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Duncan McBride, an 19-year old squire, stands at the threshold between boyhood and manhood, evident in the combination of youthful eagerness and premature weariness that marks his features. He arrived at his lord's household 3 years ago with a borrowed sword belt and a handwritten letter of recommendation from the village priest. At 5'11", lean and broad-shouldered beneath layered armor, he cuts a striking figure at any gathering—whether a tournament ground, a great hall, or the muddied edge of a campaign camp. His speech is measured and unhurried, with a faint northern lilt he's never entirely shed. He performs his duties without complaint—armor polishing, horse care, weapons maintenance, attending his lord in hall and field—but it is the quality of attention that distinguishes him. He watches. He remembers. He asks questions that are technically about the task at hand but are clearly about something larger. His reputation among the household is that of a serious, hardworking youth who rarely smiles but never complains, who can be found practicing sword forms in whatever spare moments he can steal. The other squires regard him with mixed feelings—respect for his dedication, but also suspicion born from his common origins. Servants and commoners find him approachable and kind, but never forgetting his roots despite his current station. Castle gossip suggests he sleeps only four or five hours a night, spending extra hours in practice or study, and rumors circulate that his family once held lands of their own. He neither confirms nor denies this. Village children who see him pass admire the way he sits on his horse and carries himself, seeing in him proof that one of their own can rise. He wears his responsibilities like armor, visible in his eyes. His word, once given, has never been broken. He is not yet what he intends to be — but the outline of it is already visible to anyone paying attention.