![]() Here is what happens when Menua scolds him about behaving that way. When Menua first took the boy into his lodge, for example, he was an awkward young thing, all accident-prone and clumsy. This got a bit dull at times, but the parts with Ainvar learning and performing his druid magics were much more interesting. ![]() It seemed like at some point the only thing we were all doing was waiting for Caesar to attack. She tells a wonderful story, but I must admit that even though I rated the book four stars, I struggled through much of the second half. Llywelyn did a wonderful job taking what was known and imagining a little more, then blending it all with the history of Gaul in early Roman times. ![]() They had no written history, so the main sources of information about them are from their enemies and eventual conquerors such as Julius Caesar. We don't really know all that much about the early Celts. In his ignorance, Ainvar intervenes, and what happens when he does causes the chief druid Menua to take the boy into his lodge and begin training him as a druid. What Ainvar does not know is that his grandmother, his only living relative, is to play an important part in this ceremony. One night he slips away to watch a ceremony in which the druids hope to end the harsh winter, which has been dragging on longer than normal. ![]() ![]() He has always been fascinated by the druids of his clan, those wise men who know earth magic and are responsible for so many of the important moments of life for the Celts in Free Gaul. Ainvar is a young Celt of the tribe of the Carnutes. ![]()
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