Chapter 10, Revelations Summary

For the next several days, Chade and Fitz travel by boat and then under the cover of darkness until they reach Forge. When they come to the village, they discover that the Raiders' ship has sailed out of port. This event causes Chade to wonder how the raiders knew about local currents and tides and why they chose to raid that particular town anyway.

As Chade and Fitz enter the town, they find it pillaged apparently abandoned. However, the hostages are found safe inside a burned out building. Fitz senses something strange about the people as he watches them fight over remnants of the village. Suddenly Fitz grabs the reins of Chade's horse and spurs them quickly out of town. The only explanation that Fitz can offer Chade regarding his odd behavior is that the survivors seemed not human and he...