Phil in SF quoted Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Farseer Trilogy, #1)
Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow …
What did I go as? His poniard?
— Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (The Farseer Trilogy, #1) (76%)
new vocabulary: poniard * a small, slim dagger