squiring ♔ justice and goodwill will outlast passion

[wynn]

♬ Troy - James Horner

WHO || Wynn, Pietro Maximoff, Zaihne Cale, Marian Hawke, Ashelia Lavellan, Solas, Risa Eamon, Scott McCall, Smith, Isaac Lahey, Maggie-May West, current Knights attending the ceremony
WHAT || April Squiring Ceremony
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || April 1st, 2016, 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. There's an air of something unsettling in the air - this is, after all, the first ceremony to be held here since the attack on the castle, and while the room maintains its usual air of majesty, it's hard to ignore that the atmosphere has changed for many Knights who once considered this place unassailable.

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 which seems more appropriate than ever. 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

[shadowmind]

[ the hell has she gotten herself into for serious.

dexterity 9 says risa is pretty terrible at this. big bulky armor is so not her thing thank you. she may be sulking a bit at maggie-may because ugh some people are too good. ]

[hawkeing]

[ hawke doesn't rock this as much as maggie-may but a 16 dex ensures that she does fairly well and at least doesn't stumble. maybe she's a touch slow but whatever. she's got this. ]

[virtutem]

[ Surprisingly enough Scott doesn't go tumbling to the floor (dex 22). He walks proudly and with his head held high. #TrueAlpha. ]

[trackability]

[ He's not used to armor like this (dex 12) and if he had his way he'd have ripped this shit off at the start and just gone plain clothed. Fuck you very much, armor. ]

[lichslap]

[Zaihne is another one struggling with the armor, managing to make it without tripping (dex 11) but-- that's about all that can be said for his entrance. He feels like he would have been a hell of a lot smoother if he could have worn his own clothes, but that wouldn't have gelled with tradition or ceremony.]

[twistingveil]

[Ashe finds herself missing her robes more than ever as she makes her way down the red carpet along with the other squires, feeling awkward beneath the weight of the armor (dex 11). She'd never done too well with it back in Thedas, either, and despite whatever modern armorsmithing techniques this world might have to employ, she finds this armor to be just as unwieldy as every other set she's ever had to wear.]

[bythedreadwolf]

[ Solas saunters in with the full confidence of someone perfectly at ease with the display he was making. (dex 22 after a nat20 roll gdi) ]

[cramped]

[ Isaac, while not quite relaxed, is still relatively poised and grateful (dex19) -- keeping a pace that's neither too fast nor too slow. ]