EverBright (Unabridged‪)‬

As a fatherless half-halfling servant, young Tiernan dreams of a life beyond his station. Inspired by a master hunter and a charismatic musician, he embarks on a journey of apprenticeship, mastering both the yuke and the crossbow. 

But as a primordial evil known as the Vorlox emerges from the forest, Tiernan must trade his ambitions for duty, joining a desperate fight to save his world and confront the legacy he never knew he had.