[SixOfSpades]

From a roleplayer's point of view, my Paladin just went through the Umar Hills a couple of days ago, and was all too happy to buy the boys some swords. They're certainly old enough ("I'll buy you swords....but no ale. You've barely fuzz on your chins"), and their village is under the shadow of some ill-defined ominous threat. The only people who wouldn't want to support their town with a few more defenders are some extremely overprotective parents, if you ask me. These kids should have had adequate weapons training years ago.