The Burning Bridge/Icebound Land AU. Horace delivers Gilan's message, and Gilan is captured with Will and Evanlyn at the bridge. The three friends are en route to Skandia to be sold as slaves. Halt vows to find his apprentices and bring them home, no matter the personal cost, and Crowley joins him-but will they be in time to save Will and Gilan? NO SLASH. Currently rewriting!

Five years after the adventure in Nihon-Ja, life seems quiet for Rangers Halt and Will, quiet at last. That is, until a beast from the east comes prowling for Champions. A Toscan lord is recruiting skilled warriors from various countries to fight in the colossal Arena of Romena. Most of these warriors are not willing contestants. And now he's in Araluen, with an eye on a Ranger.