As if Clint Eastwood’s character from Unforgiven carried a sword, Hanlin is an educated & intelligent warrior of some years.
When Hanlin was young he fought for the wealthy, pushing their “civilization” deeper into frontier lands that could make them wealthier still…if not for the “barbarians” who’d lived there for generations. Hailing from lands far North, Hanlin stands apart from both, alone.
Twenty years later Hanlin is living a quieter, if unfulfilling life…when an old comrade tries to recruit him into a new war to push the frontier ever further at the expense of its Indigenous peoples.
Feeling obligation to those peoples he’d once fought, thirsting for revenge against another he’d soldiered alongside lo those many years ago, and ultimately wondering if this could all open a door to a life where he is finally, truly at peace, Hanlin heads back to the frontier that made him who he is—to see who he’ll become.
