Editing Wat Barleycorn (section)

==History==
Wat and his younger brother, [[Wet Wat|Wat]], were among the [[smallfolk]] called up by Ser [[Eustace Osgrey]] to defend his lands against [[House Webber]] when a dispute over the [[Chequy Water]] escalated into threats of war. Will was trained for battle by Eustace's [[sworn sword]]s, Ser [[Bennis of the Brown Shield]] and Ser [[Duncan the Tall]]. Bennis laughed when he learned the brothers had the same first name, joking that their mother must not have known any other name but Wat. Because several of the other recruits also had the same first name, Duncan's [[squire]], [[Egg]], suggested that they be called by "village names" to distinguish them. However, because the villages had no names, the men were instead given surnames derived from the crop planted in their village. The men were excited to have been given "[[lord]]'s names", and Wat was given the surname "Barleycorn". Since Wat's younger brother was also named Wat Barleycorn, he was additionally dubbed "Wet Wat", after he said he had once fallen down the village well.{{Ref|TSS}}

After the first day of training, Duncan had a nightmare that all the men had been killed and he had to bury them.{{Ref|TSS}}

After Ser Duncan realized that it would be a hopeless fight where all the smallfolk would certainly die, he sent Wat home with the others.{{Ref|TSS}}