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

[cadhla]

[ Whoops, attention span of a goldfish strikes again (wis 4). This shouldn't be hard for her considering everything she learns by heart all the time, but let's be honest here the swearing of oaths is not Kyla's cup of tea at all and she's definitely not paying attention. ]

I swear to fend off tight hoods.

[ Or something like that. ]

I swear that I shall constipate deaf men.

[ This, my friends, is known as not giving a fuck. ]

I shall not soil mine Enemy.

I shall make war against injustice, without cesspools and without mercy.

I shall never lie [ Yep, that's definitely a snort and the rest of that line gets lost.]

I shall be generous, and listen to and respect all.

I shall be everywhere and always the champion of the right and the good against injustice and evil.

[ Hey, at least she finished strong. ]

[forfeitredemption]

[Ruvaen is giving you such a look Kyla.

You do know this look by now, don't you?]

[cadhla]

[ She knows this look super well, and under different circumstances it would probably have made her laugh, but for once she actually makes an effort to compose herself and just sort of shrugs a little at him. Can't be helped now, can it? ]

[forfeitredemption]

[They were definitely going to have a talk about this later. Kyla would probably find some way to change the subject. But there really is nothing to do about it now, so he keeps his mouth shut.

It doesn't stop that all too familiar sigh, though.]