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Gwawr y Lladron
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Series: Straeon Arswyd - Cymraeg a Saesneg - Horror Stories - Welsh and English - Bredevoort Van Den Berg, Book 3
HorrorMystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Bredevoort Van Den Berg
Published: Nov 17 2025
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.15 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: Welsh
GWAWR Y LLADRON - STORI ARSWYD - CYMRAEG A SAESNEG - HORROR STORY - WELSH AND ENGLISH - BREDEVOORT VAN DEN BERG
Yng nghalon anghyfannedd Ucheldir De Affrica, mae dyn o'r enw Willem Strydom yn darllen yr arwyddion na all eraill eu gweld. Yn feistr ar grefft y clo, mae ganddo'r gallu prin i ganfod y ffiniau bregus a wahanant ein byd ni rhag yr hyn sydd yn crynu y tu hwnt. Wedi'i lusgo o'i alltudiaeth gan ysbryd o'i gorffennol, gorfodir Willem i gasglu criw wedi'i hollti ar gyfer un swydd anhygoel olaf: i agor clo'r crypt Aurora. Ond nid yw'r nod hwn yn unig yn drysorfa olud; mae'n endid byw, yn anadlu, yn gaer seicig sy'n llyncu ac yn gwarchod y cyfnewidyn fwyaf afreolus oll, sef cof a chwant dynol.
In the desolate heart of the South African Highlands, a man named Willem Strydom reads signs that others cannot see. A master of the locksmith's craft, he possesses the rare ability to perceive the fragile boundaries that separate our world from what trembles beyond it. Drawn out of his exile by a spirit from his past, Willem is forced to assemble a divided crew for one final, extraordinary task: to open the lock of the Aurora Crypt. But this objective is more than a repository of riches; it is a living, breathing entity - a psychic fortress that consumes and guards the most volatile exchange of all: human memory and desire.
Nid oedd arogl ar yr awyr. Yr oedd ganddi wead: llwch mân a chwys breuddwydion yn pydru. Anadl yr Ucheldir oedd, a chariai Willem Strydom hi yn ei ysgyfaint fel clefyd. Safai ar gyntedd ei ffermdy dadfeilio, ei ddwylo, dwylo cloddwr beddau, dwylo datodwr, yn gafael yn dynn yn y canllaw haearn. Cynnes oedd y metel, ond nid gwres yr haul oedd ynddo. Tarddai o grombil y dur, twymyn araf annaturiol.
The air had no scent. It had a texture: fine dust and the sweat of decaying dreams. It was the breath of the Highveld, and Willem Strydom carried it in his lungs like a disease. He stood on the porch of his dilapidated smallholding, his hands a gravedigger's hands, a dissector's hands clenched around the iron railing. The metal was warm, but the heat didn't come from the sun. It seeped from within the steel, a slow, unnatural fever.
O'i flaen gorweddai'r mynyddoedd, nid fel clais, ond fel corff cawr o dan flanced borffor. Nid oedd y cwmwl a gasglai uwch eu pennau'n drwm gan law. Yr oedd yn drwm gan ddistawrwydd. Distawrwydd trwchus llaith a lyncai bob sŵn.
Before him lay the mountains, not like a bruise, but like a giant corpse beneath a purple blanket. The cloud gathering over them was not heavy with rain. It was heavy with silence. A thick, humid silence that devoured sound.
Y tu mewn i'r tŷ, gwaeth oedd y distawrwydd. Nid absenoldeb sŵn mohono. Presenoldeb rhywbeth fu farw ers oesoedd oedd, ond yn dal i anadlu. Y teimlad o rywun y tu ôl i'th ysgwydd oedd, er gwybod bod yr ystafell yn wag.
Inside the house, the silence was worse. It wasn't the absence of sound. It was the presence of something that should have long been dead, but still breathed. It was the feeling of someone behind your shoulder, even though you know the room is empty.
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