Summary

In Chapter 11, the group passes by the city of Sidom, but Teancum refuses to stop there. Jim's opinion that Teancum is a “hard-nose” soldier continues to grow. Jim discovers that metal is precious so Teancum is the only member of the group with an actual sword. Everyone else has a club fitted with obsidian blades. They encounter a few people from the Amulon tribe who have become almost extinct after their ancestor rejected God then began persecuting Christians. There is a legend surrounding these people in which a woman gave birth to a half-beast child that had power to control the weather. Teancum puts a stop to the story at that point. Jim dreams about this beast and Jennifer that night. Teancum, realizing Jim is afraid, pulls his sleeping mat near enough to hold Jim in his arms while Jim cries. They arrive...