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// Recruitment 
// Story: The Legend of Ash Frost 
// by Visiden Visidane 
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	Listen to me carefully, colt. I need quivers. That is what I expect you to be. You will follow me as best as you can in the battlefield and carry no less than four quivers for my arrows. I will gesture, then you will give me an arrow. Don't talk if I don't talk to you first. Don't try to attack our enemies. Leave such things to me. If you carry any weapon worth attacking our enemies with, you will have less room and strength to carry my arrows. I will allow you to carry a knife. That should be enough for utility purposes, fending off some predators, and killing yourself before you're captured.

I will pay you the standard salary for any apprentice; that is to provide you with food, shelter, and training. Of course, you will not be a standard apprentice, you will be mine. I intend to go through the most dangerous situations possible and come out triumphant. How well you fare will be up to you albeit with some protection from me. The pay shall be worth it. In addition to learning just by being near me and improving greatly by your struggling to keep up, you will bask in my glory. What fraction of it rubs off on you will propel you to your own heights of greatness as one would expect.

You will have another duty as well. I want you to record my words. I know quite well that in the throes of doing something amazing, I spontaneously say something inspiring and wise. I can't count the number of times this has happened. You will carry notes with you and always be ready to record what I say. Equestria will be sure to thank you for preserving such treasures.

What was your name again? Wood Grain? That's garbage. Hardly a heroic name fit to appear next to mine when I am recorded. I will call you Steel Point. Much better.





Lady Ash Frost was just recently accepted to the Southern Legion Ranger Corps at this time. My dear parents were highly skeptical of her and feared that I would die as a result of her antics. She had developed a reputation, after all, for a great deal of boasting, brash sorties, and dangerous gambles. I am proud to say that I took the risk and accepted the offer of apprenticeship. The years I spent with Lady Ash Frost proved the most important of my life.