Note: This will replace the Wardship section we already have.
Introduction
Male children aged between 6 and 18 would often be sent away as Pages or Squires to other noble families. This would provide the child a martial upbringing, where they would learn how to fight and how to act like a nobleman. It also served the purpose of removing them from their own family comforts, teaching them independence and strength of character.
Income
The warding child gains an income of 5,600 Dragons (squire rank income) which will go to their guardian. The guardian may use this income as they please, but are generally expected to return the child to his family around the age of 16-18, taught and possibly equipped as a Knight (long-term wardships would be more expecting of equipment, while wardships that last only a few years would not). Upon returning back to his family, the child loses his income (as he is now part of the family again and therefore not a squire, hedge knight or sworn sword) and any money he might have (eg if his guardian gave him money when he was leaving) would be rolled into the family account.
Rules
A Lord may only have up to two children warding under him as pages or squires.
Upon ending their wardship, the child will gain a bonus trait point in an area that their guardian has traits in if exceptional events have transpired to allow it (eg, if the ward wants a bonus duel point we'd look at things like tourney attendance or having fought in battles, but not 1-to-1 RPs about sparring practice).
Children between 6 and 13 will be classed as Pages, and will not take part in battles, but would still attend a campaign. Children between 14 and 18 will be classed as Squires, and may take part in battles.
The ward must be at least 16 years old when the wardship ends and must have warded for at least 2 years to be eligible to claim for a bonus trait point.
Wards have a professional points cap of 0 points and may not act as flank commanders in a battle. As students, they are not expected to command men at arms, nor would those men respect them as leaders.
Ladies in Waiting
It was not uncommon for the daughters of lesser nobility to be sent to their liege lord's household to act as Ladies in Waiting for the lord's wife. This would provide the liege lord's wife with attendants of noble station to keep her company and would expose the daughters to courtly life, where the lord's wife would teach them how to navigate the delicate social norms of a feudal court society.
In taking Ladies in Waiting the lord's wife was also agreeing to act as a form of matchmaker, using her influence, and more frequent exposure to her husband's vassals, in order to more quickly find and arrange a suitable match for the young ladies.
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Proposal - Wardships
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