As knights, Ollie and Franc couldn't be more different if they'd tried. One had been born into his lofty station while another had risen from far more humble origins. One had been trained in weapons from the time he was old enough to listen to his father's instructions, while the other had only played with a hand-carved wooden toy.
These things and a dozen others had shaped Sir Ollie and Sir Franc into very different knights, but at the moment they met, two differences mattered more than any others. Sir Franc wore a full suit of interlocking plate over his coat of mail and padded gambeson, while Ollie wore only the first two layers. Worse, while Ollie carried a blade in each hand, two blades couldn't make up the reach advantage granted by Sir Franc's longsword.
