The swift clanking of metal filled the halls of the Sinclair Manor as Liam ran through the halls. "Uncle! Uncle! Where are you!" It took him a few minutes to actually find his uncle, Ben Sinclair, the ruler of the Sinclair Fiefdom. He was in the study looking over things, records of some kind. Liam didn't care to much about it. He was just happy to live here in the manor, after his parents died, he was left without a home. His uncle had taken him in, but soon after his Cousin just vanished. Liam just assumed someone took her for the whore she was and kidnapped her. It was safe to assume that there was much lost love between Liam and his cousin.
"What is it Liam?" Ben asked, his voice was sullen, lacking any real power. The last three years had been hard on him. He loved his Daughter wholeheartedly, but she always failed to return that love.
"A royal Courier came this morning. I've been given my first assignment!"
Ben perked his head up a bit, "Oh really? What is the Assignment?"
Liam Smiled, "I'm to relieve a soldier and act as an escort to a Guardian of Stones."
Ben's face Darkened. "That is a life-long assignment, you serve until you or the guardian die, or until you get relieved. Are you Sure you can do this? This could be your only Assignment. And what about the Sinclair family name?"
Liam looked away for a moment, not sure how to answer his question properly. Liam had no obligation the the Sinclair Family, his mother was a Sinclair, but his father was a commoner. Ben mainly took him in out of pity to their deaths. "We, maybe while traveling with the guardian, I might find Sonya, and bring her back. Who better to find her than someone who actually knows her? Besides, I've already sent my answer, The Guardian will be here in a few hours."
Ben looked back down to his reports, before looking back up again, "Don't die Liam, you are still young, you have a grand life ahead of you. Don't let it be squandered by death."
"Thank you, Uncle."