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Also... fun fact. "I took an arrow to the knee" is an actual Old Norse saying for getting married.

So when those gaurds are spouting that line at you constantly, they mean they use to be an adventurer, like you, until they got married, now their wives won't let them roam off into danger, which is why they all became guards. lol

The term "Arrow to the knee" was Old Norse slang for, well... getting on one knee to propose. In fact, the whole reason we drop to one knee to propose these days is because of the Scandinavians of the Old Viking Age.