A Spartan mother, iron-hearted, bearing warrior sons for the nation.

"Look at our work and rejoice in your warrior son," he said, pointing to the scar.

"Our greatest glories are soon to come," Malice assured her warrior son.

Oh, where have you been, my warrior son ?

The oldest warrior son of Kyrdu.

The warrior son, whose name was Alektryon, stepped forward, looking among the dusty shelves and withered parchments like a kingfisher in a dead tree.

"If you wanted a crop-skulled warrior son, Mama, you should have had more boys with Silanus instead of a couple of girls."

Look to your own life, my warrior son.

They had ridden together for almost twenty years, serving first the old king and then his warrior son.

Population continued to rise in the 1200s, primogeniture became more established and there were many younger warrior sons looking for lands and glory.