In the book ranger's apprentice; Ruins of Gorlan, Will, Horace, George, Alyss, and Jenny are finally old enough to be chosen to their desired professions. All of them get into their desired jobs except for Will, who wants to become a knight in battleschool but is too small and skinny. Halt the Ranger has been watching him carefully and likes the way he is and offers him a job as a Ranger. Rangers are spies who defend one of the 51 kingdoms or fiefs. Slowly, Will takes the job even though he finds the rangers as 'black magicians'.
Halt teaches him the basics of a ranger, including the weapons the tactics, how to not be seen, how to ride a special rangers horse and many more things. Will seems to enjoy things here, especially when he encounters his first battle. It is against 2 gigantic wild boars which are roaming the castle grounds. Will, Halt, and some knights go after the wild boar. They easily finish off the first one, but don't see the second one. A second boar emerges from another bush unexpectedly. It runs towards Will's friend, Horace, Horace slips and drops his spear. Will causes a distraction, saves Horace, the boar leaves Horace. Halt fires his longbow and kills the boar. Will is now considered a hero. Horace has been bullied so the bullies stop and now go after Will. Will fights them off but 3 of them is too much for the young Will to bear. Halt and Horace come to the rescue. Halt makes stuff even and makes the bullies face Horace One on one. Horace beats them easily.
Halt and Will go to the solitary plains to fight the 2 remaining Kalkara, a vicious creature, that when you look at his eyes, you freeze. There, Will meets Gilan, Halt's old apprentice. He, Will and Halt go after the Kalkara. When the 2 Kalkara comes into sight, Will goes back to the castle to get reinforcements. Gilan and Halt kill the first Kalkara but are heavily injured. The reinforcements come right in time and kill the second Kalkara. Will fires the final arrow to kill the Kalkara and once again he is considered a hero. He is asked if he wants to come to battleschool to become a knight but he refuses and says that he is a Ranger
Halt teaches him the basics of a ranger, including the weapons the tactics, how to not be seen, how to ride a special rangers horse and many more things. Will seems to enjoy things here, especially when he encounters his first battle. It is against 2 gigantic wild boars which are roaming the castle grounds. Will, Halt, and some knights go after the wild boar. They easily finish off the first one, but don't see the second one. A second boar emerges from another bush unexpectedly. It runs towards Will's friend, Horace, Horace slips and drops his spear. Will causes a distraction, saves Horace, the boar leaves Horace. Halt fires his longbow and kills the boar. Will is now considered a hero. Horace has been bullied so the bullies stop and now go after Will. Will fights them off but 3 of them is too much for the young Will to bear. Halt and Horace come to the rescue. Halt makes stuff even and makes the bullies face Horace One on one. Horace beats them easily.
Halt and Will go to the solitary plains to fight the 2 remaining Kalkara, a vicious creature, that when you look at his eyes, you freeze. There, Will meets Gilan, Halt's old apprentice. He, Will and Halt go after the Kalkara. When the 2 Kalkara comes into sight, Will goes back to the castle to get reinforcements. Gilan and Halt kill the first Kalkara but are heavily injured. The reinforcements come right in time and kill the second Kalkara. Will fires the final arrow to kill the Kalkara and once again he is considered a hero. He is asked if he wants to come to battleschool to become a knight but he refuses and says that he is a Ranger