Synopsis

Willi was mistaken. Not for the first time, perhaps, but this time the error resonated with a peculiar weight. The other gumbles, in their hurried reverence, saw not a simple villager, but Captain Grate Face – the legendary snike-slayer. A strange respect began to bloom around Willi, a recognition he hadn't known he craved. He was finally seen as something more than just Willi, the baker’s son. But when the snikes emerged from the shadows, their scales glinting menacingly in the fading light