This is not the face that launched a thousand ships because that’s hyperbole, kids. It’s time to finish up
Faust Eric!
Summary
Rincewind tries to get them out of the city, which only has the effect of letting the Ephebians in. They’re eventually caught and brought before a fellow named Lavaeolus, who is busy feeding the Luggage sandwiches. Rincewind tells him the truth about their being from the future. Gauging that the Luggage is intent on protecting Rincewind, Lavaeolus takes the wizard and Eric and the box and a few men down a secret passage and right to the center of Tsortean power, where he intends to nab Elenor and take her home. Eric explains that Lavaeolus is quite well known in history for winning this war and then taking ten years to get home. He suggests that they could tell him his future and save him the trouble. They get to the end of the passage and meet Elenor of Tsort, who is not what Eric was expecting, on account of her being a mother who’s older than h
Let’s get Faustian. (Literally.) It’s time to meet
Eric…
Summary
Death is tending to his bees when there’s a breeze in his realm and the sound of feet running and someone going on about how they don’t want to die. The Unseen University also detects this, but the Archchancellor falls asleep before getting anything done about it, so the Bursar tries to figure out what to do and settles on the Rite of AshkEnte. They summon Death, who explains that Rincewind is the reason this is happening, as he’s trying to get back from the Dungeon Dimensions (see: the end of