Beltira and Belkira are twin sorcerers in
David
Eddings'
Belgariad and
Malloreon series.
They begin life as
Alorn shepherds and became the third
and fourth disciples of
Aldur. Their primary task is the study and
interpretation of
prophecy. However, they do have other interests,
for example, they instructed
Polgara in cooking and are the resident beer brewers
in the Vale. They are also extremely competent mathematicians.
Their favorite color is white and their preferred animal form is a
pair of white doves.
They are two of four of the original
disciples of Aldur who are alive at the time of
The Belgariad. They are
known to be exceptionally gentle and patient men. This was of a
necessity when they tutored
Belsambar and in their later task as decipherers
of the Prophecies of Light. They are extremely close, and in fact
their minds are so closely connected they finish each other's
sentences. Beltira and Belkira's connection was put to good use as
the two of them spent many centuries deciphering the Mrin and
Darine Codices. Their bond allowed them to read the prophecies at
the same time and hence know when they hit a correspondence between
the two. As a result, 'the Twins' usually stay in the Vale while
the others go out to save the world. There have been a few
exceptions to this, such as the War of the Gods or the Battle of Vo
Mimbre.