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> SELECTED: “Fascinating. How many of the Guard would be made of these life-long service families? Where do the families stay?” You have many questions, both on the native-born Guard members and on the military heritage of the 43rd lodge. Sir Ibram seems keen enough to answer them. [Hearty]
>SELECTED Write-In: Sir Willem Glasdale connection
The tenuous common link to your friend back home Sir Glasdale proves to be an excellent foundation upon which to build some rapport with your newfound comrade. To your amusement Sir Ibram seems almost skeptical of your description of the Creeping Horror, like the Stratiokas you first encountered the men of the south seem to have a hard time believing the scale of monsters that plague the Kingdom of Heaven on a daily basis unless faced with the evidence. Not that they exist, per se, merely that they are in fact as fierce and daunting as you describe. You’re not entirely sure why, given they are bloody well sworn in service to one such creature.
In a sage, nay brilliant, exercise of social tact you refrain from commenting on the fact that marrying commoners seems to be a running theme of House Glasdale. Steering well clear of that potential pitfall, the conversation moves on to the families with ancestral service in the Guard. Few of them are actually born and raised here in City of Cathagi during their father’s term of service, like Sir Ibram was, but it is not uncommon at all for new inductees to be the offspring of previous members of the Guard that have finished their term or retired and returned to the homeland laden with wealth and glory. Such men have a habit of marrying and starting families in relative comfort back home, with future generations looking to follow in their forefather’s footsteps. All told, at Sir Ibram’s guess maybe 1/5th of those in active service have direct family relations that have served or are also serving in the Dragon Guard.
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