Role

Chapter 2

An Opportunity Missed
Added Mon Sep 25 13:27:07 2023 at level 8:

One day, Darbod was pretending to casually stroll through the palace garden at
the time he knew the princess often went for a walk. He had done this many
times before but this day was different. A band of thugs attempted to kidnap
the princess. Her bodyguards were able to quickly dispatch most of them but
it was a fast and fierce battle. In a few minutes all the guards and
assailants were dead except for one remaining thug. As he approached the
princess with devious intent a sword burst through his chest from behind.
Another citizen of Seantryn Modan was also in the garden that day and had
saved the princess.

The princess thanked the man for coming to her rescue. Kneeling before her
the citizen said, "I exist to serve you, my princess." A smile came across
the princess's face and she responded, "Then serve me you shall. You are a
peasant no more. From today on, you are one of my royal guards."
Reinforcements from the palace arrived soon after and escorted the princess
back into the palace, along with her new bodyguard. Darbod stood there in
dismay as some other commoner got to live his dream of being invited into the
palace.