Alternate First Chapter

An exiled prince goes to a  PLACE and gets attacked by assassins. He gets sent into the king's castle where he'd been exiled and escapes before making his way to a ship where he finds Devin, an old friend of his who works as the captain's first mate on a royal ship. Devin helps the prince escape from the assassins and he begins his journey on the ship before stumbling into  PERSONS NAME. While the prince is wondering how the person got onto the ship, they end up throwing a giant  NOUN at the prince, sending him flying backward into cargo boxes under the deck of the ship. The prince gets up, grabs  PLURAL NOUN, and launches them at  PERSONS NAME. Before either of them know it,  PERSONS NAME is being  PAST VERB into  COUNTRY. And they were never heard of again.