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As the boy began to distinguish himself in the King's army, it drew the attention of the monarch himself whom invited him to meet a friend, the master blacksmith Culann. However Sétanta was in the middle of a competition with his friends and his pride and desire to get stronger refused to let him simply forfeit the match. Instead, the boy boldly told the King to go on without him and that he would 'catch up after he won.' The King just laughed and agreed as he walked off to the house with Sétanta following once the competition was over.
However, misfortune struck when a servant shut the gates of the blacksmith's house before he arrived and the boy found himself under attack by 'Culann's savage dog,' a monster known to have the strength of ten men. Unarmed and alone it seemed to be the end of Sétanta but the boy defied fate and instead strangled the guard dog with his own bare hands. A crowd gathered and stared at the boy in astonishment who was standing over his dead opponent. Once Sétanta saw the sadness in the eyes of the blacksmith whom was staring at the body of his loyal companion he felt a twinge of guilt.
As repayment, he asked, "Does this dog have children? If he does, could you allow me to take care of them? I will raise them to be guard dogs just as strong as their father. Until then, I will be your guard dog."
However, Culann just smiled appreciatively and shook his head stating that he would be the one to train the dogs that protected his manor. The old blacksmith then stared at Sétanta before replying that the boy himself should get stronger instead as he would soon become the 'guard dog of all of Ulster.'
And so the boy was soon known by another name, 'Culann's savage dog' or Cú Chulainn.
The boy then returned to his training to be a knight and was sent to a druid to prepare for his rites of warrior hood, ignoring the prediction that none in the group would become famous warriors.
After his rites, the druid then turned to look at Cú Chulainn with a sad frown and said, "in exchange for glorious deeds of valor, your life will be short."
Cú Chulainn just smiled.
Completing his rites the boy was then accepted as a Knight of the Red Branch, much to the anger of the King who was shocked that this thirteen-year-old was made into a Knight. Once again, misfortune struck as Cú Chulainn and his King erupted into an argument and ending in a demonstration of the boy's strength, earning the ire of the King. Having his authority severely limited Cú Chulainn began searching for strong opponents when he came across the most beautiful of women named Emer.
In order to prove himself to his newfound love he travelled to the Land of Shadows and sought out the sorcerer named Scáthach. Upon finding the sorcerer and training under her, Cú Chulainn met the warrior that he would one day consider his older brother, Ferdiad.
Together the three of them grew close but after completing his training and mastering the demonic spear Gae Bolg, Cú Chulainn and Ferdiad left for their respective countries. Before he left, Cú Chulainn told Scáthach that should she bare his son then to name him Connla and to send him to Ulster.
However, what should have been a happy and momentous occasion turned dark as Cú Chulainn unknowingly spelled the doom of his son. The father gave Connla three vows he had to follow, 'to not answer his name when asked,' 'to not change course' and 'to not back down from a fight.'
Cú Chulainn and Ferdiad parted ways shortly after the two left Scáthach as they both realized that they wouldn't persuade the other to abandon their countries. The two brothers in all but blood just laughed before they began the long trip back to their homes.
Upon returning to Ulster, Cú Chulainn fought many battles for his country and quickly became renown throughout all of Erin, and even married his childhood love Emer. However, his short-lived happy youth soon came to a crashing end as he was once again called to defend his country.
Fighting off the invading army almost single handedly, Cú Chulainn was forced to watch as the Red Branch trainees protecting him were slaughter to the last man. Unfortunately for him this drew the attention of the Goddess Morrigan who offered him protection but he refused, believing that he needed this to get stronger.
Angered by this insult the Goddess herself began to attack only to find Cú Chulainn able to fend off every one of her blows and even treat her wounds afterwards. Admiring his noble heart the Goddess left with a faint blush on her cheeks.
However, the fates were not done torturing the man and he suffered through the worst hell imaginable as he fought: coming face to face with his friend Ferdiad.
He didn't want to fight the man he considered his brother but their orders were absolute, their honor forcing them to put aside their close friendship as they sought to kill each other. The two were evenly matched and so for the first time Cú Chulainn was forced to use Gae Bolg…on the man he called brother.
As he lay his brother to rest and they said their final farewells Cú Chulainn only sighed as he looked at his pride and joy Gae Bolg, now dripping with Ferdiad's blood. The enemies upon seeing this were finally routed and Ulster was safe once more, yet for Cú Chulainn it was a bittersweet victory.
His misfortune didn't end there however as soon after the war reports came of a young man causing problems near the coast and beating any warrior that dared approach him. Therefore, the King commanded Cú Chulainn to face him, much to the horror of Emer who tried to convince him otherwise.
However, his loyalty and honor could not let him disobey a direct order from his King and so Cú Chulainn travelled to this man and fought him to the death. Once again finding himself evenly matched Cú Chulainn was forced to use Gae Bolg and pierced the heart of this young man.
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