Chapter Twenty
"Brutal warriors are the barbarians of the land called Ventra, known as the Archigos. They are renowned for their ferocious battle prowess that is most often accompanied by a lengthy state of madness in which the warrior is possessed by their vulgar gods and induced to perform unspeakable acts against mankind."
-The Teachings of Ak; Volume II
The lazy sun slowly rose out of the east to spill its warming rays into the valley. A large flock of brown and white geese flew overhead, their loud calls breaking the gentle quiet of a newborn day. They followed a winding dirt path through dry grass that had started to bow to the creeping fall. No human voices could be heard-only the clattering jabber of hundreds of birds hiding in tall meadow grass. A bull elk screamed out to his h
