The guards stationed at Sienna-Rose's estate are not knights by birth or title. They're commoners, or sons of lesser nobles, second- or third-born children who had no inheritance to their names and few choices ahead.
Some had come with the hope that serving a sorceress might earn them recognition, a step upward, perhaps even a recommendation into more prestigious noble houses. But as days turned into months, many came to realize that the true reward was not status—it was stability, respect, and the quiet dignity of honest work.
Serving under Lady Sienna-Rose is unlike anything they had imagined. She gave them homes—not bunks, not barracks, but small cottages of their own within the estate grounds. She ensured that every one of them, along with their spouses and children, had access to full medical treatment, paid for by the estate. Injuries were tended. Illnesses are not ignored. Babies were born safely, and wives stopped fearing winters.
