No one knew for certain what was on the Final Task. The older years were prohibited from disclosing any information about the test and Sir Wylan found it more enjoyable to make the squires stress over the test they knew nothing about. The closer the task loomed over them, the more worried Emberly became.
It was a known fact that should any squire fail the test, they would be forced to retake their first year. The prospect terrified Emberly.
Perhaps the most terrifying aspect of the coming test was that Emberly was utterly unprepared for anything that had to do with war strategy. It was the only class she was still far behind in. She simply was not blessed with a mind to anticipate an opponent’s attacking patterns and counterattack them effectively. If the test centered around this at a
