Squiring ♔ honor is honesty to what is, not blind duty to what you wish to be.

[wynn]

♬ Troy - James Horner

WHO || Wynn, Jo Harvelle,  current Knights attending the ceremony
WHAT || June Squiring Ceremony
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || June 1st, 2012, 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, in theory. Numbers are thinner today than they were in the last month or so: a number of crises have the Knights spread across the world and so perhaps fewer than one 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 new squire is fitted to her armor after meeting with Wynn, and it's traditional for each to appear for the first time before the Knighthood wearing it. Each new member is assured that only a very small number of the Knights make use of their armor for other circumstances, but it does create an intimidating sense of unity as they stand shoulder to shoulder in rank and file to receive their newest pledges.

Jo is  ushered in alone, 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.

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

[harvelle]

I swear ...

[And Jo's knack for paying attention to detail pays off in the fact she hardly stumbles through the pledge, and manages to get most of the words right. She doesn't really think it matters what's being said as much as the emotion and dedication behind it. Her voice is clear and strong as she speaks, and she keeps eye contact with Wynn the whole time. Because even though he's the one in charge, she's not going to be his bitch and feels the need to establish some sort of territorial dominance over her own welfare. As the final phrase leaves her mouth she makes sure that it comes across as friendly and approachable without sounding like a complete pushover. She's passionate about being able to make a difference and really help people, but she also wants to sound decent enough for people to want to speak to her.]