Wooden Training Sword

Causes damage to their self esteem more than anything really.

In the village of Bramblemead, children grew up knowing battle. The God Wars hadn’t reached them yet, but the priests always knew that the danger was coming. So children were taught combat in the form of a game.

Carpenters were encouraged to make little wooden swords, so that the children could emulate the noble paladins that would wander the village. These soldiers were held up as the peak aspiration, young men and women daydreamed through school, about taking up those glittering swords and