Answer:
What always goes to bed with his shoes on?
My first is a creature whose breeding is unclear. My second, a price you must pay. My whole can be found in the river of Time and refers to events of today.
The land was white the seed was black it'll take a good scholar to riddle me that. What is it?
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.
It is an arctic double breasted formal wear.
I build up castles. I tear down mountains. I make some men blind. I help others to see.