Knight | |
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skill | 8-9 |
stamina | 10-14 |
The Knight is a feature of Fighting Fantasy canon.
Description[]
Male and female knights of several races are found across Titan; they are trained warriors who have been given the rank of knighthood by a monarch or high-ranking aristocrat.[1] Knights are usually but not always from the nobility. Knights specialize in fighting from horseback. Knights usually fight with a lance, sword or mace, while wearing heavy armour of chainmail or plate mail, and carrying a shield.[2] Knights form the core of the armies of many of Titan's rulers.[2] Knights follow a code of "chivalry" that emphasises protecting the vulnerable, and maintaining their elevated place in society.[2] In peacetime many knights go on solitary adventures, or team up with a group of other adventurers on a quest.[2]
Examples of Knights[]
- The "Goodly Knight" from Allansia who owned a magic shield; this knight was killed by Zanbar Bone,[3]
- The Knight contestant in the first Deathtrap Dungeon.[4]
- The jousting Yigenik Knights of Kazan.[5]
- Zamarran Knights of the Order.[6]
- Elite Knights.[7]
- Wazarri Silent Knights.[8]
- The Black Knight of Gundobad. [9]
- The White Knights, guardians of the Twisted Bridge.[10]
- Allansian Knights - In Armies of Death, You hire 20 Knights at the start of your mission[11] - who these Knights are is not explained, but it is telling that they are for hire. That they wear heavy armour is indicated if they fall foul of the pirates on the River Kok, where they may be "dragged under the water by the weight of their armour" and drowned.[12] The quality of these Knights in battle is hard to gauge - it is possible that they get into a skirmish with Chaos Warriors and, since they are outnumbered and the Chaos Warriors are "vicious fighters", they are quickly defeated.[13]
- Sir Falfax the Fair - Knight in Fortress Throngard. [14]
- Corwin Calbraith, Knight of the Duchy of Skeln, and hero of The Dark Usurper.[15]
- The Gaddon Knights or "Sensewarriors", and the Knights of the Grey Order, both located in Gorak in South-Western Khul. Both these orders contain both male and female knights.[16]
- Gallantarian Knights - the Knights of the Inner Council, Sir Duke the Merciful, Sir Dunstable of Aiken, Sir Clance of Cygnet (half-cousin of Sir Dunstable), Sir Beade (identical twin of Sir Duke), Sir Tag of Clasper, Sir Neibling (Knight of Eacham), Sir Dirk (Minister of the Court), Hornhelm (posthumous knighthood).[17]
- The champion Qadarni and his Knights, who fought against Lord Mortis on the Arrowhead Islands. [18]
- The evil Knights of Alptraum (summoned from other worlds) who aid Lord Mortis.[19]
- The Knights of Salamonis,[2] who sit at a High Table of Knights with King Salamon LVII.[20] The most famous Knight of Salamonis is Chadda Darkmane. [21]
- The Knights of the Thorn in Analand.[22]
- Don Huan Fernandez, Knight of Vastille, who roams the lands near Rimon.[23]
- The Order of Knights Errant.[24]
- Evrain Peredur, Ruddlestonian Knight of Telak. [25]
- The Glass Knight in Lupravia.[26]
- Knights from the Old World on crusade against the Undead in Bathoria.[27]
- Knights of the Ximoran Protectorate.[28]
- The Knights of Karazan in the Old World, who wore plate mail armour.[29]
- The Seven Knights of Saint Crucius in Mauristatia.[30]
- Chelonian Knights from the Shining Islands.[31]
- Knights of the island of Trysta, who protect the King of the Four Winds.[32]
- Lady Illythin of the Steppes, High Elf Knight from Bellisaria in Allansia.[33]
Further Information in Canon[]
More information can be found at:Source[34]
Caverns of the Snow Witch
(para313#)
Armies of Death
(pg12, pg18, pg22, para7, para118, para148, para174, para241*, para248, para291, para313, para316, para317, para351, para359, para391)
Warlock Issue 2
(pg4*, pg26*, pg35 (53#))
Warlock Issue 9
(pg38 (107#))
Appendix[]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Advanced Fighting Fantasy – The Roleplaying Game - pg. 32-33
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dungeoneer, pgs. 236-8
- ↑ City of Thieves - para. 374
- ↑ Deathtrap Dungeon - ???
- ↑ Daggers of Darkness - 42, 85, 180
- ↑ Fangs of Fury - Background, 49, 72, 136, 150, 153, 202, 218, 351, 378
- ↑ Fangs of Fury - 22, 85, 154, 206, 207, 255, 338, 384
- ↑ Fangs of Fury - Incidental Art, 104, 119, 174, 223, 263, 315, 360, 363, 389
- ↑ Clash of the Princes- The Warlock's Way - para 100
- ↑ Armies of Death - ???
- ↑ Armies of Death - Background
- ↑ Armies of Death - 313
- ↑ Armies of Death - 351, 359
- ↑ Warlock Issue 9 , Fortress Throngard (mini-ff).
- ↑ White Dwarf 61 (January 1985) "The Dark Usurper" (p.28)
- ↑ Chasms of Malice - pg. 20-1
- ↑ The Tasks of Tantalon - ???
- ↑ The Keep of the Lich-Lord - para 370
- ↑ The Keep of the Lich-Lord - para 133
- ↑ Citadel of Chaos (AFF) - pg. 8
- ↑ Demonstealer - pgs. 56-58
- ↑ Revenge of the Vampire - 255
- ↑ Curse of the Mummy - 10, 52, 96, 102, 114, 211, 248, 253, 261, 342, 372
- ↑ The Keeper of the Seven Keys, Unpublished FF Novel. Non-canon.
- ↑ Night of the Necromancer - p.351
- ↑ Howl of the Werewolf - para. 408, para. 424#
- ↑ Night of the Necromancer - "Introduction".
- ↑ Andrew Wright, "Denizens of the Pit", The Warlock Returns Issue 1 magazine, (p.6).
- ↑ "A History of Mauristatia" by Otto Öviszódi in The Warlock Returns Issue 3 (pg. 22).
- ↑ "A History of Mauristatia" by Otto Öviszódi in The Warlock Returns Issue 3 (pg. 23).
- ↑ Andrew Wright, "A Guide to the Shining Islands", The Warlock Returns Issue 7 , pg. 42
- ↑ Robert Pascuttini, "The Inland Sea: King of the Four Winds". The Warlock Returns Issue 8, pgs. 10-11
- ↑ Heroes of Titan, pg. 13
- ↑ Complete list of references catalogued by FF Titan Bestiary