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Santiago meets The King
Santiago, after two years of being a shepherd, meets a King who inspires him t go in search of his Personal Legend. -
Santiago gets on the boat and departs for Africa
The King inspired him to leave, so he did. He bought a ticket and got on a boat departing for Africa. -
Santiago gets his money stolen
Santiago reaches Africa, but he doesn't speak the language there. He is in a bar and meets a fellow Spanish speaker whom he instantly trusts. He says that he will take Santiago across the desert, so Santiago pays him the money. But, he disappeared and stole all of his money -
Santiago gets a job as a crystal merchant
Santiago meets the Crystal Merchant, whom he works for for almost a year. -
Santiago leaves the Crystal Merchant
After almost a year of working, Santiago decides to leave the Crystal Merchant. He leaves with plans to become a shepherd again, but has a change of heart -
Santiago meets the Englishman
While waiting for his caravan to leave, Santiago meets an Englishman who is also in search of his Personal Legend. -
Santiago and the caravan reach the oasis
After travelling through the desert in the midst of tribal wars, Santiago and the caravan finally reach the oasis -
Santiago meets Fatima
Santiago meets a woman named Fatima. When he first made eye contact with her Santiago felt as if he was in love for the first time -
Santiago sees an omen in the desert
While sitting in the desert, Santiago sees an omen in the desert symbolizing danger coming. He tells the leaders of the oasis, who assembles troops for defense. Santiago's warning ended up saving many lives. -
Santiago meets The Alchemist
The Alchemist attacks Santiago. He is on a horse and is yielding a sword and he attacks Santiago and asks him questions. He does not harm him, he only attacked him to ask him questions -
Santiago and The Alchemist depart on the journey
The Alchemist agrees to help Santiago on his journey. They depart into the desert in search for the pyramids -
Santiago and The Alchemist are captured
While on their journey Santiago and The Alchemist are captured by a very powerful tribe. They face death if Santiago cannot turn himself into the wind -
Santiago turns himself into the winds
Facing death, Santiago turns himself into the wind. This terrifies everyone in the tribe, except for the tribe leader. The leader gives Santiago and The Alchemist an escort through the desert -
Santiago reaches the pyramids
The Alchemist left Santiago a couple days prior to him reaching the pyramids, but Santiago did in fact reach the pyramids -
Santiago finds out the treasure is in Spain
While getting beat up by some muggers, one of them tells Santiago about a fake treasure he heard of that is in Spain under a tree. Santiago used to stay next to this tree in a church with his sheep. He takes this as an omen -
Santiago finds his treasure
Santiago returns to Spain and digs up the treasure under a tree. Now, he is a rich man, he is in love, and he has realized many things about himself and the world. He realized his Personal Legend