Moving on… Today we meet Ben and James as they practice swordsmanship under the keen eye of Sir Dalton, Northguard’s master-at-arms. James is the heir and future lord of Northguard, while Ben dreams of one day becoming a knight. Today they learn a lesson, although I’m not quite sure the lesson is actually… learned…

Ben saw the strike coming, and parried easily, before making a double thrust false attack, then swirled and placed his sword at the neck of the opponent.

“Got you!” he said, gri...