Guide to Knighthood
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Title: Guide to Knighthood
Author: Graeme of Monitor
Courage is in thine heart; if thine heart is not in danger of being pierced by a blade, then thou canst not fight with courage. Courageous men choose as weapons the sword, hammer, mace, and axe. Be wary of those who wield these weapons well, for they are fierce foes. Be also wary of those who weave spells, for they have no courage, and the cowardly weave webs of deceit, lies, and trickery. Courage manifests itself on a battlefield, and the side whose courage is greatest, regardless of numbers, shall emerge victorious. A courageous man knows that one can leave the battlefield only two ways: By eliminating all of the enemies or in death. A man whose life thou hast saved, or who hath saved thine, can be trusted the rest of thy life.
A knight must never work
toward personal goals in
lieu of the goals of his
Lord. Courage is not only
taking sword up against
his foe; it is the courage
to admit to and remedy
his own shortcomings, and
if it happens that the
knight is wrong, he must
have the courage to
admit as much. A knight
must know, beyond the
martial skills of the
weapon of his fancy, the
art of tactics, as it may
some day come to him
that the lives of his
fellow knights may be
decided by his tactical
decisions.
Any knight who betrays
another will never be
allowed to take up arms
again. A knight who
perpetrates such a
wrongdoing is no knight;
he is like unto the
goblins he once warred
against. Courage is
separate from stupidity;
there comes a time to
run and regroup in some
battles, but only those
which are unwinnable.