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<span class="mu-s">Many years from now, not far from home…</span>
<span class="mu-i">“So the Bear Knight joined the palace guards?”</span> Confusion is writ on the youth’s freckled face as he quizzes the bard with incessant questions. <span class="mu-i">“But weren’t them baddies, slavers n’ such?”</span>
<span class="mu-i"> “Reginae wept no, my child! This is the Dragon Guard we are talking about! Has no one told you the stories of their deeds?”</span> The wandering troubadour tuts as he shakes his head in disappointment. <span class="mu-i">“We shall have to rectify that. These are no mere glorified castle watchmen, nor pampered pets of the Southern Tyrant set to idle. Make no mistake, they are a collection of the fiercest and most capable warriors from every corner of creation. Set above and aside from the highest of the Cathagi masters, answerable only to the terrible Dragon itself.”</span>
More than a few patrons perk up at the mention of that famous, or perhaps infamous, band of foreign warriors. Stories such as they and certain celebrated Langlish Free Companies were not unheard of, but far rarer and less popular than the tales of the lauded Cantonian knighthood.
<span class="mu-i">“The deeds of their number are told across the world and set to rival some of the knights of our own beloved homeland, aye and perhaps even surpass a few in their might if not their chivalry. The Trial of Azbeirjan Pass, the Battle of the Dragonsteppe, the Night of A Thousand Knives.”</span> The storyteller suppressed a smirk at the last, the actual number of assassins involved that day was probably only in the hundreds but that should never stand in the way of a good title. <span class="mu-i">“Don’t be fooled by their rough comrades of foreign origin, foul and fair. Many a worthy Knight of the Realm has done their leal tenure in that office in honourable service as they add to those lofty annals.”</span>
<span class="mu-i">“Oh yeah? Who then?”</span> The youth speaks up boldly with the intemperance that is all too often found in any youngster that finds themselves called out for his apparent lack of knowledge.
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