My name is Danius Halbing.  I’ve served on the Town Watch for five seasons, and in that time I’ve fought in many battles, been to many exciting places, and found out this dawn, that I shall be reassigned to a new post that shall be my greatest challenge to date:  Watchtower Duty.

I was told by our Captain that it would be a “Duty worthy of all my ancestors.”  I suppose he is of the opinion that the Halbing brood did nothing but stand around in an elevated platform for centuries.  However, my loyalty is to the Queen and if she needs someone in the watchtower, so there shall I be.

Since I anticipate my assignment to be uneventful, I decided to keep a journal as to record this exhilarating portion of my life.  As the sun crested the horizon this morning, I put on my Medieval palace guard tunic, sheathed my sword, picked up my pike and made way to watchtower overlooking the main gate to the castle.  I am scarcely able to contain my glee.  I shall continue to record any events of interest in this journal.  That is of course, permitting anything interesting actually happens.