Ninety-Three Chapter 30 - Men

In which the shadowy forests of Brittany are revealed as vast, secretive refuges where generations of men, fleeing relentless tyrannies and ancient conflicts, have woven a hidden subterranean existence beneath the tangled briers and silent woods. These troglodyte sanctuaries, steeped in a mysterious history from the Druids to the revolutionary fervour of the French Republic, stand as somber testaments to the desperate will of a people hunted by the relentless forces of despotism.