CHAPTER 4
The Garrar FightFor a long while after this Bardek was reasonably content with his life in the mountains. He found as he grew older that there was still a great deal to learn, not only about the bowman’s craft, but about nature. More and more he would go off by himself, spending a great deal of time observing the creatures of the wild, tracking, studying, thinking.
Glidd spoke of taking him to his old Hunter’s Lodge that lay to the south in the foothills. ‘I’ve taught you all I know and it’s time for you to meet others of our caste. You are good with the bow, but you will find many who are better. The competition will be good for you.’
He told Bardek of the tournaments that were held, when bowmen from all over the mountains and the plains gathered at one or other of the lodges
