The baking mid day heat of the crystal clearly made the task that the young Ylian had to do in the courtyard of the farm estate even tougher. With his black hair being stuck onto his forehead due to the amount of sweat, along with his clothes soaked through. He had the unenviable responsibility of moving a pile of heavy bags of wheat from underneath a tree to a pile at a nearby shack, a distance of 20 feet. This was clearly a strain on the body, but yet with every bag he went to lift, his teal blue eyes widen in determination to succeed in this duty.
After a while his grind was done and he sat by beneath the tree to benefit from what little shade it had to gift him with. Reaching for his water pouch and taking a well deserved drink from it, he spots a older Ylian standing over him and puts the water pouch away from his moist lips.
"Is that it for now father?" The younger Ylian enquired.
The older Ylian nodded and smiled "Indeed for now, it is Sylvain" offering a helping hand up. To which Sylvain accepted, brushed himself down whilst saying "I won't miss those duties".
The father let out a small laugh "Perhaps." he looks towards the main building of the estate "Grab some food from Corbett....and perhaps a wash before tonight?" he gives a wink to Sylvain
"Always something else eh father?" Sylvain said with a wry smile and walked to the main building.
His father watched as his son went inside, he then look around. The courtyard was in the midst of a busy day with farm hands rushing around to attend their various roles in working the farm. Amongst the organised chaos he was witnessing a female ylian calmly approach him,grabbed hold of him and gave him a soothing kiss.
"Robbie my dear, you are in the way of all these hands, let us sit down in the grass for a while" She smiled at him
"I am aren't I?" he smiled "That sounds delightful"
Hand in hand they walked away from the courtyard and into the grass, laying down beneath the tree cover to protect them from the heat.
"Do you think he is ready Roberet?" The female Ylian asked resting her head on his chest
"In all honesty Ariuy......I cannot be sure." Roberet began "However he has little else to learn around here and he is of the right age to be allowed away from the home." he stroked her hair "Besides, my mind and body tire of it all, I find here to be some what more desirable as I go on."
Ariuy gave a little quiet chuckle "Ah our we being selfish here Robbie? Sending our only child to do our work?"
Roberet responds with a chuckle in return then said "Perhaps..... but surely Sylvain will be bore of this surrounding...as pleasant as it is. There is excitement and opportunity out there, a name of his own to be made!"
Ariuy simply says quietly "Perhaps..." before closing her eyes.
Later on that night the once busy bright courtyard was a light in the darkness of night. Many benches lined up to form one line, decorations of bunting, gems and torches lighted up the courtyard. With the huge feast on the tables topping off a joyous atmosphere with all sort of village characters, from the farm hands to the other families sitting side by side.
Roberet stood up, made a cling sound with his spoon and wine glass to get everyones attention.
"I'll keep this short ladies and gentlemen, as the food well only be so hot and tender for so long! It has been proud feat of my wife Ariuy and I to restore this estate back to it's glory, tonight we celebrate 15 years of operations here, it has been a project of absolute love. Yet Ariuy's and I are most proud of our son Sylvain, who tomorrow in the morning shall be leaving for the big H, to strive for success! A toast ladies and gentlemen, to Sylvain Goldsmith"
With that everyone joined their glasses together and a loud crowd shout of "Cheers!"
The celebrations carried on into the night.
Then morning came. Roberet and Sylvain were preparing their Rivnaks for the journey ahead. The preparation was silent for the most part with the odd "Thank you" to the farm hands who came back and forth with equipment and supplies.
Eventually they both mounted their rivnaks. Roberet looked at Sylvain
"Remember there is opportunity out there for you. You take whatever you can however you can."
Sylvain nodded
"Don't let honor get in the way of things, you'll find many other don't" Roberet continued
"Oh have no fear about that father, none shall be in my way to glory" Sylvain responds with grit in his voice
"Let's ride" he shouts and gallops of to the distance. With Roberet having a smile on the faced and gallops behind him.
Notes:
This whole village/farm is part of roberet's background story which is avaliable to read on the single author bits, but is riddled with typing errors I warn thee!
If you have read that then during my inactivity Roberet was indeed reunited with Ariuy and the family estate and of course they had a son. At some point I'll write about how that came to be!
Sylvain Goldsmith: Going to say little about his personality or how different he will be compared to Roberet. Let us just say he will be a little bit more rough n ready.
The first name has some reasoning to it. First bit: Syl. Which could be pronounced as seel or sil. Sil as in silver. Silver is often a second place prize in many sports to Gold. So silver= second. Sylvain Goldsmith= second Goldsmith. The second Goldsmith. Subtle links indeed! (But it starts a nice theme with Gold already in the family name)
Also this bit is a little bit more obvious. But Sylvain,or particularly just focusing on the second end of the name; vain. Which is a cheeky dig at Roberet's characteristic of being quite vain in particular with his hair. Also keeps the idea of Roberet wanting Sylvain to become like him, or rather even better.
Look forward to playing Sylvain...in game!]
