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clint65
Acolyte
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 Posted - 20 Oct 2006 : 18:23:43
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I just finished The Swords of Eveningstar and had a couple of questions.
What is a highknight and how is it different from regular knights? Are Purple Dragons simply men-at-arms and are called Purple Dragons because of the banner they fight under? Are knights nobles, what I mean is do they have to have land similar to a feudal knights in the medieval age?
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 20 Oct 2006 : 19:01:36
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Highknights are a special order of knights that can best be thought of as a cross between James Bond and the most trusted personal royal bodyguards.
Purple Dragons are the enlisted soldiers of Cormyr, and can be anything from impressed militia to lifetime professional soldiers ("Blue Dragons" are the naval equivalents).
Some knights have land, most do not (unless they've bought or inherited it themselves, not through their title), unless they're hereditary knights ("baronets" in English real-life parlance).
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 21 Oct 2006 : 01:32:35
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In addition, clint65, I would also recommend you take a look through Ed's '04 and '05 replies here at Candlekeep, since he's discussed Highknights before, as well as a little about their operations.
Further you can learn some brief tidbits regarding Highknight operations in Ed's Realmslore column on the WotC mainsite:- http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/archfr/rl
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