Chapter 2: Kaelen's first battle

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Kaelen was not seen by men, though he walked among them. To the smiths of the desert valley he was a whisper at the edge of their fire, a rhythm felt more than heard. But when raiders came riding down from the high ridges — ironless men with hunger in their eyes — the valley called upon no gods, only the ringing of their forges.