Radek is eating his steak at the tavern. Suddenly, a stranger walks up to him: "Hello, friend! I have the most interesting of games to play! A drinking game!". Radek agreed. A couple of swigs later, Radek passes out. It's been a couple hours. He's located in some kind of cave. He sees a sight he's seen before: Bandits. "What do we do with this guy?" one bandit asked. "Eh, you can just kill him. He seems healthy, although he looks like he's worth 500 denars tops.", the bandit leader answered. Luckily, the bandits didn't take off Radek's weapons. Radek slowly got his bow out, and shot the bandit guarding the cave straight in the head. He ran out, and suddenly found himself encircled by the bandits. "Feisty one. Kill him", the bandit leader ordered his men. Just as about Radek thought the end was near, a Swadian count arrived with his army and charged the bandits. One bandits chest was blown apart by a lance from the charge. Radek drew his sword and used the element of surprise to his advantage. He quickly slashed the chest of a bandit, and suddenly fought with the Swadians. His supposed enemy, that plagued him for 17 years, ever since he was a baby, suddenly was his ally and the ones who saved his life. The bandit leader slashed his axe at Radek, but the slash left his guard right open. One of the charging knights delivered a lance straight to his chest. Radek, surprisingly, was still alive. Even though he helped kill the bandits, he was knocked out by a Swadian mace. Radek was cheering the victory until he got hit.

It's been at least 2 days. Radek wakes up in a cell. "Again…? Gahh… my head…", Radek said as he clutched his head in pain from the strike. "Hey, he woke up! Stefen, you owe me 50 denars now!", one of the guards said as he saw Radek. Stefan responded: "Well, at least I didn't receive half wages. Get him to the torture room, we'll see what he knows". "Ugh… Wait… Torture?", a worried Radek said. Before you know it, one of the guards came in and put a sack over his head. One of the guard removes the sack from Radek's head. He's tied to a chair, and there are various instruments in the room. "Alright. Let's start this easy. What were you doing at the hideout?", the guard asked. "I… I was in Uxkhal, in the tavern. Some stranger walked up to me and asked me for a drinking game. I agreed… I then woke up in a cave. They apparently wanted to kill me… I still had my weapons though, so I shot one guy in the head. Just as I found freedom, they encircled me. Then the cavalry came. I remember killing 6 of them… Until one soldier hit me in the head with his mace", Radek answered, still dizzy from the strike. " Why did you come to Swadia, anyways? You look like you're a Khergit... Are you?, the guard questioned. "My mother's Khergit. She's dead. I came here looking for my father", Radek said. "I see. Alright, you're free to go…", the guard said before untying Radek and pointing him to where his confiscated inventory was. "Not going to argue with that…", Radek quietly said to himself, surprised, but glad that he's free.

But… Radek couldn't find his clothes. He recalls that he woke up in the cave in rags. So, with only a 250 denars, The Kingdom of Swadia gifted Radek 2000 denars for false imprisonment. Luck seemed to turn to Radek. With the 2000 denars, he used his bartering to buy a haubergon for 900 denars, splinted greaves for a steal of 750 and a Helmet with Neckguard for around 180 denars. So, after suiting himself up, Radek decided that he should try to go and find a noble to find his father. He remembers that his father's shield had three yellow boars on a green field. After going into some research, he found out that it was the banner of Count Klargus, the lord of another Swadian town, Suno. Radek knew that the Lord of a town wouldn't let a commoner into his hall, but he found out that a tournament is to be held at Suno. It's been a day. The journey wasn't long. After seeing that there is a space in the tournament, Radek heads to the sign up. "May I help you, Sire?", the man at the sign up asked. "Yes. I wish to enter the tournament", Radek said. "Very well. Full name and your signature, please", the man asked. "Very well… My full name is Radek Boyan Felmos. I… can't write. You can just write Radek", Radek said to the man. "Alright, Sire. No shame, we have a lot of commoners signing up", the man at the signup said, and then quickly proceeded to sign Radek on the list. "Am I in the tournament?", Radek asked not so patiently. "Yes. You're in. Head to the Arena Barracks to receive your equipment. If you seek to bet on someone, maybe yourself, the betters are right over there", the man said, and quickly yelled for the next one in line. "Alright, thanks", Radek said, and smiled while walking to the barracks. He's so close to finding out who his father really was, and more importantly, where he is. He just needs to beat 63 people. Radek went into the barracks, and he was quickly pointed to where his changing room was.

(Well, there goes chapter 3. We will see how Radek does in the tournament in Chapter 4, maybe even chapter 5. You never know… In any case, I plan to create chapter 4 a more action packed chapter, so see more action, and more Radek, next chapter!