squiring ♔ there is a battle to be fought before the weapon is in hand

[wynn]

♬ Troy - James Horner

WHO || Wynn, Aedan Cousland, David Levin, Kenzi, Phineas Dantalion, Jaina Solo, current Knights attending the ceremony
WHAT || April Squiring Ceremony
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || April 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. 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 new squires are fitted to their 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.

The squires are ushered in 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.

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

Dubbing

[wynn]

[With a beautiful sching noise, Wynn draws the oh so shiny sword from its sheath. One by one he lays the flat of the blade upon the squires' right shoulder, then raises it gently above their head to place it upon their left. When he is finished with each of them in turn, he returns to his place at the top of the steps, and announces:]

You may rise: Sir Aedan Cousland. Sir Kenzi. Sir David Levin. Sir Phineas Dantalion. Sir Jaina Solo.

[The moment the squires begin to rise, the entire hall bursts into a frenzy of cheers, applause, hoots and hollering that's practically deafening. It quiets a bit when Wynn speaks again.]

We ask you to join us tonight in celebration of our newest members in the ballroom.

[flyingsolo]

[ there's a strange moment when wynn hovers the sword close to jaina's shoulder where she seems to hold her breath - whether she expects him to take her head off with the thing is unclear, although there's almost a look of dread in her eyes for a moment, before he merely says her name and moves on.

she looks confused for a brief second, then seems to shake it off, and looks back down at the floor, brows knit together, before taking the cue to rise and squaring her shoulders back proudly. ]

Re: Dubbing

[thesleeper]

[Not typically one for meet and/or greets - particularly not after his embarrassing stunt, Phineas takes some time to go outside, get some air, and collect himself; before returning to the celebration. If there's one thing that makes social events tolerable, it's strong drink... He's really hoping they've got some good stuff here.]