The air parted with a flash of heat, inches from Ren’s face. There was a grunt from the soldier next to him as his body slumped to the ground. An arrow protruded from his chest. Ren stumbled back, his breath hitching. A drumming began in his chest and ears. The beat of a body knowing it was about to die. The drums of war. Soldiers around him raised their shields as an onslaught of matching red arr...