Auridan

Auridan is looking through bunch of stalls at a fair when he finds a stall run by an old Sword-Seller. When he tries to buy a short sword with a blue stone in the hilt, the elderly merchant says that it's not for sale, that the sword is to be given. However, Auridan didn't want to take the sword without paying, so he tosses some coins into the jumble of swords before taking the sword with him. Then, the man offers to send work Auridan's way.

Not long after, a young woman came to him. She wanted to hire him to take her to Abbey Norstead, where the last of her blood kin lives. Not only that it would be just her and Auridan on the journey through dangerous territory, which is why she asked if he was honorable. He was worried about her safety, but she announces that she can use a sword and bow if necessary. It turns out her name is Cyndal.

When he cleans, he finds that it has the image of a feathered snake, he thinks that it might be a relic of the Old Ones, and when Hervan sees it, it frightens him. Auridan doesn't understand why, though.

When Cyndal and Auridan got caught in a storm after journeying all day, he runs after Cyndal, who was scream as she was chased by a feathered serpent. When they get to a cave, the serpent disappears. Before Auridan are three men, the Sword-Seller, Kessas, and Hervan. It turned out that Auridan had to fight Hervan to save Syndal. However, upon winning, Auridan refused to kill Hervan, which caused a serpent statue to glow. When cave collapsed, the Sword-Seller was grateful free.