I was taken on by the Swordsmith as an apprentice at 12, my mother desperate for me to avoid being drafted into the King's Men.
I made my first full sword at 16. It had intricate etching and a jewelled guard. It shattered the first time one of His Majesty's Blackguards used it in battle.
I thought I knew everything about swords by 22. I knew I'd never truly know everything by 28.
At 35, I am now the Swordsmith, and I've been ordered to make the King's new sword.
It will be intricately etched and have a jewelled guard.
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