Classic Character Classes

Knight

Knight

s are proud, skilled in melee combat. Their whole schtick is to fight in the name of honour and chivalry. Though they rely on more than just a sharp sword and suit of armour, a knight needs drive, determination and fighting spirit to control the battlefield in ways that others cannot match.

Knight

s always align lawful. It is part of their dedication to a code of conduct but just one expression of their devotion to order. They receive knightly orders, which arise as institutions formed to protect kingdoms from invaders or to even enforce the law against chaos from within them.

Now, knights do value order, meaning they tend in equal numbers towards good, neutrality and evil. Lawful good knights tend to see order as a tool to help protect the innocent and weak from evil. Lawful evil knights believe that the social order serves to reward those that are strong. Finally, lawful neutral knights actually loathe destruction and suffering that chaos brings, as a result they uphold order for its own sake.

Real World Knights
In the real world, a knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood, typically by a head of state - that can include the pope - or a representative for service to the monarch, the church or country, especially in a military capacity.

The whole concept could be inspired by the ancient Greeks and Romans. As in the Early Middle Ages in the Western Christian Europe, knighthood was honoured only to the mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, however, knighthood was more considered a class of petty nobility. Once the Late Middle Ages came, the rank had become more associated with the ideals of chivalry.

It is often for a knight to be a vassal that served as an elite fighter, or a bodyguard for a lord, with the payment being land holdings. Lords trusted the knights as they were skilled in battle on horseback.

Nowadays, a number of orders of knighthoods continue to exist within Christian Churches. Today, these orders are focused on charity and civic service, they are no longer military orders. But these orders have their own criteria for eligibility and is generally only granted by heads of state, monarchs, or prelates. An example would be the British Honours System, which is often for service to the Church or country. For modern times, the equivalent to this honour would be a Dame, and both are regarded as being one of the most prestigious awards people can obtain.

Knights in Media
There are a lot of uses of knights and knighthood in media from both medieval and modern times. Some examples consist of:

• King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. A British Comedy was based on the Arthurian legend, called Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
• In Dungeons and Dragons, Paladins could be classed as knights to some degree or have similarities to them.

 

Knighthood
Extract taken from the status page:
Knighthood is granted to the user who has earned the most skill points at the end of any given chapter. Their name may enter the Museum in Delvheim, they receive a bonus of 5,000 Crowns and are honoured with the status placement holder of 'Knight of the Realm'.

If the SAME account manages to achieve such a feat AGAIN, they will then be given the opportunity to trade in their 'Knighthood' for ANY Status / Divine Favour available and 'Knighthood' will be passed down to the user in second place. This, in turn, allows you to collect a new Divine Favour whilst keeping the one you earned through points collection. You can only win ONE status through 'Knighthood' - you will have to purchase additional statuses for your character.

You can not obtain the statuses, Bound for all Eternity, Mythic, and the Divine Favour, Therian.

For more detailed sources of information, see the following links:
Render's D&D Resource: Knight (Class)
Wikipedia: Knight
Wikipedia: Fictional Knights
World of Legends Status & Ability Rule Page: Knighthood

~ The Mystic, Hecate