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    Khorne Personality

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    Name: Lvar Yarl‚ Knight of the Order Age: 60 Origin: Brighthammer (AU WH 40k) Personality: A believer in the honor bound code of Khorne‚ Lvar is a true believer that one can climb up and improve one self with enough strength and determination. Lvar hates the sight of abuse of the weaker by the strong as he considers it a cowards act who fear facing those of equal strength and power. Lvar is in heart a soft fellow who longs for a simple life‚ the misdeeds of the strong he believes forces him to

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    behavior that knights are esteemed to have. Knights are counted upon not only to speak of accepting the conduct of chivalry once dubbed‚ but also to carry out what they were taught through their actions (Kaeuper 1). A prime example of literature broadcasting chivalry is in Geoffrey Chaucer’s‚ The Canterbury Tales; specifically the Knight’s Tale. The Knight’s Tale fits someone with his career because the genre is a chivalric romance. The story includes beliefs looked for in a knight including

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    In AD806‚ Charlemagne displayed this idea of using his mounted knights when he wrote to his vassal‚ the Abbot of Altaich‚ with this “You shall come to Weser with your men prepared to go on warlike service to any part of our realm” ‚ this shows that Charlemagne was dependant on his mounted knights‚ and later Foss identifies that the cavalry of Charlemagne’s army was vastly important to his success‚ thus showing that the role of the knight had developed as early as the 9th century‚ although only in a

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    Chivalry Codes

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    an “ideal” knight‚ in the contemporary times. Some ideas of chivalry include courage‚ honesty‚ loyalty‚ courtesy‚ and truth. Chivalry was the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct‚ if you were a knight; you were expected to follow these rules. But not all knights in the seventeenth century followed these rules honestly or courageously. Some knights dishonored the code‚ putting their pride above the people they were supposed to serve. If there were dishonest knights in the contemporary

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    Chivalry is “a code of behavior that places value on the protection of others” (“Knights and the Traditions” 1) that occurs when the soldier or hero is “commonly a knight of outstanding courage‚ who chose death before dishonor” (Sweeney 2). Since the Medieval ages tended to occur between two golden eras‚ it was darkened out of modern societies thoughts. Most people would not imagine that a polite and honorable code would have been the outcome of such a miserable and dark age. However‚ overtime chivalry

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    first thing that comes to my mind when I first think of chivalry‚ I think of knights and dragons and damsels in distress. It’s not something we consider in today’s society. You’ve heard it before‚ chivalry is dead‚ but I disagree. It doesn’t leave any room for us to be better people again. Chivalry isn’t dead; it’s taking a power nap‚ and I think it’s time for us to wake it up. To me‚ chivalry isn’t just about brave knights coming to rescue helpless princesses and serving the king and god. It’s having

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    topics just as many as the reader can and will think of while reviewing the articles. Here are the life and times of the medieval era. Soldiers where many times masters of war and where trained masterfully till the teacher felt they were ready. Knights of the time wore armor to protect them during war and even wore it as a sign of royalty and superiority. The weapons made for each of them where masterfully crafted to perfection and where smithed‚ to the discretion of the user to withstand combat

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    King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table is a novel about Merlin the magician forms a stone and in it a sword. On this sword it is written that anyone who can pull it out of the stone will become the new King of England.Arthur found the stone and became king. He went threw challenges and difficulties like my 21st knight went threw challenges as well. They went through struggles. They both were treated like servants and treated them as they were not loved. That is what made them strong that’s

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    how Chaucer described his skills‚ related the Squire to his father the Knight‚ detailed his clothing‚ and provided symbolism through his personality and physical description. The skills and talents the Squire have are uncommon for a Knight.

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    During the middle ages chivalry was defined as the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight‚ especially courage‚ loyalty‚ honor‚ courtesy‚ justice‚ and a readiness to help the weak. Over time the way that chivalry is defined has evolved to the basic definition of courteous behavior especially that of a man to a woman. Chivalry’s first definition‚ which includes the qualities of the ideal knight‚ is often recognized as being dead today because of certain societal factors involving both women

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