Part II The Road of Trials, Chapters 6-7 Summary

The first two chapters of Part II presents almost a pleasant picture of life and the inhabitants of the Territories as Jack starts his journey, until we delve a little deeper and see that underneath the surface political tensions are heating up.

Chapter 6 'The Queen's Pavilion' begins with Jack in the Territories and hitching a ride to the local encampment. He immediately understands that the people here have a kind of technological level equal to the middle ages, and that they speak in a language that he automatically understands. He travels without speaking to the driver of the cart and gets to the local encampment. What was the fun fair in his own world has now turned into a fair with wrestling matches, hammer-throwing, and jugglers around a large...