Forging the Blade Part I - The Wilderness Years by MacGeorge Rating: PG-13 for violence This is a continuation of the tale of Duncan's earliest years as an Immortal. DISCLAIMERS: The usual. Not mine. No profit being made other than the joy of writing, and the joy of sharing it with others. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I wanted to especially acknowledge Killa and Carson Kearns for such terrific advice on this chapter, and also give my continuing thanks to Killa for her patience and kindness in providing the screen captures, which can be seen in the URL version of the story, accessible at: http://wordsmiths.net/MacGeorge/wip.html I also commend to you Carson Kearn's wonderful Lost in the Loving Series, which if you hadn't already heard, has now been updated with the series "Lighting You Home", the story of Methos' struggle to drag Duncan back from despair after Richie's death. (NOTE: Her stories are rated NC-17, so please heed the warnings.) Her page is at: http://carsonkearns.slashcity.net/ MacG