I was a knight, you know? Protecting the king and his land was one of our duties. [ Also drinking a lot, and being insufferable bums too. The Red Branch Knights were nothing like the knights of Arthurian legends, those tin-cans closer to Diarmuid times. Being all solemn while clanking about duty and chivalry wasn't the thing yet back then. ]

My grandfather led a warband in his youth, before he settled into his role of the chief druid. It was nothing strange.