Science Fiction & Fantasy Asked on May 7, 2021
I read this book back in high school (around 2001-2002) and for the life of me I can NOT remember it. I hope someone can help. The things I do remember are the following.
Please help, if you can.
This might be David Gemmel's Knights of Dark Renown.
Once the legendary knights of the Gabala defended the nine duchies. Their hearts were beautiful; their armor was beyond compare. They were greater than princes, more than men.
But they were gone, disappeared through a demon-haunted gateway between worlds. Only one held back -- Manannan, whose every instinct told him to stay. Now he was the coward knight, and in torment.
Murder and black magic beset the land. Rumors circulated that the king was enchanted, changed, that his soul was dead . . . and that a reign of terror was about to begin.
Now Manannan realized he would have to face his darkest fears: he had no choice but to ride through that dreaded gate and seek out his vanished companions. And the secret he would learn there would tear his soul apart . . .
This Reddit thread mentions the beard situation:
Manannan in Gemmell's Knights of Dark Renown. Come close to choking to death from his enchanted helmet as his beard grew beneath the restrictive (and immovable) neck armour. It wasn't the original intent, but it ended up that way.
Searching in Google Books, gold magic is mentioned as part of the spectrum.
He closed his eyes, drawing the Yellow to him and feeling its warmth. His body lost all sensation of weight, and he seemed to be floating effortlessly in a wrm sea, slowly rolling over and over yet rising into the glow above. Often he had reached this stage, but mostly he remained a little below it, bathing in the Yellow. Tonight he rose and rose, seeking the Color of his life. The Yellow deepened into Gold, and his eyes snapped open to see that the sky was ablaze with color: Red, Green, White, Blue, Black, Violet — and Gold.
....
"... You walk the Gold, Lámfhada, and that is rare. It is special. All the Colors are subject to the Gold, and it is part of the great harmony that when the Colors are threatened, the Gold shines..."
Answered by FuzzyBoots on May 7, 2021
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