2. My name is Pedro Guinea but I am known to many people as Malasombra-the
outlaw. For a time I was the slave of Juan II the king of Navarre in the
royal palace of Tudela. My job was to taste all the food and drinks for the king.
The food like roast game was very good but sometimes it was poisoned by the
king’s enemies and I used to get sick and dizzy.

3. One day the king wanted to eat lentils. I didn’t like lentils. I tried a teaspoon
closing my eyes. That very moment I imagined an ugly lentil with a moustache
that wanted to kiss me. ‘Pouh’ I shouted spitting it out in the king’s face. The
king got angry and said ‘Cut off his head!’.

4. His soldiers put me in chains.

5. We joined a caravan with wine, food and jewel carriages and lots
of soldiers to protect the booty from the bands of thieves. Many
times the thieves would attack the villages around Bardenas.

6. Suddenly one of the soldiers shouted something and we were in a
cloud of dust. When the dust settled the soldiers were gone and
instead of them we saw 29 ugly outlaws wearing masks. ‘You are
free now’ said the chief of the outlaws breaking the chain with his
sword.

7. I was staring at him. He was red headed like a flame and almost 2 meters tall. He had
arms like legs of hams and strange clothes covered with animal skins and a wolf head.
Sanchicorrota looked at me and said: ‘You seem to be a valiant man. You could be a good
outlaw. Do you want to join us?’
I shrugged my shoulders. I was a slave getting orders all the time. They didn’t
let me choose. I didn’t think long and agreed. And so I was converted in one of
Sanchicorrota’s 30 outlaws.

8. Our hideout was in Bardena Blanca, in a cave
on the top of a mountain. It was in a hidden
place but from there all the desert could be seen.
The cave was like a castle dug in the rock.
The outlaws were poor people who
didn’t want to starve or put up with
things that weren’t right. They were
peasants who had to give their crop to
the king without getting anything
instead or soldiers fed up to fight in
wars that they didn’t understand.
So for us the real king was the king
of Bardenas, Sanchicorrota.

9. Sanchicorrota told me that his real name was Sancho, that being called Sanchico-little
Sancho- was a joke because he was very big. He also told me that Rota comes from
‘errota’ which means mill in the Basque language. His family had a mill in Cascante and
they had to give nearly all the flour to the king. One day he got angry and he couldn’t take
it any longer. The king threw his parents in the dungeon so he decided to be an outlaw and
fight for justice.

10. We would attack the caravans of the rich…

11. and share the booty with the peasants and the inhabitants from the
villages around Bardenas.

12. They received us like kings celebrating and dancing
in our honour.

13. I would always go with Sanchicorrota and as I’ve got dark
skin they called me `Shadow’. But the soldiers who wanted to
catch me called me the `Bad Shadow’.

14. Sanchicorrota was very clever. When the soldiers put posters
saying `Sanchicorrota wanted. Reward 200 gold florines’ he would
change them with other posters with the king’s face and a reward of
400 gold florines.

15. The soldiers were tracking us but they were always lost because
Sanchicorrota had a trick. He would inverse the horseshoes so the
marks would go in the opposite direction. He would laugh and say
`They are not going to catch us ever’.

16. Unfortunately one day, when we had a fiesta…

17. I saw
Sanchicorrota!
!!
a traitor let the soldiers know and quickly more than 100 men on
horses started chasing us.

18. We tried to escape but more and more soldiers turned up
surrounding and attacking us until they thought we were all dead.

19. I managed to escape by pretending to be dead. But out of the corner
of my eye I could see Sanchicorrota running away and climbing the
mountain.

20. When he was at the top he yelled ‘You’ll never catch me alive!’.
And he killed himself…

21. The king’s soldiers were relieved that Sanchicorrota had died.
Meanwhile I went to our cave and wept for hours together
with the peasants of Bardenas whose laments were carried by
the wind.

22. For a time I was sad and stayed hidden but finally one day I
made up my mind and said that I didn’t want to be a slave again. I
disguised and went back to Bardenas. I recruited 30 new outlaws.

23. Together we decided to fight in Sanchicorrota’s honour defending all
the humble men and women who wanted to be free.

25. Akanni , Elías Mcdonald Adindu Malo, Jorge Chidi
Benguerar Zouine, Hajar Muñoz Redín, Diego
Borja Vazquez, Abraham Osman Sanchez, Ammar Ali
Calin Branzei, Adrián Peña Oliván, Marcos
Casajus Burgui, Yeray Pérez Goñi, Celia
Casares Ancil, Natalia
Piñeiro Ballester, Andrea
Cordero Gómez, Paula
Redecilla Sucino, Ana María
Curaca Obando, Emmanuel Jhosep
Rifai , Mounir
Dévora Ilundáin, Artius
González Muez, Asier Rios Linares, Naiara-Ainhoa
Goñi Ruiz, Maite Sanz Erro, Saioa
Martín López, Izan Valeri Garov, Miguel

26. Abendaño Biurrun, Markel Jiménez Jiménez, Angel
Ahmedov Palov, Amet Luri López, Unai
Marcos Barrenetxea, Alain
Ansa Malo, Ane
Moreno Martín, Josu
Arbeloa Juániz, Naiara
Muñoz Vazquez, Sara
Bernad Martínez, Jon
Peña Oliván, Pablo
Blanco Gómez, Alex Ramos Pesantes, José Javier
Cairns Martinez, Elizabeth Sainz Bernal, Izan
Campo Mera, Nerea Santaren Ozaeta, Asier
Todorova Hristova, Mikaela
Fernández Piera, Leyre
Vivanco Granda, Kristine Angeline
García Villar, Javier
Yerro Aizpeurrutia, Oihan
Jaso Toni, Iris Zambrano Cedeño, Emersson

27. Aranguren Antomas, Irati Martínez Aguirre, Anne
Arroyo Lanz, David Mera Hernández, Jeancarlo
Azqueta Urbiola, Ibai Morales Nagore, Yerai
Baigorri Hincapié, Iosu Moreno Area, Olaia
Buenaño Sofrone, Jonathan Oswaldo
Pérez Egea, Unai
Ciro Rojas, Daniela
Perez Vargas, Maria Fernanda
Clemente Santos, Iker
Rouidjali , Meriem
De Miguel Goñi, Aroa
Ruiz Rodríguez, César
Garrués Rived, Sofía
Gordoa Ladrón, Oscar Sánchez Rubio, Adrián
Guzmán Alegre, Erik Mikel Vergara García, Xabier
Hernández Fernández, Nerea Villamar Jiménez, Senaida