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Your letters from home and return correspondence will similarly dry up, and you made a conscious effort to spare more time for prayers for the safety and strength of your House Andrei and the rest of your home Duchy as the deprivations of winter and the malice that comes with it challenges your people once again. One day soon, that malign evil will be banished from your besieged homeland forever. And, Almighty willing, you will play no small part in that great awaited day. But this is a long way off yet, and there is much work to do.
Having affirmed your decision to join the Dragon Guard and made your intentions known to the appropriate palace officials through your squire, you expect to receive a further invitation to the Crescent Palace any day now. Hopefully one less bloody and fatal than your previous visit involving the Norsikaans, but there has on several occasions been some sort of test alluded to. You still have the letter of recommendation from Kyrios Militades of the Stratiokas, but you can only guess whether that has any bearing beyond getting you an invitation to the palace. You’ve no idea of the nature of the test or the degree of hardship involved. But, unless it is a purely ceremonial custom, you don’t imagine a trial for membership of the renowned Dragon Guard will be envisioned as one that is easily passed.
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