In the Shadows of Greatness
Chapter 1
1352, Autumn
Rowan’s day started off the way it usually did: He’d done his exercise, ate a light breakfast, more exercise, and finally met his father in the training room for his daily thrashing. Garrev looked his son up and down from across the sparring ring and clicked his tongue in the usual fashion, disappointed. “She’s making you soft, boy. You should be cherishing the wounds you receive. Let each one be a lesson and a reminder of how to avoid it in the future.” He was referring, of course, to the fact that while his mother supported his dedication to his training, she also insisted on healing his wounds with her magic as soon as the sparring was completed.
