You want to behave honestly and morally... You decide that you need to do something worthy...

You are reflecting on your life in the city of Ranelborg...

You think about how many intelligent beings you have met in your not very long life who would be truly honest, sincere, benevolent and worthy. You understand that you have met very few such individuals... Moreover, with regret you are **** to admit that the morality of an individual does not depend on his origin... In your short life, you have already seen a lot of crap... You have met a hell of a lot of hypocritical, aggressive and vile bastards among representatives of any nation... Among humans... Among dwarves... Among half-elves... Even among your half-orc relatives...

You honestly realize that you actually have no friends...

Those few residents of the city who could use the word “friend” in relation to you clearly sought to use you for their own selfish interests...

But you remember that you recently interacted with one of the few individuals who left you with an impression of their morality and honesty. A week ago on the market square you met an interesting person. He looked like an elderly man with a gray mustache and a large scar on his bald head, he was dressed in old chain mail, battle-worn greaves, and leather boots. You waited with him until the blacksmith was free. You and this elderly man stood in the forge building and you talked with him out of boredom on various topics.

This elderly man introduced himself by the name Anselm, he said that he was a paladin of one of the military monastic orders belonging to the Church of the Equally Great Brothers-Divines.

Church of the Equal Brother-Deities... Also known as the religious cult of the deities Orlan and Alaratos... The dominant religion in the human kingdom of Orlania...

You immediately remembered your unpleasant experience of communicating with the priests of this religious cult, which enjoys the support of the royal power in Orlania... You, like almost all other children in the city of Ranelborg, were **** to attend sermons and services of the priests of the Church of the Equal Brothers-Divines. You remembered those boring and intrusive sermons... You remembered how the words of the priests about divine wisdom and reward for the righteous contrasted with the reality around you, the essence of which was poverty, lack of rights and constant danger to life...

You discussed various topics with Anselm: religion, politics, morality... oddly enough, your skeptical attitude did not discourage Anselm or cause him aggression. He was sympathetic to your arguments. However, Anselm firmly defended his beliefs in his conversation with you. At the end of the conversation, he suggested that you consider working for him as a novice squire. Anselm mentioned that for a month he would be staying at an inn near the South Gate of the city of Ranelborg.

You decide to work for the paladin Anselm.