Awakening early Chelnuk asked Mendro where he could practice his archery.
"Not near the well," replied Mendro, "it is a problem keeping the water clean." Instead the owner of the house set him up behind a barn.
"Do you have a bow?" asked Kendra's son.
"Only an old hunting bow, it belonged to my father."
The bow was not very powerful but it could take down a stag at 200 paces. It would do for now as he trained the others along with Nimen, to be proficient in the ranged weapon.
Nimen came to meet him, "What is our new leader doing this morning?" he smiled broadly.
"I think we need to kill the giants before they get close to us. Like when you shot that one who was running away."
"But mine is a special bow, made from three parts. It was a gift from your father, he said angels had helped him make it."
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The Twenty Four
FantasyAs he was being birthed in the Bosom, Kendra was fated to be at war with his own kind. His ancestors, the Twenty Four, were good angels who had been deceived into creating progeny that would eventually be at war with all of the 'giants in the earth'...
