Answer:
The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foe's attack. What are we?
I have feathers that help me fly; with head and body but I'm not alive. Very skinny and a fixed length how far I go depends on your strength.
My first half means container. Not a lot of people understand my language.
I begin your sentences.
You shoot me but I don't die. You hang me but I don't die. What am I?
Runs over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night sits not alone, With long tongue hanging out, Resting at your feet until we go for a walk