13th Warrior Plot Summary

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Ahmad Iban Fadlan, the main character of The Thirteenth Warrior, by Michael Crichton was chosen as Baghdad's ambassador to the King of Bulgars in 922 A. D. As Ahmad traveled north from Baghdad, he encountered a company of Viking Northmen, and this proved the catalyst for numerous adventures. While Ahmad was greeting the Northmen, an old, numinous woman approached the camp and enlightened the Vikings that bear-like creatures were attacking the kingdom of Rothgar in the north. The supernatural, wizened lady then worshiped a god with seance-like prayers and suddenly thirteen small bones appeared. She explained the bones signified thirteen warriors, who would travel north to protect Rothgar. "The angel of death has spoken," said Ahmad's interpreter, referrin

g to the spiritual woman's prediction. The female soothsayer commanded: "The party must be thirteen, and of these one must be no Northman, and so you shall be the thirteenth." Ahmad was chosen as the thirteenth warrior and the band traveled north towards Rothgar. They encountered a small hut that was ravaged by these monsters, and all of the men inside were decapitated with their heads missing. After seeing the brutality by these creatures, the thirteen warriors quickened their pace towards Rothgar. Upon arriving at the small kingdom and settling into a hut on the outskirts of the town, a band of the bear-like beasts ferociously attacked and slaughtered two of the warriors and escaped with their heads. The next day the town built a small moat with larg

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Approximate Word count = 513
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Category: English

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