Vote now, brothers, as this is our last chance to reach the fourth place on the ranking this week, and we'll need every one of you!
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Jean Roque, holding a chainmail made of multiple intertwined small iron rings, stepped out of the house. Making his way past the clamorous courtyard filled with hens and ducks, he carefully placed the heavy chainmail into a wooden barrel, beside which stood another barrel filled with fine sand. Unshaven and acting as a senior squire, he sighed deeply at the tasks which would consume his entire morning.
Almost every knight has had the experience of living as a squire. An impoverished childhood is a quintessential part of a knight's life.
Old soldiers commanding newbies, knights bossing squires around—this has always been the rhythm of military life. When the newbies become roughened soldiers and squires pay their dues to become knights, a new cycle begins.
