In the event, there was no Lion this time; instead, the rowboat was spotted offshore by privateer from the far south of Calormen, sailing under the flag of the Tarkaan Beruhel.
Nothing could be done for the dead Northerner, and he was committed to the waves with respect, if little ceremony; but the infant!--such a charming child, with his yellow curls and happy smile (once he'd been fed and clothed).
The crew adopted him as their own, and they called him Russum for his sunburned skin; he grew agile and laughing under the sun, as swift to race up the mast as to slide down the lines, and as fleet in the water as any porpoise.
Because Aslan has his purposes, and will not be withstood (howbeit delayed), Corin had been on the throne of Archenland for six years before his campaign against the pirates threatening his shipping brought him face-to-face with his brother.
Narnia: The Dread Pirate Shasta? (AU)
Nothing could be done for the dead Northerner, and he was committed to the waves with respect, if little ceremony; but the infant!--such a charming child, with his yellow curls and happy smile (once he'd been fed and clothed).
The crew adopted him as their own, and they called him Russum for his sunburned skin; he grew agile and laughing under the sun, as swift to race up the mast as to slide down the lines, and as fleet in the water as any porpoise.
Because Aslan has his purposes, and will not be withstood (howbeit delayed), Corin had been on the throne of Archenland for six years before his campaign against the pirates threatening his shipping brought him face-to-face with his brother.