A boy by the name of Shasta is found as a babybegins, Shasta overhears Arsheesh agreeing to sell him to a powerful Calormene feudal nobleman, Anradin.
A boy by the name of Shasta is found as a baby and raised by Arsheesh, a Calormene fisherman. As the story begins, Shasta overhears Arsheesh agreeing to sell him to a powerful Calormene feudal nobleman, Anradin.