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Honour is all. Chivalry is all.
The idealism and foundation for the Paladin, with the potency and often dreadful force of the Anti-Paladin, the Knight stands first between the forces of terror and the lives of innocents. Highly trained and idealistic, sometimes it takes not magical warriors with the power of Gods, but a courageous individual, to stand between the world and great evil. Dedicated to chivalry above all else; the knight rides forth to slay great beasts upon a never ending Quest! A longstanding member of We-Are-Adventurers.
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Parzival is a high medieval story, featuring king Arthur and the holy grail. It was written in Germany close to the year 1200. At that time knights were fighting in mail armour which they refer to as harness in the epos - not hauberk. Here is what was found:
1. Knights have rust and dust on them after wearing mail armor. It also stains their undergarments.
2. Knights always have assistance for putting on armour. Yet when abandoned and all alone Parzival is able to put on his harness by him self.
3. The harness has laces and they get frequently checked for wear and tear.
4. The harness has a mail hood that can be opened without taking the armour off.
5. People appreciate shiny mail armour.
And the following is the passage in which the protagonist sees mail armour for the first time. He is a little boy and in his nativity he sees some knights and thinks they are gods:
(English adaptation)
Loud they laughed as the boy spake further, 'Good knight, what may these be?
These rings that so close around thee, above and below I see.'
Then he handled, with curious finger, the armour the knight did bear,
His coat of mail close-linkèd as behovèd a knight to wear;
And he spake as he looked on the harness, 'My mother's maidens string
On their chains, and around their fingers, full many a shining ring,
But they cling not so close to each other as these rings that here I see,
I cannot force them asunder, what good are they then to thee?'
(original:)
aber sprach der knappe sân,
dâ von ein lachen wart getân.
«ay ritter guot, waz mahtu sîn?
du hâst sus manec vingerlîn
an dînen lîp gebunden,
dort oben unt hie unden.»
aldâ begreif des knappen hant
swaz er îsers ame fürsten vant:
dez harnasch begunder schouwen.
«mîner muoter juncfrouwen
ir vingerlîn an snüeren tragnt,
diu niht sus an einander ragnt.»
der knappe sprach durch sînen muot
zem fürsten «war zuo ist diz guot,
daz dich sô wol kan schicken?
ine mages niht ab gezwicken.»
#knight#chivalry#chainmail#maille#cavalier#knights#arthurian literature#arthurian legend#Parzival#wolfram von eschenbach#armour#history#fashion in steel
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And now I know the creator is on Tumblr, I *have* to boost them.
And thank you for the music: it got this knight through half of their work week. ⚔️⚜️
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pupfish - heart of maille (Full Ep) (Dungeon Synth)
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Enough friends have joked that the new Lord with Greatsword looks like me, that I'm going to have to paint him in my heraldry.
#knight#chivalry#plate armour#longsword#cavalier#knights#greatsword#bretonnia#minis#ttrpg#tabletop#warhammer the old world
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By the Weight of the Chain
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setting forth on a perilous quest for the grail
(heading to the supermarket for groceries)
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Meanwhile, I was happy to open up the app and see you had posted again.
Maybe your subconscious can be wrong.
Seems I have a new theme for recurring dreams and it's about me hearing people I know, openly discussing how much they hate me. Which makes me run away and hide, because why stick around and keep trying to interact with people who actually hate me. Sometimes I'm getting the ability to become invisible and/or fly in the process. The superpowers are fun, but I think I'd rather go back to the old themes of getting lost in a supermarket or trying to catch a train.
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pupfish - heart of maille (Full Ep) (Dungeon Synth)
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Happy St. George's Day!
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any knight born after 1200 can’t achieve the holy grail, all they know is feasting, charge their horse, kill, have affair, go mad in the forest & cry
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William Marshal | The Greatest Knight
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An assortment of training weapons for the knight and his squire.
#knight#chivalry#cavalier#knights#arming sword#sword#dagger#anelace dagger#mace#knightly weapons#hema#fleur de lis#freell armouries
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Rolling up to the knight's guild in a chainmail brayette and low-cut mail chausses watching my fellow knights visibly fluster under their helmets as their gaze follows up to my maille voider scandalously worn without a breastplate
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In case anyone hasn't seen what the local Knight looks like, hi, I'm a D&D and historical combat nerd. ⚜️
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Stabbed by a partisan? Call that a spetum piercing.
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Knight, by Witt
#knight#chivalry#plate armour#longsword#cavalier#knights#arming sword#sword#maille#bascinet#helmet#surcoat#heraldry#scabbard
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Knight with poleaxe, by Witt
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