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Writing: Who writes Knights?

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    Just out of curiosity.

    Do you write Knights? And if so, what kind?

    By Knight I meaned an armoured man on an armoured warhorse*

    *Or equivalent.
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    I wish I did. I totally want to put a knight in my novel now.

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    They are teh awesome.

    I mean, fully armoured, trained in military matters and martial art from the age of seven to when they reach twenty-one years of age, tough, dangerous, hard to kill, experts at every type of war.

    What's not to like?

    Or you can have Polish Winged Hussars
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    q. What’s not to like?

    Definitely in the romanticised version, nothing. :P

    So what kind of knights do you write?

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    Um, hard ruthless military men.

    . . . Yeah.
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    My story is placed a bit past knighthood. It’s more industrial, so knights aren’t really something that would work. However, now that you mention it, I do like knights. I might try to find a way to fit them in elsewhere.

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      CommentAuthorMiel
    • CommentTimeAug 26th 2010
     

    I don’t think I’ve ever written a knight as a character before. I don’t write a lot of medievalish stories, so they’ve just never come up. I’m planning a sort of fantasy parody for NaNo, though, and one of the characters will be a paladin. I’m going to give him shiny armour, a white horse, a princess to rescue—the whole shebang!

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    That is win. :)

    Now that I think about it, my knights aren't technically knights. More like soldiers who have trained. . . well, pretty much from conception to when they turn 21 to be the best.

    . . . Basically a Knight sans the nobility and title.
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    I sort of do…

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      CommentAuthorApep
    • CommentTimeAug 27th 2010 edited
     

    @ Clib.: so, what you really have are basically Spartans.

    I have something like knights in a Tolkien-esque setting I’ve had taking up space on my hard drive for years – an order of elite warriors made up mostly of members of the aristocracy. Unfortunately (maybe) I haven’t done anything with the idea.

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    Hmmm, yeah actually. They do have a lot in common know that you mention it.
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      CommentAuthorHill
    • CommentTimeSep 19th 2010 edited
     
    Knights. In all forms, they rock. There are some knight-ish guys in one story I've been working on. And since you seem to know a lot about it, Clibanarius, I have a few questions.

    My pet horsemen are hunting a group of evil guys in forests and low mountains. What sort of weapons should they have? I gave them swords and bows, but then I wondered if swords were too cliche. Should I use long knives? Should I add some unorthodox pirate pistols? Should those bows be Robin Hood longbows or compact ones? The longbows for longer range targets, right?

    And as for attire: I wanted them to be as inconspicuous as it is possible for a company of riders to be. It's best that they have leather armor underneath their tunics, and everything in shades of brown and gray. Although I do love helmets. And they need them.

    And here's a problem: I adore spikes. Where on earth can I fit some spikes? Cleated horse shoes, perhaps? And what good on earth would that do? Unless they were magic and enabled both horse and rider to climb sheer rock faces . . .

    Do you believe in adding surprising things to your knights/Spartan dudes? Could you tell me more about them?

    Just wondering what your thoughts were. A knight ought to be fitted into every story, I think. But maybe I am just over-attached to them. This is the girl who still likes to play with medieval Legos, I suppose.

    Do you?
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    Swords sound alright, it's only really 'clicheish' if it's a story with an MC who has the magic blade of the ages that he will smite the big-bad with.

    Don't let someones Sue character dictate _your_ characters weapons choices, swords are perfectly legitimate weapons and have been in use by cavalrymen long before the first Sue was a gleam in his author's eye.

    The rest is hidden because of the length



    Define surprising : )

    Do I what?

    BTW you can always ask me about this stuff in person. : D
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      CommentAuthorswenson
    • CommentTimeSep 19th 2010
     

    Knights are pretty awesome. I love learning all about armor and weaponry, but unfortunately, I never write anything that has knights in it.

    Maybe I’ll write a story about knights for NaNo this year. I should do something with all the random information about armor/weapons I’ve picked up.

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    I think that would rock. : )
    • CommentAuthorDeborah
    • CommentTimeOct 26th 2010
     
    I have a possible idea for a knight in one of my stories.
    • CommentAuthorRocky
    • CommentTimeOct 28th 2010
     
    I have a story involving a group of knights. That story, however, has practically nothing to do with armored chivalry or warhorses.

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