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Sir Wolf

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who are you?
« on: 2012-02-27, 03:16:53 »
what knight of old, or mythology character best suits you or who you think you are?
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Re: who are you?
« Reply #1 on: 2012-02-27, 15:22:49 »

Vlad the Impaler!

lol, just kidding. :)

That's a tough one. I'll have to think on it.

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Re: who are you?
« Reply #2 on: 2012-02-27, 20:33:21 »
Oh man, that's a tough question. I will devote some thought to it. I have two main knightly role models, King Richard the Lion-Heart of England, and my patron Saint, St Louis IX of France.

After we select sn identifying character for ourselves, I think it would be intresting to pick ones that we think would suit another of the knights that we know.
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Re: who are you?
« Reply #3 on: 2012-02-27, 21:56:10 »
Me? I dont know. I dont really act all too knightly enough to be considered one.
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Re: who are you?
« Reply #4 on: 2012-02-27, 23:03:20 »
I would hope to be a bit like Wolf the Quarrelsome but I'm more like a Varangian Guardsman.
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Re: who are you?
« Reply #5 on: 2012-02-28, 02:58:51 »
I'm not sure, actually. Is there a european equivalent to Sun Tzu? Strategy and philosophy are pretty big for me.
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Re: who are you?
« Reply #6 on: 2012-02-28, 04:29:30 »
You might look up Gonzalo de Cordoba. He was pretty into that kinda thing. I'm sure there's a perfect Marcus Aurelius knight somewhere...  :)
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Re: who are you?
« Reply #7 on: 2012-02-29, 18:52:20 »
My general description:

"Hither he came, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his booted and armored feet."

Wish as I might, I can only aspire to the heights of chivalry, but my own internal issues make it damn hard to be chivalrous and upright all of the time.  I settle for fighting injustice, protecting my loved ones, upholding my brethren and not slaughtering innocents or idiots...questionable on the last one.  I doubt there ever was a knight worth knowing or reading about who was as conflicted as I.  I mean one who was not a traitor or knave.
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Re: who are you?
« Reply #8 on: 2012-03-01, 21:04:26 »
Sir William, I doubt there was ever a knight without some form of conflict, even among the greats.  :)
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Re: who are you?
« Reply #9 on: 2012-03-01, 21:32:33 »
You've a point and I understand it - even so.
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