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The Early Years · years before The Ruins of Gorlan

The Tournament at Gorlan

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A prequel with young Halt and Crowley, before Will. Best read after the main series

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Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

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AfterThe Battle of Hackham Heath
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Quick recap

Years before Will, Baron Morgarath is scheming to take the throne. He keeps King Oswald at Castle Gorlan, accuses Prince Duncan of poisoning his father and starts pushing out the veteran Rangers. Halt and Crowley hear that Duncan is raiding villages and discover he's an impostor, Tiller. Intercepted messages reveal the real Duncan is held at Castle Wildriver. The two gather the dismissed Rangers, Baron Arald and old Pritchard, Halt's mentor. At the tournament at Gorlan, Morgarath unseats Arald with a hidden killing lance, but Duncan, in disguise, steps in and disarms him. King Oswald arrives and exposes the stolen royal seal. Morgarath holes up in his castle and escapes through a secret passage into the Mountains of Rain and Night. Pritchard dies trying to stop him.

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Trivia

  1. Behind the scenesBack in time

    Published in 2015, two years after The Royal Ranger, it launched The Early Years prequel series.

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  2. ReferenceHalt's mentor

    Halt was trained by Pritchard, a veteran Ranger whom Morgarath had driven out of the Corps.

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  3. ReferenceFamiliar names

    It fleshes out characters The Ruins of Gorlan and The Burning Bridge only mention in passing, like Baron Arald.

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