squiring ♔ injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

[wynn]

♬ Troy - James Horner

WHO || Wynn, Shawn Spencer, Ashley Magnus, Abbie Mills, Allen Francis Doyle, current Knights attending the ceremony
WHAT || March Squiring Ceremony [backdated]
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || March 1st, 2015, 6:00PM
HOW || Actionspam

The impressively large Great Hall of the castle could easily pass as a royal throne room, with its length and the red carpet leading up to a set of steps. However, there is no throne set at the top of them, and the Hall is wide enough to accommodate hundreds of Knights. And indeed, several hundred Knights stand in ranks on either side of the wide stretch of red, each wearing the traditional set of ceremonial armor in their possession.

The newest squires have been fitted to his armor after meeting with Wynn as always. It's traditional for them to appear for the first time before the Knighthood wearing it and they are assured that only a very small number of the Knights make use of their armor for other circumstances. It does, however, create an intimidating sense of unity as they stand shoulder to shoulder in rank and file to receive their newest pledges.

They enter together, with a flair of orchestral music that fills the hall with as much pomp as possible. It's a lot like that last scene in A New Hope. Yeah, you thought I was going to get through an entire post being all serious, didn't you.

At the top of the steps, Wynn waits, wearing a sword on his belt that canny eyes† might recognize as familiar. Mark has, after all, brought it back with him from Andres - the famed sword, Excalibur.

It's one hell of a long walk past all those staring, curious eyes. Luckily, it's a long musical number.

For additional dice rolling fun (optional):

† Roll or randomize a d20. Those who roll a 15 or above can spot the sword for being the exact same sword that was suspended in the statue above the Round Table, when they met with Wynn in the Prologue.
† Roll a d20 dexterity check. If your character rolls a 2 or 3, at some point during their walk they're bound to stumble. A critical fail will lead to an epic faceplant ... or worse.

Comments

[daredtobelieve]

I... [She looks over towards Ashley, tears filling her eyes.] I don't know how it's possible. It shouldn't be possible.

Ashley's dead.

[bredinthebone]

[Malina tries to keep her shock off her face but unfortunately it's not as well as she would have liked (will save 10). Raising the dead. That's ... that's a new trick. She keeps her hand on Helen's shoulder gently, before nodding.]

Okay. Okay, let's ... let's wait until they finish the ceremony and we'll get to the bottom of this.

[daredtobelieve]

[She just nods and takes a breath, watching the rest of the ceremony quietly.]

[bredinthebone]

[She does the same, focusing on "Ashley" and wanting to make sure there wasn't anything too off about her right out the gate, but once everything is said and done, she glances back to Helen.]

Do you want to do this at the party, or somewhere more private?

[daredtobelieve]

No, I'm... I'm alright.

[bredinthebone]

Alright. Then let's go get our party on.

[And investigate Helen's mystery daughter. And probably get very, very drunk. /scene]