Following the Clues

After sending Gilan to warn the king of the Wargal army's plans, they follow the tracks of the army which leads them to a wargal camp next to a bridge across a fissure to attack the other side in surprise. This is bad news since Halt realizes that the warning he gave the king would get him trapped!

"The walls and floor showed evidence of the Celts' picks and drills..." (148)
Here we know how the army is using the Celts to build the bridge across the Fissure. This is really interesting because it makes me wonder how would the story be from a Celt's point of view.
"Once again, Halt's Words echoed in his ear: nowhere is really impassable" (149)
Halt is a really wise man known for defeating Morgarath. This makes Halt a really interesting character who is up to new mysterious things each day.

After looking at the bridge, Will knows that the army crossing it must be huge. Unable to communicate with his master or friends, Will realizes he needs to create a plan to save the kingdom.

Unsolving the mistery

       After getting to Celtica, Will realizes that the whole country is empty. Then they find a Celt girl called Evalynn who tells them about morgaraths attack on Celtica. Halt, will's teacher suspects that morgarath is planning to destroy the country by using celts to make a passage through the mountain to  be able to gain power faster.

"Find a husband and learn to cook. Thats all that women are good for, girl. Cooking and raising babies!" (94). This quote shows how people before were really disrespectful towards women and that there was a really big difference between being born a male and being born a women in old times.
Another quote that caught my attention was:

"I didn't know if there'd be more of morgarath's patrols around..." (101).
We can see that people who were attacked by Morgarath are terrified of him. It also makes me think of why is this enemy so strong and fearsome.

My question is, if morgarath is growing so strong and dangerous, will Halt and his apprentice (Will)
Try to track them down? If they do, what might happen to them?

The beginning...

Rangers Apprentice

On the fist few chapters, Will gets to know Horace a warrior apprentice. They travel to Celtica a neighbor country to Auralen (Will's country). When they get there, they are shocked since all towns are empty. Will and his friends search for people nonstop but come out empty handed...

"After sixteen years of relative peace, people are growing complacent". (13)
I think this quote is really important because it reflects on how society is at the moment. People have had peace for so long that if war comes to them, they wouldn't know what to do and fall in chaos. This also is important because we can see that even when we think we are safe, we should be cautious.
Another interesting quote is: "So how was it that you became a Ranger?" (31)
Will was a ranger because he was chosen to be one, although he wanted o be a knight. I think that getting to choose what you want to do is very important since it helps you to be happier. In Will's case luckily, he ended up liking being a ranger and did not have any kind of 2nd thoughts.

This book is getting better the more I read, and I think that it has a really interesting story and suspense. I think that next Will and his friends will find out the truth behind all the people missing in Celtica.