CHA5: Getting ready to use the Weapons .
( Two days later )
( Draco Thorns )
For the past 2 moons, I the squires wake up bright and early and arrive on the squire training ground after a few words from Leon we start our exercises for hours, and sometimes the knights that help with the training switch with each other to throw insults at us we had lost 2 squires because they couldn't handle it and as always they asked me to do extra training until I even getting tired myself.
Once again we were standing in a line in front of Leon as we waited for him to speak, As we waited I noticed that a few servants were carrying a few wooden boxes.
I turned back to Leon as he started to speak in his demanding voice.
"Alright listen up you sorry sacks of shit" He started, After the first day of training they started insulting us so it was to train us to be resistant to taunts from future enemies.
"Right there in those boxes "He pointed at the wooden boxes that some servants were bringing over and from the looks of the servants struggling to carry them, they must be heavy.
"Grab your weapons of choice, and will they be your new dancing partner." He explained and some of the squires got very excited including me.
"So line up and come get them, ladies." He explained again and we lined up in a straight line waiting for our turns.
Most had some form of sword others war hammers or spears and as the line kept going until it was my turn I looked at the Tyrell knight As he asked me.
"Name and Choice of weapon?" he asked me
"Draco Thorns and weapon of choice is double mace ser." Answering his question.
He only nodded at my words and went to one of the wooden boxes that were full of different types of real steel weapons, After a while of searching he grabbed two things and brought it to me.
I held out my hands as he dropped the maces into my little hands and the moment it landed on my hands it nearly took my hand with them to the ground that's when I realized how heavy it was but I adjusted to the new weight with a bit of struggle.
after getting used to it a bit I went back to the line on the side where all the squires that got their weapons of choice were inspecting the new steel as I walked up standing with them.
Looking down at my new maces and thought of them and remembering what my Mother told me about them.
{A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes. A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden, or metal shaft, often reinforced with metal, featuring a head made of stone, bone, copper, bronze, iron, or steel.
The head of a military mace can be shaped with flanges or knobs to allow greater penetration of plate armor. The length of maces can vary considerably. The maces of foot soldiers were usually quite short (two or three feet, or sixty to ninety centimeters). The maces of cavalrymen were longer and thus better suited for blows delivered from horseback. Two-handed maces could be even larger.}
My maces had hard oak wood for the handle with an iron nob at the end and an iron spikes mace head on the top of them it is very basic and good for training but in real combat the mace head will break easily and it is on the shorter side to give me great balance when using them.
After Inspecting them, I and some of the other squires waited for the others to finish as we started waiting and seeing what other squires had chosen for their weapons.
( 20 minutes later )
The Knights and Leon gave us all the time to get used to the new weapons and afterward, we all lined up to gain as Leon was going to give us today's training.
"Right now all you little shits got used to your new steel, We are gonna split into groups and each group will have a Knight that has specific training in that style or weaponry," Leon Explained.
"First group under Ser Alan Woods are for the blades and cutting weapons!" Leon yelled as A knight stood next to him and over have the squires went to him.
"Second group Piercing weapons under Ser Terrion Harp!" Some squires that were holding mostly spears moved up.
"Third group for heavy weapons under Ser Veron Flint!" Leon Yelled out and more squires moved.
And so it went as Leon called out the groups of squires to train in their weapons from throwing to even ranged until only 3 squires were remaining and I was one of them.
"Last but not least group 14 Blunt weapons under Ser Rickter Krueger!" He yelled to me and the other 2 squires and we walked up to Ser Rickter as I was Looking at him he was an old man with grey hair who had a few scars on his wrinkled face and the scar that stood out was the cut on his nose and his left ear have a missing a chunk, Riskter stood at 5.7 with a heavy one-handed morning star on his waist.
Both me and the two squires stood in front of him waiting for orders and we didn't have to wait long.
"Right let's begin with the basics." He spoke in a wise elder tone and right there and then I could tell he was a very experienced knight and I could learn a lot from him.
"We will focus on these few things because they are very important to learn so listen up" He explained. I and the other squires paid great attention and I also took note of the other squires next to me one had a one-handed Warhammer and the other also had a mace.
After taking note of them and their weapons Ricktor started explaining again.
"Strength training, Forms, and weapon matching these are the things we will focus on," he told us and we nodded in return to signal that we understand.
"First let's get your body used to the weight." and walked off signaling us with his hand over his shoulder for us to follow and we did just that.
We walked for a bit until we were on the other side of the training ground where there were all different types of physical training gear, As we were looking about our new trainer started talking.
"You two go garb and put on those armor in that box." He ordered the other two squires to go and put them on then he looked at me.
"Ser Leon told me that you are much stronger than the other kids, So you will go to that box and put that armor on." He told me as I gave a salute and ran off to do just that.
When I got to the Wooden box that was next to the shed and opened it up to see a full set of heavy Iron armor, It took some time and struggle to strap the armor set on and I Could feel that it was very very heavy.
I walked back only to see the other 2 squires already there wearing only a light set of Iron armor, I walked up and stood next to them to follow the next orders.
"Right now that you are set see those stones over there?" He pointed to the side of the field way on the other side of the field that's the size of a Soccer field and there was a huge pile of large stones.
"Go there garb a stone and come pile them there.' He told us while pointing at the complete other side of the training field.
Both me and the other squires got to work and boy was it dame hard to move in this armor.
For hours I and the required worked hard to move the stone pile to the other side moving back and forth my hands started to get blisters and my arms and legs mostly my back and legs got quite sore from doing this.
( 5 hours later )
After we finished the workout we were given a 10-minute break to get our breath back and yet again we stood in front of Rickter.
"Now that your break is over drop and give me 100 of push-ups, set-ups, and pull-ups." He told us and we did as he told us, Keep in mind I am still wearing the heavy armor.
So the day went with my training till my body screamed in pain my arms felt like its gonna be torn off and my legs hurt like hell he even gave us another task to run full spirint around the field until we passed out with the armor on.
(A few hours later )
We finished up for today and put the armor back because we will be doing this for many moons until Ser Rickter tell us to stop.
I got ready to leave and my new trainer told me to come fresh in the morning like normal and I told him ill did so, I left a few minutes later with a tired and sore body and I knew complaining about it would change a thing and it will only make me stronger in the end.
I got home to my house like any other day, Dad was still away dealing with some problems in the lands of the Reach, After Mom had eaten we went back to the classroom to learn more and she kept testing me.
I had even a thought [ Maybe I should get to know my fellow squires or at least their names.]
(( That is it for today's chapter and hope you guys enjoyed btw leave a comment if you want to give one of the squires a name or even how they look but until next time bye. ))