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CHAPTER 1There is a beautiful land called Taylem. It has no cities, just little partitions spread across theland. The districts are like villages where everything the village needs is grown and do inthe district. The country is a beautiful place of rolling hills, dense forests and plenty of indispensable wildlife. The districts are non joined by nasty concrete roads but instead they havedirt or cobblestone roads made by people in the districts. There are no cars, planes, busses ortrains in Taylem. People get roughly by horse and cart, home-made bikes, and boats.The country that borders Taylem is called Barstland. It is not as nice as Taylem but morepeople live there. Anyway, Barstland claimed that Taylem used to belong to them. But whatthey really wanted was the natural resources that Taylem had so a lot of. There was anabundance of gold, diamonds, timber, coal, and plenty of fresh water. So with that excusethey invaded Taylem.In Taylem there is a certain man named Figmo. He i s 25 years old. His district has not yetbeen affected by the war. His dream and goal has always been to be an adventure hero, buthe never had the chance in much(prenominal) a peaceful country. He is a man who has the gifts of anadventure hero. He is very resourceful, skilful, and very, very brave. He is tall, thin, goodlooking, and very clever. Even though he has all these qualities, he has a bad habit ofsometimes being influenced by the pressure of others.Both of Figmos parents had died when he was 20 years old release him a sailing ship called"The Jubilee". Everything on the Jubilee was made up of solid timber with plenty of goldbecause of the abundance of them in Taylem.Even though Figmo has no brothers or sisters, he has a very close friend named Grest. Theyare the same age and they have been friends since they were children. Grest is a goodcompanion to have around because he is very encouraging. He is very good at followinginstructions but not good at giving them.Figm o also has a cousin called Kab. Kab is the kind of guy you just have to love. He is achubby, funny sort of guy who could make everybody laugh in the midst of the finish offsituations. His biggest problem is that sometimes he takes his jokes too far. He is 23 yearsold.Grest has a fiance called Tashi. She is very attractive and she is very athletic.