W T Svedin

Battle for Gigania W T Svedin

The Freedom Fighters, as they had begun to call themselves, had been training and preparing for three weeks. Leaving the children in the care of those too old or otherwise unable to go to battle, the Normatan Fighters, four hundred strong, joined the small force already in Gromhem. Now an army of five hundred an sixty four, they were ready, or at least they needed to be. Time was not on their side; they couldn't wait any longer. The majority of the fighters were men, three hundred and seventy four of them. They armed themselves with swords and spears and prepared themselves for hand to hand combat.... The women, one hundred and ninety of them, were more suited to the bow. They had an almost supernatural gift or skill. When the arrow left their bow it seemed to fly by the will of the archer. A hundred and ninety women with bow in hand seated on their horses, was a formidable sight. The Freedom Fighters were indeed as ready as they could be. ..."It's time," said Flynn. The members of the council stood in unison to show their resolve and their respect for the Noble of Normatan. Flynn knew little about the strategies of war, but what he did know was more than the children of Gigania. In many ways, in the ways that really matter, they really were children. They were naive about most things and their nature was innocent. But, that was about to change. The choices they were making and things they were about to do would forever redefine their character. ...."Tomorrow morning...we will strike so fast that the Luerods won't know what hit them."