahanna: painter, daughter of Hanna
    Ahnryn: a Ranyhyn; mount of Tull
    Aimil: daughter of Anest, wife of Sunder
    Aisle of Approach: passage to Earthrootstair under
Melenkurion
Skyweir
    a-Jeroth of the Seven Hells: Lord of wickedness; Clave-name for Lord Foul the Despiser
    ak-Haru
: a supreme
Haruchai
honorific; paragon and measure of all
Haruchai
virtues
    Akkasri: a member of the Clave; one of the na-Mhoram-cro
    aliantha
: treasure-berries
    Alif, the Lady: a woman Favored by the
gaddhi
    amanibhavam
: horse-healing grass, dangerous to humans
    Amatin: a Lord, daughter of Matin
    Amith: a woman of Crystal Stonedown
    Amok: mysterious guide to ancient Lore
    Amorine: First Haft, later Hiltmark
    Anchormaster: second-in-command aboard a Giantship
    Andelain, the Hills of Andelain, the Andelainian Hills: a region of the Land which embodies health and beauty
    Andelainscion: a region in the Center Plains
    Anele: deranged old man; son of Sunder and Hollian
    Anest: a woman of Mithil Stonedown, sister of Kalina
    Annoy: a Courser
    anundivian yajña
: lost Ramen craft of bone-sculpting
    Appointed, the: an
Elohim
chosen to bear a particular burden; Findail
    Arch of Time, the: symbol of the existence and structure of time; conditions which make the existence of time possible
    Ard: a
Haruchai
; a Master of the Land
    Ardent, the: one of the Insequent
    arghule/arghuleh
: ferocious ice-beasts
    Asuraka: Staff-Elder of the Loresraat
    Atiaran: a Stonedownor, daughter of Tiaran, wife of Trell, mother of Lena
    Audience Hall of Earthroot: maze under
Melenkurion
Skyweir to conceal and protect the Blood of the Earth
    Aumbrie of the Clave, the: storeroom for former Lore
    Auriference, the: one of the Insequent, long dead
    Auspice, the: throne of the
gaddhi
    aussat Befylam
: child-form of the
jheherrin
    Baf Scatterwit: a Giant (woman); crew aboard Dire’s Vessel
    Bahgoon the Unbearable: character in a Giantish tale
    Banas Nimoram
: the Celebration of Spring
    Bandsoil Bounds: region north of Soulsease River
    Banefire, the: fire by which the Clave affects the Sunbane
    Bann: a Bloodguard, assigned to Lord Trevor
    Bannor: a Bloodguard, assigned to