With such a unique style of writing, David Eddings has created a fantasy which is so good I almost never can stop reading it.
I've read 4 of the 5 books and I'm 3/4 of the way through the 5th. So far, Mister Wolf (Belgarath) has come to Fulrach's farm and taken Aunt Pol (Polgara) and Garion (King of Riva, soon to be Belgarion).
Garion has met Silk (Prince Kheldar of Drasnia) and Barak (Earl of someplace in Cherek) at the beginning of his adventures, then he met Ce'Nedra (Princess of Tolnedra and Garion's destined wife, so she'll be Queen of Riva)