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“I’ll miss you too Tanner” Golden said as he pulled his friend in for a hug.
Tanner wiped his eyes and bid the rest of the men good bye and headed behind the inn. He tied his horse up where the other horses were, grabbed all of his bags and went into the inn.
“Head upstairs, put your stuff into the third room on the right” a guard told Tanner as he walked in through the front door.
Tanner walked up stairs and thought to himself if this princess couldn’t have picked the second or the first floor, his gear was heavy. The stairs between the second and third floors were lined with guards, to Tanner’s surprise on the floor itself only sat four guards one of which were walking towards him.
“You must be the boy we heard about” the guard said nastily.
“You think you are better than me or something?” Tanner replied as he dropped his gear and put his hand on his pommel. “I didn’t see you put down a wizard or face down a crowd of tossers aiming for your blood”.
The guard was bigger than Tanner, that he was sure. His shoulders were broad, not quite as big as Golden but close enough. He had a hazel eyes, well a hazel eye one of them were a milky white and had a scar that ran down from the eyebrow all the way down to his jawline. The man had a funny accent like the king, he was of obvious Tavorian birth Tanner thought but he still wasn’t going to take shit off of this guy.
“Leave the boy alone Grodd” said another voice. “If the king wants a Ketian watching his daughters back he will get a Ketian watching the princess’s back. Let me show you where your things go”.
Tanner turned around and could see another guard who looked similar to whoever this Grodd thought he was. He was tall and broad and his eyes were the same hazel. He looked to be in his thirties Tanner thought and probably in good condition. Tanner opened up the door and saw it was already crammed with stuff. He picked out a small corner and laid his belongings down then went back out into to hallway.
“I’m Herod” the nicer guard said as he stuck out his hand, Tanner gave it a hearty shake as the man smile. “You’ve got callouses, is that from work or training?”
“It’s from both” Tanner replied. “My uncle knew there were a lot of loud mouths that might need closing. He taught me whatever he knew and I practice every day, rain or snow or shine”.
“My brother wouldn’t admit it, but we thought you were either very brave or foolish with all the words you said while facing death” Herod replied.
“If you got to go out, go out like a man instead of a crying like a little girl who lost her dolly” Tanner said.
“Did your uncle teach you that also?” Herod asked.
“Right as rain he did” Tanner replied. “So what exactly am I supposed to be doing?”
“Well from what I have been told you are going to need special weapons and such, none as brazen as that sword you carry” Herod said as he looked lost in thought for a second. “But before we get to all that, your role must be kept a secret”.
“A secret?” Tanner replied. “How is it going to be kept a secret when his Majesty went on about it in a room full of people?”
“We are the King’s personal guard” another guardsman replied. “We were with him since Tavor, he trusts us with his life and secrets. And his biggest secret right now is you, said you were some kind of anti-wizard”.
“If everyone knew about your gifts then you would be a target for whoever is
Tanner wiped his eyes and bid the rest of the men good bye and headed behind the inn. He tied his horse up where the other horses were, grabbed all of his bags and went into the inn.
“Head upstairs, put your stuff into the third room on the right” a guard told Tanner as he walked in through the front door.
Tanner walked up stairs and thought to himself if this princess couldn’t have picked the second or the first floor, his gear was heavy. The stairs between the second and third floors were lined with guards, to Tanner’s surprise on the floor itself only sat four guards one of which were walking towards him.
“You must be the boy we heard about” the guard said nastily.
“You think you are better than me or something?” Tanner replied as he dropped his gear and put his hand on his pommel. “I didn’t see you put down a wizard or face down a crowd of tossers aiming for your blood”.
The guard was bigger than Tanner, that he was sure. His shoulders were broad, not quite as big as Golden but close enough. He had a hazel eyes, well a hazel eye one of them were a milky white and had a scar that ran down from the eyebrow all the way down to his jawline. The man had a funny accent like the king, he was of obvious Tavorian birth Tanner thought but he still wasn’t going to take shit off of this guy.
“Leave the boy alone Grodd” said another voice. “If the king wants a Ketian watching his daughters back he will get a Ketian watching the princess’s back. Let me show you where your things go”.
Tanner turned around and could see another guard who looked similar to whoever this Grodd thought he was. He was tall and broad and his eyes were the same hazel. He looked to be in his thirties Tanner thought and probably in good condition. Tanner opened up the door and saw it was already crammed with stuff. He picked out a small corner and laid his belongings down then went back out into to hallway.
“I’m Herod” the nicer guard said as he stuck out his hand, Tanner gave it a hearty shake as the man smile. “You’ve got callouses, is that from work or training?”
“It’s from both” Tanner replied. “My uncle knew there were a lot of loud mouths that might need closing. He taught me whatever he knew and I practice every day, rain or snow or shine”.
“My brother wouldn’t admit it, but we thought you were either very brave or foolish with all the words you said while facing death” Herod replied.
“If you got to go out, go out like a man instead of a crying like a little girl who lost her dolly” Tanner said.
“Did your uncle teach you that also?” Herod asked.
“Right as rain he did” Tanner replied. “So what exactly am I supposed to be doing?”
“Well from what I have been told you are going to need special weapons and such, none as brazen as that sword you carry” Herod said as he looked lost in thought for a second. “But before we get to all that, your role must be kept a secret”.
“A secret?” Tanner replied. “How is it going to be kept a secret when his Majesty went on about it in a room full of people?”
“We are the King’s personal guard” another guardsman replied. “We were with him since Tavor, he trusts us with his life and secrets. And his biggest secret right now is you, said you were some kind of anti-wizard”.
“If everyone knew about your gifts then you would be a target for whoever is
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