Chapter 8

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An hour later, we were all ready to head out. Gwamyr announced that he will be putting Gwaddyn in charge until he gets back. He then came down to meet us and we went to the stables. At the stables, we got 4 horses. Gwamyr's horse Cellyn, Belelia's horse Cebriviel and my horse Lirarwen. The fourth horse Is our extra horse to carry supplies. His name is Addraran and is very strong-willed. We tacked the four horses up and put our supplies on Addraran. Then we mounted and continued our journey westward.

At nightfall, we made camp on the borders of Gwamyrdale. Belelia and Gwamyr were both tired so I let them sleep while I kept watch. After a while I heard a faint cry of about a thousand crows. I strung my bow and nocked an arrow. A few minutes later the crows spotted us and started to dive-bomb. I woke up Belelia and Gwamyr while loosing the arrow nocked in my bow. I nocked another arrow from my hip quiver while Belelia drew her spear and shield and Gwamyr drew his sword. I killed about 50 crows when I pulled my next arrow, only to find that there was no arrow in my hand. I quickly pulled out my two knives and went into close combat like my colleagues. Once we killed the last crow, we were too restless to sleep so we ate a quick breakfast and broke camp.   

An hour later Gwamyr stopped walking and looked at his map. "We are now exiting my kingdom. There will be no safety beyond it's borders. were on our own now" With that he took a step forward and began walking through the prairie of Amorfiwiel, and bordering the prairie Is a  forest which is where our destination Lothwood is located.  



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