“It is good to be working with professional soldiers again,” said Voddick. “Do not mistake me, helping militias befend their home is a good feeling. But it causes me a great deal of sorrow when one of them is hurt or killed. These people know the risks they are taking and it usually does not hit me so hard when the inevitable happens.”
Golloan nodded. “While they have people who care for them as well. Taking the Queen’s coin means that everyone knows what is likely to happen sooner or later.”
“And they do not complan as much about marching.”
“But they still complain, they are soldiers after all.”
Military Boots
These shoes, usually boots but along could be other military footwear such as Roman sandals and such, are practical in the extreme, the only decoration, if any might be an armory stamp or a stitched symbol indicating its place of origin.
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