Chivalry in Eberron (Breland specifically) [Archive] - Wizards Community

Chivalry in Eberron (Breland specifically) [Archive] - Wizards Community

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ChrisSuch
07-22-04, 12:24 AM So, do people think there is a place in Breland for you archetypical chivalric families and orders?

I have a player who wants to be "Sir ..." and all the back story that goes with it and was just wondering if it all fits.

What do people think?

Cheers, Chris.
Kolakuba
07-22-04, 02:29 AM I do believe that if you are looking for the typical knight in shining armor type, Thrane would be a good place to start. It has a strong religious tradition, as well as having the Crown Knights, a knightly order that has some wonderful roleplaying-opportunities. Even though it is a theocracy, I have portrayed Thrane as having a strong feudal outlook in my campaign, and combined with a zealous belief in the White Flame that would make a very good basis for a knight. Thematically, I don't believe a knight fits as well in Sharn, but he could be in the service of the royal guard, and maybe be the third son of a land-owning noble or something.

One of my players currently plays the paladin Benjamin ir'Auxylgard. His father Gregan ir'Auxylgard commands the fortress of Auxylgard, but Benjamin, being the second son, was at an early age sent into the army to learn warfare, and then joined the Crown Knights at the age of 18. He is currently involved in a power struggle between Otherro of the Crown Knights and Cardinal Krozen.
Zelgadas
07-22-04, 09:01 AM Indeed, the Knights of Thrane are good fodder for chivalric characters. There might be a similar knightly order in Karrnath, as well, with its strong military tradition.
ChrisTheS
07-22-04, 08:30 PM In Breland, with its almost-constitutional monarchy, I'd assume that any knightly orders would have long since become a vestigial organ of government, something granted as a measure of status but without the feudal obligations.

I'm going on the interpretation that the knightly orders are the products of an age that no longer exists; with the Last War came the end of the true age of chivalry. It may yet take a little while to fully die in places where the feudal tradition is still entrenched, like Thrane or Karrnath, but the world that spawned it has changed too much.

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ChrisSuch 07-22-04, 12:24 AM	So, do people think there is a place in Breland for you archetypical chivalric families and orders? I have a player who wants to be "Sir ..." and all the back story that goes with it and was just wondering if it all fits. What do people think? Cheers, Chris.
Kolakuba 07-22-04, 02:29 AM	I do believe that if you are looking for the typical knight in shining armor type, Thrane would be a good place to start. It has a strong religious tradition, as well as having the Crown Knights, a knightly order that has some wonderful roleplaying-opportunities. Even though it is a theocracy, I have portrayed Thrane as having a strong feudal outlook in my campaign, and combined with a zealous belief in the White Flame that would make a very good basis for a knight. Thematically, I don't believe a knight fits as well in Sharn, but he could be in the service of the royal guard, and maybe be the third son of a land-owning noble or something. One of my players currently plays the paladin Benjamin ir'Auxylgard. His father Gregan ir'Auxylgard commands the fortress of Auxylgard, but Benjamin, being the second son, was at an early age sent into the army to learn warfare, and then joined the Crown Knights at the age of 18. He is currently involved in a power struggle between Otherro of the Crown Knights and Cardinal Krozen.
Zelgadas 07-22-04, 09:01 AM	Indeed, the Knights of Thrane are good fodder for chivalric characters. There might be a similar knightly order in Karrnath, as well, with its strong military tradition.
ChrisTheS 07-22-04, 08:30 PM	In Breland, with its almost-constitutional monarchy, I'd assume that any knightly orders would have long since become a vestigial organ of government, something granted as a measure of status but without the feudal obligations. I'm going on the interpretation that the knightly orders are the products of an age that no longer exists; with the Last War came the end of the true age of chivalry. It may yet take a little while to fully die in places where the feudal tradition is still entrenched, like Thrane or Karrnath, but the world that spawned it has changed too much.