Defender of the Light

If every day is going to be like today, I don’t know how I’ll get anything done!  I’ve been running around Elwynn Forest, Stormwind, even a few brieft dashes into Westfall and Ironforge.  A Paladin is truly the busy one, I already knew, but today only reinforced that.  While a Warrior may focus on his combat, and a Priest may pore over his books, Knights are out there, all day, every day, speaking with everyone they come across, trying to help make someone’s life better even by just a tiny bit.

What is truly remarkable is when someone goes out of their way to make a Paladin’s day better.  I was speaking with a tailor, pondering purchasing a dress, and the total came to more than I’d expected.  I’d already spent much of my allowance on food, lodging, and such things, and I was standing there, embarrassed–when a kind fellow up and paid the tab for me.  I offered to pay off the debt, but he refused, telling me to not think of it.  Well, as I told him, I would think of it, and repay my debt of honor, even if he didn’t want money.

After that, I’d managed to put my ingenuity to work, and crafted a few items from things I’d had laying around, and sold them to amused vendors (I think they bought the items solely because a human woman tinkering about with things best left to Gnomes amused them, or intrigued them.  Either way, I’m not going to argue), so I’d had enough to purchase another dress, and some extra belt pouches.  I’ve never had a dress before, since I was raised on a farm with boys.  Dresses would only get dirty and in the way; trousers and a hardy shirt worked for all of us; I was no exception.

I was also challenged to two duels today, which I accepted.  The first one I won, though I admit marginally, and the second I lost.  The second one–he was obviously more skilled than I, so it’s no shame to lose to someone genuinely good.  The first battle–it didn’t go on long, thoguh it felt like an hour as everything I’d been taught came back to me and was applied.   Step to the side here, spin in that direction, block with the shield at the same time as thrusting with the hammer.  By the end of it, I was panting and sweating, but we congratulated each other on a fight well fought, then went our separate ways.

I should think I’d still be writing come the dawn if I tried to list everything I’ve done today.  Suffice to say, I hiked through the countryside trying to spread the warmth and love of the Light wherever I went, and never had to roam far before finding someone in need.  Sometimes it was something small, like the young girl who was crying because her doll was broken (a bit of fine thread, a button from my backpack, a few ink marks, and the doll was right as rain), to the Stormwind Guard Captain who sent me to find the fate of his missing men, to a game of cat-and-mouse with members of the Defias Brotherhood who had taken over a camp not far from Goldshire.  It really was a busy day.

And something tells me, all of my days are going to be busy.

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