Will is left to make a number of decisions when the outlaws are suddenly left leaderless. Told simply by Herne: "You must lead", he believes he has been chosen to be the next Herne's Son - a thought which horrifies him and which propels him into inner conflict over trying to live up to all that is required of Herne's Son versus his volatile nature.
And little does he know which old adversory looms on his horison and plans to make the villages in Sherwood their killing field - something which Will must prevent at all cost...
