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Knight Origins - History Part 1


Though the first true knight-based guild is widely disputed, it's commonly agreed on that the earliest guilds were rooted in independent and locally owned courier and trade organizations. Many of these initial businesses operated on networking with both the people of the nearest towns and their neighbors of whom were trusted to aid in their services.

Many of the lords and nobles who began to take root across multiple regions found themselves with extensive powers and quickly operated to dismantle local formation of militias and financial competition.

The couriers not wishing to lose their independence, took full advantage of their networking and established goodwill with the local peoples to successfully push back with armed cavalry and sabotage of trade routes.

These days seeing knights use live animals for transport is fairly uncommon in most densely populated areas, but the association with cavalry maintains their namesake and is commonly depicted in historical fiction*.


*Additional Editorial: There's some truth to every myth and legend around knighthood, and many knights will embrace them into their image to gain the confidence of the people in their locale.

With that said, it's good form not to insist that the outliers are the normal expected standard. Not ever Knight is a superman with a sword.

Many accidents happen due to the public overestimating what the average knight is capable of, leading to backlash that can end a guild's partnership with its people.