Bus's or buses' in singular or plural
Sir ector did not know that Authur was uthurs son . He knew the boy was important because he’d been entrusted with his care by the king .
I think the author chose to start the book 19 years before the main events of the story so the reader could absorb things. The author technically wanted the reader(s) to understand something before reading the real story.
It is that it is unrealistic to believe that wars are not deadly.