The protagonists of this book is Halt and Crowley of The Tournament at Gorlan. Halt and Crowley are two very different characters. First off, Crowley is jubilant person who is prone to whistling (like me) and cracking jokes. This is best represented on page 159, when he begins whistling on what he feels is a great morning. This scene also shows how ill tempered and cold Halt is towards most people when he says, "I had hoped that your new sense of responsibility would put an end to that painful shrieking noise you make between your lips." Both however are extremely skilled and trust each other fully as shown in chapter thirty when Halt crosses a raging river to arrive at a wall. In which Crowley shot an arrow with a rope attached for him to
