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The man reached up and removed his helmet, and Wilhelm looked with surprise at the face of the Armor Shop's keeper. "I am Petrit, of the House of the Falcon," said the shopkeeper, as he sat down upon the ancient stone step with a sigh. "You are wrong, young Wilhelm of Helmbarte," he said. "Not all those of the House of the Falcon were killed. In his cruelty, the Dragon Lord left alive the lowest footman of the house that had fought beside King Leonard, so that the footman might forever hold the memory of the destruction of the three great houses."
"You are that footman?" Wilhelm asked, and sat down beside the shopkeeper.
"I am," said Petrit. "For fifteen years I have lived with the sight of my compatriots being slain by Egan's men... and the sight of that terrible dragon. For fifteen years I have waited for him to end his cruel courtesy and send me to meet my brothers-in-arms. I have kept my past hidden from the people of Redgate. When you asked about a falcon, I thought you to be an assassin searching for the last of the House of the Falcon." He looked again at Wilhelm. "You seek to overthrow the Dragon Lord?"
