Summary

Chapter 6

It is two years later, and Artos’s group has doubled in size. Bedwyr is now his most trusted aide and confidant. Artos recounts various raids, his war tactics (take no prisoners), and the fact that his horses and his breeding program have proved time and again that he has some of the best horse flesh in the land.

During these two years, Artos added to his ranks a man named Cei, a red headed Saxon. He now counts him as his second lieutenant. After a two years’ raid, the group return to the monastery where Artos had spoken with Ambrosius several years before. They are given a hero’s welcome. The wounded are tended, and Artos takes notice of a young surgeon’s apprentice named Gwalchmai. Later, Lucien, the leader of the monastery pulls Artos aside and tells him that he...