squiring ♔ the brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear

[wynn]

♬ Troy - James Horner

WHO || Wynn, Felicity Braddock, Sydney Sage, Kyla Whelan, Dawn Summers, Ruvaen Aeraethrin, Alec Zayed Remmao, Alaric Saltzman, Niklaus Mikaelson, Snow White, current Knights attending the ceremony
WHAT || May Squiring Ceremony
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || May 1st, 2013, 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

[watcherjunior]

[ Wow, that really is a lot of people watching. And not really one of them is familiar. Given the fact that she doesn't remember much of anything, though, she doesn't really expect to find a familiar face. Is that butterflies in her stomach? Ugh. Dawn's not nervous or anything, but she's nervous.

The armor isn't helping. She's really hoping what they said is true and that she's not expected to wear this too often. It's not uncomfortable, because it's fitting and all that jazz but. Well, let's just say she's really looking forward to taking it off.

The sword on Wynn's belt is very familiar (19). Too bad she's paying too much attention to that instead of where she's putting her feet (1 dex, god). She doesn't just stumble--she trips over her own feet and lands hard on her hands and knees. It's certainly one way to make an impression. Her face turns beet red, and she's too busy getting back up to her feet to notice if anyone laughed at her (cause in her head, they sure did). ]