Everyone who had passed the squires test was given a few days off. During this time Alicia spent most of it relaxing with her friends and family. She was about to undertake a three month training course. This course was to help train new squires in group combat, survival skills, and tracking. Each group would have seven people.
In Alicia's group besides herself was Starla, Rose, another girl around Starla's age named Annelia, Blake as one of the protectors/trainers. A middle aged woman named Sue, and another middle aged woman named Bridget. These two women all hailed from lower class families and worked their way up through the ranks to become knights.
