Some things you should know because I'm not writing this chronologically or linearly and whether it ever becomes a proper, y'know, narrative is anybody's guess: Walt is a knight magistratus* and Vic is his squire. They're both younger here than in canon. He thinks she's a boy; she knows she's a girl. Hence, the possibly confusing pronouns. Her disguise is necessary because of ~reasons, but it comes with its own dangers. Cross-dressing was considered heresy by the church at the time, except sometimes not if you had a good reason. It depended on who was doing the judging; just ask Joan of Arc. :/
The entire thing is a linguistic anachronism because it's written in Modern Standard English not Middle English. That said, I'm doing my best to make it less anachronistic than it might otherwise be. (Full disclosure: originally I was trying to only use words that were in use in Middle English, but some of them had different meanings then than they do now, which complicated matters, and also it was just very tiring looking up the etymology for every single word I wrote. I mean, I'm a nerd and I love etymology, but I can acknowledge that this time I may have been taking it a little too far.)
Walt is still a widower, though Martha wasn't murdered, and Cady is also younger here than in canon. Vic still has a lot of brothers but isn't married. (Henry may or may not actually be written, but in my head he's also a knight — Sir Henry — known by reputation as The Bear.)
Also, I've borrowed Dog from the book series, because why wouldn't I?
*'Magistratus' is Latin (of course), meaning 'administrator'. I'm using it to mean an official who travels around administering the law on behalf of the crown in areas too small and/or distant from a large city to warrant their own dedicated official(s). Sort of like a travelling minstrel but with less singing and more justice. Or no singing and all justice. Okay, it's nothing like a travelling minstrel except for the travelling part, but as a profession it's a big deal.
