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Five Great Charters knit the land Together linked, hand in hand One in the people who wear the crown Two in the folk who keep the Dead down Three and Five became stone and mortar Four sees all in frozen water.

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Garth Nix
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: July 19
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Melbourne
Australia
Garth Richard Nix
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Charters
Two
Land
Stone
Mortar
Together
Hand
Sees
Knit
Great
Four
Charter
People
Five
Folks
Crown
Water
Stones
Crowns
Keep
Wear
Folk
Three
Became
Frozen
Hands
Dead

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