CHASING DEATH AND VENGEANCE: So begins the death of many in Holy Wars over centuries.

What can drive a person to kill? Is it merely grief and rage, or is there a deeper battle inside, a struggle to hold onto one’s humanity when everything cherished is torn away? For La Croix, the pain of loss carves doubt and darkness into his heart, forcing him to question his own moral boundaries. In moments alone, he wonders if avenging his grandfather will restore his peace or shatter what remains of his soul.
Young sword hand La Croix witnessed a life-altering tragedy: beneath the heavy summer sun, the air thick with the coppery smell of spilled blood, his beloved grandfather was brutally slain before his eyes. The mournful cries of distant crows mix with the guttural shouts of the mysterious men clad in dust-stained turbans, their swords still glinting darkly in their fists. The coarse sand grates beneath La Croix's trembling feet as he kneels beside his grandfather, feeling the chill of death seeping into the earth. Over time, he learns the men are part of an invading army from Africa, crossing the shimmering blue expanse of the eight-mile-wide Straits of Gibraltar. Consumed by grief and vengeance, La Croix swears to use every lesson from his grandfather’s rigorous warrior training to hunt down those responsible. As news spreads of the Moorish invasion sweeping across the Iberian Peninsula, La Croix joins the embattled Visigoth armies. On the war-torn fields of Hispania, his uncanny speed and formidable combat skills quickly set him apart from his comrades. One of his leaders, Tip of the Spear, can see how the young man is driven and successful. He takes him directly under his wing and lets the young man set new battle plans. Driven by a personal vendetta, La Croix’s path becomes entwined with the broader struggle to repel the advancing Moors, his actions echoing through the tides of history. Along his journey, he falls in love with a young woman and is introduced to music. He offers his Tip of the Spear, an emboldened plan to bring all the other chieftains together to fight the Moors. Even before the Crusades of 1095, this was the first Holy War, the Moorish Invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 711A.D.
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