Martin Shaw

And gradually one day Finn woke up in the camp and it was just him, just him.

They'd even taken the dogs, it's just Finn.

For six years Finn continues to search.

They say during this time, this is just like a fairy tale, he did not wipe the tears from his eyes, he did not cut his hair or his beard.

They say he made an altar in his heart for the bird that had flown away.

an altar in his heart for the bird that had flown away.

It's very unfashionable these days, that kind of love.

But he looked and he looked and he looked and he searched and he couldn't find her.

Soon, he doesn't look at all like the hero from the beginning of the story.

He's just a strange little man next to a strange little fire.

Now, if you can imagine back at the camp where our story originally began,

Years have passed since anybody has seen him.

And there's a whole new cadre of warriors who've never met Finn McCall.

He is a mystery to them.

He's a legend to them.

And one night in the dining hall, as it were, there's old Conan Mowell and there's Diarmuid of the Love Spot.

They hear some of the younger guys saying, we don't think he ever could have been half of what people say about him.

And they're rude about their old captain.

And I'm pleased to say, as all good friends should, you should provide a course corrective when you hear that nonsense about people that you love.

You should do that.