Chapter 19
The Fall of Ghavan
One morning, a week after his encounter with Gamayun, Antomír worked alongside the other young men at the shipyard. Shipwright Siloán had decided that this year, he would make three new “branches” for the village. That was the humorous name he gave to the small one-man boats carved out of ash. Ghavan Town had at least twenty branches, but several of them were crumbling at the edges, and Siloán was restless for spring work after the winter, short though it was.
Otar Yustav, knowing the backbreaking nature of the work, had asked the young men to come and donate their time to the shipwright. Antomír had been the first to agree. It had been several years since he had helped at this work. He could use the practice. Next year, he would try to do one himself, he d
