Knights of the Round [KoR]
| Founded By: | nipirt777 | Founded On: | 29OCT11 23:05 |
We try and teach our new players the ropes with training and delivering of resources. All types of players are welcome. We are going to try and keep our alliance members busy with abandoned town training (thieves etc.) We want to keep peace amongst eveyone in illyriad and will harbor no one that has tried starting a war. We will reach out to the weak and strong alike in hopes of becoming the ultimate peace keeping alliance. Our members have the right to defend themselves while keeping higher ranks notified. KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
Who were they?
The Round Table - first mentioned by Wace in his "Roman de Brut" - was not only a physical table, but the highest Order of Chivalry at the Court of King Arthur. Its members were supposedly the cream of the British military who followed a strict code of honour and service. Sir Thomas Malory outlines this as:
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To never do outrage nor murder
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Always to flee treason
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To by no means be cruel but to give mercy unto him who asks for mercy
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To always do ladies, gentlewomen and widows succor
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To never force ladies, gentlewomen or widows
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Not to take up battles in wrongful quarrels for love or worldly goods
Giovanni Boccaccio in his "De Casibus Virorum Illustrium" further says that the twelve basic rules of the Knights of the Round Table were:
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To never lay down arms
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To seek after wonders
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When called upon, to defend the rights of the weak with all one's strength
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To injure no one
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Not to attack one another
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To fight for the safety of one's country
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To give one's life for one's country
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To seek nothing before honour
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Never to break faith for any reason
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To practice religion most diligently
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To grant hospitality to anyone, each according to his ability
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Whether in honour or disgrace, to make a report with the greatest fidelity to truth to those who keep the peace and be able to leave peacefully, this is your alliance.