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----------Chapter Three----------
-----Narrator-----
Six years had gone by ever since our heroines first arrived at the Wall. They were "fourteen" (really sixteen) and over the years they became even better friends than what they already had been. Every day they lived in the same routine: waking, eating, training, sparring or archery practice, bathing (especially Marieta who was teased constantly by the other knights for always needing to be clean), more eating, and then back to sleeping.
Kamilia was especially known for her fighting technique; always keeping a cool head and was, like all the knights, exceptionally talented with a sword. With her Sarmatian bow she could shoot her target dead on from long distances. But what she really was known for was that she was extremely talented with horses. She loved her stallion Lucky who she herself raised from a young colt. He was the perfect mount.
Marieta was known for her scouting skills and her daggers. Her father had taught her the basics of scouting when she was very young, and the required skills for a scout came more naturally to her than to others. She preferred using long knives to a broadsword, and was renowned for her dagger throwing skills. Her mare, Zeki, was also trained by Kamilia. She was given to Marieta as a fourteenth (really sixteenth) birthday gift. Marieta knew also the properties of many herbs and roots and so was known as quite a good healer as well.
Over the years many of the knights had died. There were only nine of the knights left including Arthur. In the small band was Lancelot, Gawain, Galahad, Tristan, Bors, Dagonet, and of course Marieta and Kamilia.
Lancelot was a handsome man. He always smirked and had a charming disposition. He was an excellent swordsman and had a unique sense of humor. He and Kamilia were very good friends and usually trained together.
Bors made plenty of jokes, especially lewd ones, which were quite funny. Bors was a very strong man, had several bastard children (with more on the way) and was indeed the clown of the group.
Gawain and Galahad were never seen with out the other. Galahad came in a few months after Marieta and Kamilia. Him and Gawain became fast friends and spent most of their nights getting drunk and sleeping with women. Gawain was more of the outgoing of the two. And Galahad, the youngest of the knights, was generally shy and awkward around women.
Tristan was mysterious and kept to himself. He never really joined in with the crude jokes but he could always be counted on to be there. He was generally quiet, and was an incredibly talented scout. He had a quick eye and had an outstanding talent for throwing daggers. He and Marieta were always the ones to go on scouting expeditions and the first ones to go to battle.
Dagonet was also quiet. He was enormously strong and was deadly with his axe. However, he was somewhat of a fatherly figure. Always looking out for the others. Marieta, Kamilia, and Galahad, all being taken from their homes at a younger age, looked up to him, and he protected them. He was the healer in the group of knights and could fix anything from a broken bone to a common cold.
All these men became good friends. They would spend the night talking and drinking and having a good time. They loved each other in a completely plutonic way, but our two heroines always felt troubled for lying to them. No one had found out that they were women. Even if it was a bit odd for them to be 14 and having no sign of facial hair or "bulking up" occurring. The more they thought about it the more uneasy they felt. They knew they couldn't hide their identities forever and they always felt a pang of guilt whenever they thought of their deception. They never liked lying, especially to Arthur. They, like all the knights, respected Arthur as their friend and leader and would lay down their life for the man in an instant. Unfortunately that one fateful day arrived sooner than they expected.