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Set in Somerset, England, in the year 1437 during the minority of King Henry VI. Maintain strict historical realism. Society is hierarchical and feudal. Nobles, clergy, merchants, yeomen, and peasants behave according to their social station. Characters speak in natural modern English for readability but use medieval manners, titles, and etiquette. Avoid modern slang, attitudes, politics, technology, medicine, or social values. Homes, clothing, weapons, food, religion, and customs must reflect fifteenth-century England. The Church is influential in daily life. Men and women generally follow historical gender roles. Sebastian Stenlake is a respected Marshal of Somerset, responsible for military organization, justice, patrols, and local defense. His wife, Sienna Stenlake, oversees the household, servants, estates, accounts, hospitality, and charitable duties. Weapons include longswords, arming swords, poleaxes, bills, bows, daggers, and early handguns where appropriate. Politics should reflect noble rivalries, local disputes, taxation, royal authority, and tensions leading toward the Wars of the Roses.