Hvad sker der i slutningen af nordlyset?
Northern Lights (novel)
Lyra, Iorek og Roger fortsætter til Svalbard, hvor Asriel har fortsat sin støvforskning i eksil. Han fortæller Lyra alt, hvad han ved om støv: at det har skabt parallelle universer, at det på en eller anden måde er forbundet med død og elendighed, og at kirken mener, at det er det fysiske grundlag for synd. Han planlægger at besøge de andre universer og ødelægge støvets kilde. Pludselig skiller han Roger fra sin dæmon, hvilket dræber Roger, men frigør en enorm mængde energi, der river et hul i Nordlyset til et parallelunivers, som han går igennem. Fordi Asriel mener, at Dust er en ond kraft, beslutter den ødelagte Lyra, at det måske i virkeligheden er en god kraft. Hun sværger at stoppe sin far og går sammen med Pantalaimon gennem åbningen i himlen.
Northern Lights (novel)
Lyra, Iorek, and Roger continue onwards to Svalbard, where Asriel has continued his Dust research in exile. He tells Lyra all he knows of Dust: that it has spawned parallel universes, it is somehow connected to death and misery, and that the Church believes it is the physical basis of sin. He plans to visit the other universes and destroy the source of Dust. Suddenly, he severs Roger from his dæmon, killing Roger but releasing an enormous amount of energy that tears a hole in the Northern Lights to a parallel universe, through which he walks. Because Asriel believes Dust is a force of evil, the devastated Lyra decides that perhaps it is really a force of good. Vowing to stop her father, she and Pantalaimon pass through the opening in the sky.
Northern Lights (novel)