Halt manages to badly wound one of the creatures using his longbow, sending a volley of arrows into the monster's chest at high speeds, breaking through the creature's thick coat of fur. After Will and Halt's episode, as they are going back to Redmont, Will realizes that he dropped his speech in the beacon fire. Crowley steps in impulsively; his mentor had always commented on how Crowley had trouble coping with his temper. Halt is disappointed at this and says that he'll head on to Gallica after dropping the men off at Morgarath's castle. Halt's hair has turned silver and he has retired. Plot Halt, Will, and Horace discover that Tennyson, the leader of a religious cult called the Outsiders, and his followers have fled to Picta, home of the Scotti, a country to the north of Araluen. His hair was black-gray ("salt-and-pepper") up until A New Beginning, where it is described as completely silver. When she overhears a rumor that the local Ranger is in need of an Apprentice... A Strange Camping Trip ~ Rangers Apprentice. Halt has sworn to rescue Will, and he will do anything to keep his promise - even defy his King. Height Generally speaking, Will is a good-natured person, with a friendly attitude. Yet Will is facing a tragic battle that has left him grim and alone. Halt is present at Will and Alyss' wedding and gives the bride away as Alyss has no father. It carried the salt of the sea with it, and the smell of imminent rain. Halt isn't the sort of person people would imagine to be romantic. Both are practically brothers and were quite a team back when they were restoring the Ranger Corps to its original prestige as mentioned throughout the series a number of times. Later, he returns to Clonmel to convince his brother to defeat the Outsiders, a sinister cult who wants to control all of Hibernia and then Araluen. Halt takes the place as father of the bride during Alyss and Will's wedding, signifying how close he is to the young couple. So how did Halt do when he proposed to Lady Pauline? A few moments later the two come across Will and Evanlyn, both about to be killed by the people who killed the Skandian guards: the Temujai. . [9] He first attempted to poison Halt, though Halt survived, believing the food to have been spoiled. The story starts with Will, Halt and Pauline enjoying a dinner together in Halt and Pauline's apartments in Redmont. Enjoy the quiz :) He then faces a trial before Duncan and a number of other people, among them Crowley and Baron Arald. 4 Comments. Perhaps in this country it rained all the time, no matter what the season. Though Halt and Ferris are identical twins, there are some major differences. He becomes very sharp towards his best friend at that point due to nerves and frustration at the knight's inability to sit still and shut up. Once in Gallica, Horace soon makes himself a name, defeating many knights. Occupation(s) At first, Will is a little daunted by the legendary figure, but they soon warm to one another and Halt secretly starts to enjoy having Will around. Once there he challenges Halt to a duel, the ranger is on the verge of accepting, especially when Morgarath reveals that he has Will as a prisoner, when Horace steps in and begins to duel the older man. Halt was eighteen when he met Crowley; he tells him "[Pritchard] turned up at Du... Drohelga, some three years ago." The Ranger's apprentice is about to be sold into slavery - but help can arrive from the most unexpected places . In retaliation, he deliberately insults the King in a tavern and the Watch takes the Ranger away. Halt finds the tracks of the people who shot the skandians and makes the decision to follow them, aware that if something goes wrong in Skandia it could have the potential to make something go wrong in Araluen if the unknown enemy gets hold of wolfships. Despite his young age he copes well with the responsib… Crowley had just finished traveling and stopped over in a tavern for a drink. She was also shown to be good friends with him. Halt gives the young warrior a quick order to take one of the Temujai alive then finds himself driven back by Will who has run to his mentor and hugged, sobbing with relief at seeing his master again. In book 8, it is revealed that Halt is the twin brother to King Ferris of Clonmel (he also has a sister, Caitlyn, who had died before the book took place). The situation becomes too much for Crowley to handle by himself and one of the men is about to cut his nose off with his knife when a man, who had been sitting quietly in the corner of the room leaps to his feet and quickly fends off the men. Will has an open-faced friendly look and attitude which makes people find it easy to talk with him. Just as the Kalkara is about to kill Halt, Sir Rodney and Baron Arald appear on the scene and help to fight off the other animal, however Arald soon becomes injured, the Kalkara injuring the Baron's side and paralyzing Rodney with his gaze. Because he dyed his hair black, Ferris looks at least ten years younger than his brother. 9) Summary: Tennyson, the false prophet of the Outsider cult, has escaped and Halt is determined to stop him before he crosses the border into Araluen, but Genovesan assassins put Will and Halt’s extraordinary archery skills to the test. Is there a way to search all eBay sites for different countries at once?