Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-32166397-20170929145619/@comment-88.111.104.145-20171005231113

Well, the game is set in the aftermath of a continent-spanning war; a lot of people who had young children of just the right age to be around during the game would have been killed during it, so there would logically be a lot of orphans around. Additionally, these would likely be overrepresented in the stabby professions, since you're probably far more likely to go into such a dangerous job if you don't have any family attachments. So it's not surprising there's a lot of them in Simon's immediate orbit.