age sixteen
"This is your first mission now, boy do me proud!" Tarth felt the clap on his shoulder the resounding words, he simply nodded up at his father, thumbling with his chin strap to stop
his over sized helmet from falling off his head.
There they stood at the end of a dock, each father bading thier son good luck, five in all five squires of the redknight, lead by a single paladin.
They were headed for the island of Anphillia, to reinforce MacCleaven's milita.
Tarth was the smallest and youngest of the crew, just turning sixteen he stood as high as his father's shoulders, his limb and body not even begining to bulk out, his heavy fullplate armor and tower shield
seeming impossibly heavy to the young man.
"Son,-son, now listen" that was the voice of Tarth's father pulling him out of his day dreaming.
"Son now, your leaving here a boy, but when I see you again, you'll be a man." even now Tarth can remeber then faint smile, on his father face obiviously proud that his young son was on the 'good path' of knighthood,
but something behind that smile hinted at disapointment, as if he regretted letting his son take on a career so risky, HIs father ofcourse knew the risks he was a paladin of the redknight, just like every other male
of the Truebaldes.
"Now, jack, and me had this forged for you, it's basic but it'll do intill you return" he remeber taking the bastard sword from his father nearly dropping it on his toe surprised at the sheer weight of it, after training
his life with a longsword. They had a few more parting words before finally saying goodbye, a reluctant goodbye. Something in the boy told him not to leave, just to run back to his father go back home. find
something, something else to do, but even the youngest Trueblade felt too much pride too much honor to do any such thing, instead to hiked up the walk way and spent the next two week in a tiny cot dreaming of home.
Yet strangely exhilarated at the thought of this new placed "Cleaven, anphillia" were even he could become some one, some on his father would be proud