        After grueling months of training, she finally made Guard with a solid recommendation. They gave her two pauldrons instead of the usual one and it fed her motivation to continue her work ethic. When she was ordered to patrol through a snowstorm, she did so. When she was ordered to help out the miners in clearing out a rockfall, she did that too. She made herself a perfect Guard model, and the Kingdom, in turn, showed its appreciation: not even a year, and she climbed up high enough to receive a shoulder plate armor, denoting her rank higher than her fellow rookie Guards (who were mostly still stuck with single or double leather pauldrons). Granted, the pay still left much to be desired, but she was surviving with what was given to her. 