Re: Hrestol's knighthood initiation

From: Jeff <richaje_at_KDVFzaNQvNonYGDVByG7vPN4xpmSNIpySKVOQ_0dukcSViDDeq5a6iF1ILjWzu31UCPJ>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:43:56 -0000

> I would distinguish between two types of knights. The first is what
> everybody thinks of as knights, guys in armour prancing around on horses
> and lances. They are little more than fighters. They have changed
> little over the years and were around before Hrestol had his big
> revelation (back then I suppose they were called equestrians).

And still called "horsemen" and are a type of Horali. These are not "knights".

> The second type of knight is more of a spiritual status perhaps akin to
> Wind Lords, Death Swords or other Rune Levels. These are the followers
> of Hrestol, the epic battlers of the age. They are fewer in number than
> the first type of knight, even in Loskalm.

The proud magician-warrior-lords of Hrestol. These are a rare elite in Hrestoli lands, forbidden by the Rokari (who blame the God Learner excesses upon them).

> I don't think the Dawn Aged Seshnegi were Brithini before Hrestol's
> revelation. They were Malkioni who believed in Solace after death and
> who had ordinary lifespans. The immortality of the Brithini comes from
> the Revelations of Now which Malkioni ultimately repudiated and the
> Seshnegi are the true followers of Malkion unlike the Godless Brithini.

Agreed. Or more precisely, the Dawn Age Seshnegi were Malkioni no longer following the Brithini path.

> Secondly at the time of the wars there were only a few thousand or so
> people in all of Seshnela. With such a small population, a bad
> encounter could easily spell military disaster without having to posit
> superhuman powers to the Pendali.

A very important point. At the Dawn the settlement at Neleos was perhaps 1500 to 2000 people.

Jeff