The Battle for Skandia (Book Four, Ranger's Apprentice)

After escaping from slavery, Will and Evanlyn, whose true identity is the Princess Cassandra, King Duncan's Daughter, have taken refuge in a cabin in the wilds of Skandia. Out hunting in the woods with her sling, Evanlyn is captured by passing bandits and disappears without a trace. Will, noticing her absence and fearing the worst, sets out to find her. Horace and Halt, after defeating the evil Gallican warlord Deparnieux (and numerous other challenges across Gallica), have finally made their way to the Skandian border. However,   as they cross over, they find a disturbing scene. All of the guards at the checkpoint have been slaughtered by arrows. Halt, recognizing that the arrows are Temujai in origin, rushes farther into Skandia, fearing for Will and Evanlyn's life even more. Horace, ignorant of history, asks who are the Temujai. Halt explains that they are a vicious tribe from the Eastern Steppes (Think of the Huns) that nearly conquered the world, and that they failed in their conquest due to a dish of bad clams (You'll have to read to understand) and have returned to conquer the world once more. Halt infers that they plan to use Skandia's boats to cross the Narrow Sea and take Araluen and the rest of the world; if Skandia falls, the world falls with it.


The Battle for Skandia is the only book in the series that includes the Temujai. They are mentioned in numerous other books, however, this is the only one in which they appear.