Five Nights, Six Days

Five Nights, Six Days is a story written by Chanter Farrah of Redcliffe. The story is about a man, who loses his family because of the betrayal of a family friend. The story begins with the protagonist waking up to the sound of battle. He leaves his room and sees the body of his nephew lying outside his door. He returns to his room and grabs his bow and arrows. He moves down the hallways, killing all enemy soldiers in his path. His goal is to kill the traitor and avenge the deaths of his family. He turns a corner and is hit by an arrow. He pulls the arrow out of his arm and charges at the soldier. He grabs a dagger from his boot, and stabs the soldier in the throat. He searches the body and finds his Father's sword. He takes the sword and enters the kitchen. He finds that all of the servants who worked in the kitchen were dead. He lets out a yell and runs to the main hall where he finds it filled with enemy soldiers, but the traitor nowhere in site. He cuts down all of the enemy soldiers and seals the gates shut. For Five Nights, and Five Days he holds off wave after wave of enemy soldiers. On the sixth day, he opens the main gates and finds the traitor standing in the courtyard alone, surrounded by the bodies of his soldiers. The man walks up to the traitor and asks him why he betrayed his family. The traitor answers, that it was because he wanted more power. The man took up his father's sword and slew the traitor. The man was about to reenter the estate, when an arrow hit him in the chest. He collapsed and died, his body falling next to the body of the traitor. The archer who killed the man, left the estate and began a new life as a merchant.

History
'''Many people believe the story is based of the tale of the young Cousland, but Chanter Farrah denies the connection, telling readers the tale came from a variety of different other stories. '''

'''King Alistair praised the tale and had ballads sang about it. '''

'''Soldiers in the Denerim army used the tale as inspiration for whenever they went into battle. '''