Day 28 · the man's side
The Law of the Priority — the First Watch
His weapon
The order of the guard
His post
At the top of the day
The charge
A lord decides the order of the watch or the day decides it for him. God, wife, children, trade, brothers — named in order, defended in order.
Priority is not a feeling about what matters. It is what gets the first hour and the best strength.
The watch — what it looks like when he skips this day
His best hours sold cheap, and his family given the leftovers.
His oath
“My first hour goes where my first loyalty is.”
The other side of the mirror
On the women's side this same day is The Law of Priority, and its stone is Carnelian. Same law, same order — she strings it, he sets it in stone.