A loud crash drew Kallinvar’s attention. Young Arden stood over Ildris, who lay on his back in the sand, Arden’s sword pressed against his neck. Arden had come along quickly since they found him only two years gone. The last Sigil Bearer. Nearly four hundred years to recover from that night in Ilnaen and rebuild the knighthood. Physically, Arden was a specimen. His chest and shoulders were thick and broad, and his muscles were dense. By Kallinvar’s gauge, he was almost six and a half feet in height. As he
