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eo fpri
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,andwhil
ehema i
ntai
nedtheirdoctr
ineo f‘
surv
iva
lof
Kr
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sbo
rna
sano
rdi
nar
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at
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ngatt
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ndh i
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osef
ri
endswit
h3o the
rGolia
ths
,Gri
m, Kr
oma ndRok.All
werera
is
ed Clan,a
ndo ntothegre
ate
rGo l
ia
thp e
ople.
Trai
ningtob ec
o meaS kys
eer
t
ob ewarr
ior
softhecl
an.La
teron,
Kregbec
amespeci
al
ize
dinma s
onry
, madehimso mewh a
tofanideal
i
sti
cd r
eamer,
hisb ondwithUma d e
rn
Gri
mb eca
meac ookwhi
leKromandRo kbe
camed e
dic
ate
dhunter
s. i
nspir
ingwithhima ninn
atese
nsetolookoutfortheweak,justasshe
Gri
ma ndKreghadabrot
her
lyre
la
ti
onshi
p,whi
leKrom,RokandKreg hadlooke
da ft
erhim.However
,thi
sals
oma deKre gsomewh atgu
lli
bl
e
ha
daf r
ien
dlyri
va
lry. andnai
ve.

Wh il
ehewingtheicyrockasa na ppr
entic
e,hiswo r
kb egant oexhib
it Wh i
leKregandGr i
mma int
ainedthatbr
o t
herl
ybond,of
tenshar
ingtal
es
si
gnsofDr ui
dicma gic
,withs omeo fhisbric
kssp r
o ut
ingmo s
sandsma l
l andme a
lsuponthecla
n’sret
urntot heHell
igStone
,Kroma ndRo k
f
lowers
.Ato nl
y1 5y ea
rsofa ge,Kregwaso neoft heyoun ges
tme mbersof dr
ift
edfurthe
randfu r
therawayfromKr eg.Bei
nghar
denedbythe
t
hec l
antoshowcasetrac
eso fa nci
entGiantma g
ic.Afterh i
sa bi
li
tywas gr
izz
ledreal
it
yo fthei
rn o
ma dicli
fe,
theybegantovi
ewKr eg
’sst
ati
onary
di
scove
redbytheclane l
der
s, theytookhimi ntob egi
nh istrai
ningasa ex
ist
enceandhiscompassi
o nforthefee
bleasaweakne
ss,pe
rhapsje
alous
Drui,r
es
p on
sibl
efo rprot
ecti
n gtheHe l
ligStone(Th eHe artOfS t
one) ofthesaf
etypr
ovide
dt oKr egandtheh a
rdshi
pshewo u
ldneverknow?
andrea
dingthewind sandsky. AsKregwa ssti
llayoungli
n gh ewasunder Per
hapsbeli
evi
ngthatthewe akwil
l o
fs uc
hac ompass
iona
tespir
itgui
de
t
hewa r
do fUma dernS to
neh eart
,councilel
deroft hecl
an ,al
soaDr ui. woul
ds pel
ldoomf orth
e i
rCl an
.Wh atwaso nc
eafri
endl
yrival
ryturn
ed
Shesawmu c
hp romi s
ewithinh imasas pir
itgui
d efortheirpeople
. t
oe n
v yandspi
te.Kreg
,h owever
,waso b
li
vioustoth
is.
Kreg’
str
ain
ingtookp lac
eove rthecours
eo fthen ext6yea r
s.Kr e
glef
t
behi
ndthenoma diclif
es
tyl
eo fthecla
na ndliv
edu nderas tri
cttra
ini
ng Af
te
r6y e
arsoftoug
htrai
nin
g,Kregwasfi
nal
lyini
tia
tedasaDruiofthe
r
egimenatopthesacredmo untain,onl
yo ccas
ional
lyme et
in ghisfr
ien
dsas Hel
l
igStone
.Ac e
lebr
at
ionwasheldonadayo fsa
cre
dmi gr
ati
onas
t
heytrav
ele
dn omad ica
ll
yfromp ea
kt opeak. Kr
eg’
sori
gi
nalcl
anandma n
yo t
hersre
tur
nedtothesacr
edsit
etoma r
k
t
heendofSpri
ng.Gri
mwa spro
u dofKregforbei
ngtheyounge
stDrui
Throug
houth i
str
ain
ingKregan
dUma dernde
vel
opedama t
erna
l bo
nd, i
ni
ti
ate
d,whil
eKroma ndRokplotte
dtorui
nKr eg
’sni
ght.Duri
ngthe
wit
hh i
mb ei
ngtheyounges
tofth
eDr u
i.Umader
nwa soft
entou
g hon i
ni
ti
ati
oncere
mony,whil
eeve
ryonewasdi
str
acte
d,the
yc h
ippedawayat
Kreg
,st
ric
tandster
na si
stheGol
iat
hwayo fl
if
e,bu
tsti
lls
howingher t
heroc
kbeneat
htheHe l
li
gStonebef
orer
etur
n i
ngtothemerri
me n
t.
so
fte
r,mate
rnalsi
dewh e
ntheyou
ngini
ti
atene
ededguid
ance.
Kreg
nat
ura
ll
ywa sat
tac
hedtoUma de
rn,a
sshebeca
meb ot
hamo the
rl
yf i
gur
e There
vel
l
swereonetoremember,ha
ili
ngincle
arski
esa
hea
dwithth
e
andatea
cher. da
wno fs
umme r,
Songsweresung,
stor
ieswove
nasever
yGoli
at
hfea
ste
d
up
ontrol
lan
dma mmo throas
t.Bonf
ir
esandmu si
cshon
elo
udintot
he
Umadernta
ughthimth
ewaysoft
heDrui
,ho
wt or
eadt
hewi
ndands
ky, ni
ghta
stheSourgoa
tmi l
kflo
we dl
ikeri
vers
.
an
dthesecr
etknowl
edg
ere
quir
edt
orea
danci
entGi
antr
une
sand
unde
rst
andthe
irmagi
c. Amidth
erev
ell
s,RokandKromapproa
che
dav
eryd
runkKre
g,wi
th
so
mewa r
mcongrat
ula
ti
ons,t
heydar
edKre
gwi
thaf
eatofs
tr
engt
h,t
o
t
oppleo
vert
heHe l
l
igSton
eits
elf
.