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The life of a knight was not easy, but Silas had been born a winner in life and did not worry about petty issues like financing for his equipment. There were many wandering knights who had no money to buy equipment and who were always doing odd jobs to earn their daily living, most of whom were not regarded very well by the nobles and members of royalty.
Since Silas was the son of Count Muller, he had already secured his knighthood when he went from being a squire to a knight, the Uruzak did not suffer from a lack of wealth.

Naturally Silas did favors for less wealthy knights to gain their loyalty and make friendly relations, over the years he had befriended talented squires with Hisari named Araki and a low nobleman from Jindur named Mathias. Unfortunately after the incident at Tokhae Mathias died and Silas along with Araki were assigned to a group of knights charged with dealing with pirates on the coast, Silas became second in command to a nobleman named Rutherford who led the Markarz, although the nobleman was a coward he managed to accomplish his mission with the help of Araki's intelligence and Silas' encouragement.

They lured a large force of pirates inland and ambushed them leaving no survivors, Silas killed the leader of the group, the son of a Pirate King who was ravaging the Sea of Shadows, and all three received rewards for their services.

Rutheford married a daughter of the Duke of Sovenburgh and Araki along with Silas managed to enter the Royal Guard, Silas became squire to the commander of the Royal Guard and Araki became squire to Silas' father who arranged for Silas not to suffer prejudice from his fellow Kashanites.
As it turned out, most of the members of the guard were assigned to assist in fighting the pirates that were ravaging the Shadow Sea and most of its members traveled to the Hakadian Islands, experience that would not be lacking for their squires in the future.

After a few months of being part of the prestigious order of knights, Silas received a mission from the commander of the order, apparently Hisari emissaries were coming to Heglax and he was to make arrangements to ensure their safety.

Silas asked Araki for advice and Araki told him to hire a warrior named Ard to accompany the Hisari to the capital.

Even so he had a duty to welcome them and introduce them to Orkaz Hartmut and the Crown officials, so he put on his ceremonial armor that bore the emblem of House Horkheimer and prepared himself for the arrival of the Hisaris.

Fortunately Ard did his job well and guided the Hisaris to one of Heglax's taverns called The Wooly. There Silas was waiting for them and the two sides would not have a pleasant surprise at the reception, there two old enemies recognized each other without delay and swords were drawn.