The leaders realize that Evanlyn is actually Cassandra, the King’s daughter. Meanwhile, Gilan arrives at the King’s camp. Will and Evanlyn successfully destroy the bridge, but a group of Skandians captures them.
Realizing they don’t have time to warn the King, Will, Horace and Evanlyn decide their only choice is to burn the bridge to keep the Wargals trapped. Another group called the Skandians is also working on the bridge, which will be completed in a matter of days. They discover Morgarath is using the miners to dig a tunnel and build a bridge that will allow him to move his troops down from the steep terrain of his lair and trap the King’s army. Will says they must follow the creatures to learn their plans. The youths see some Wargals herding a group of miners and beating one to death. Gilan goes ahead of the group to warn the King, and the boys and Evanlyn travel together. Gilan and the boys also encounter a young woman named Evanlyn who tells them the Wargals made a surprise attack on the area and are capturing miners. As they proceed farther into Celtica, they find deserted towns where people seem to have left quickly.
Gilan and the boys frequently practice battle maneuvers on their trip.
Halt sends Will and Horace (Will’s friend and a Battleschool student) to travel with Gilan to Celtica. The King asks Gilan, a Ranger who once served as Halt’s apprentice, to enlist the help of the Celts in the conflict. A banished Baron named Morgarath readies his army of mind-controlled creatures (Wargals) to attack Will and Halt’s kingdom, and he ensures that a set of spurious battle plans fall into the Rangers’ hands. Sixteen-year-old Will, an apprentice Ranger, lives with his teacher, Halt, and learns the surveillance and battle techniques of the secretive protectors of the kingdom.
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