![]() Wouldn’t it? This is what ‘The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend’ sets out to do and does very well. Still, it would be nice if those gaps in Druss’ history were filled in. It doesn’t matter where he came from, what matters is that he’s a hero right now. That’s fair enough as they wouldn’t have added much to the story itself and the approach Gemmell takes shows Druss in the light that’s intended. There are references to the Battle of Skeln Pass, and the fact that he tracked his kidnapped wife halfway across the world to rescue her, but these references aren’t explored in any depth. ![]() ![]() What it didn’t do though (at least, not much) was to give the reader an insight into the history of Druss the Legend himself. David Gemmell’s ‘Legend’ concentrated on the effect that one man’s legendary reputation had on a castle under siege whilst showing us how his fight to reconcile that reputation with the onset of age. ![]()
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