Greetings Argent Dawn, I once again come to you with a question that I would love to hear your opinion of!
So, this question occurred to me after reading through the thread about house guilds, and the discussion about nobility in that thread, aswell as something that happened to me in rp, basically someone telling Desartin that because he is a knight, he is therefor automatically also nobility.
So without further ado: Does becoming a knight automatically raise you to nobility aswell?
You atleast get to place the title of âSirâ or âDameâ in front of your name, but other than that it is still a bit vague. Anyhow, Iâd love to hear what you all think!
For the simple reason that thereâs a lot of knights that Stormwind deploys and I refuse to believe the nobility would allow their class to be sullied by every jumped up gutterdweller who learned how to point a lance.
Yeah personally I find it hard to believe aswell considering the sheer amount of knights we see in the games. However I also imagine that if it -is- true theyâd atleast polish said gutterdweller up until he or she fit within the class.
There are knights with the title of âsirâ, perhaps indicating that they are at least above mere commoners. But by and large your average knight is little more than a mounted footman.
What I want to know is how knighthood works in blood elves. Blood Knights must be named after something, right? I doubt they just saw the humans and took inspiration from them; I feel like elves in general are too haughty for that. Are there regular knights who are not paladins, in blood elf society? Itâs quite unclear.
And hereâs, seemingly, a draenei knight: https://wow.gamepedia.com/Knight-Defender_Zunade
The Reliquary seemingly have knights, if we assume this one isnât a Blood Knight: https://wow.gamepedia.com/Reliquary_Knight
âKnightâ is a military rank in the World of Warcraft, commoners can definitely gain the title through hard work and success in battle, or a heroic deed, as is painfully evident in the sheer amount of âKnightâ NPCs around Stormwind/in battles.
However, I believe thereâs a difference between being knighted by the Royal Family and a nobleman/knight.
The lore on the subject is not entirely clear so I think people can pick and choose a bit, most people love playing the trope of a knight that has lost their lands/their kingdom, for good reason! Who doesnât want to be a knight?
I donât think so. As far as I can see, knights in Warcraft lore are generally just some sort of specialized army unit that upholds values related to the Light.
I think I will just go ahead with the same direction as I did when Des answered the person who thought he was noble. âYou know, that is an interesting idea, but I honestly doubt it.â Leaves it up for speculation a bit but ultimately means little. Des himself is of common birth and that is what he will probably remain, Knightâs title or not.
And actually, now that I think of it, Des was knighted by the Argent Crusade back in the day, an organisation that is not a nation in itâs own right, so gaining nobility through that wouldâve been a bit silly. And I doubt heâd get the title upon rejoining the Alliance either
As others have already pointed out, no Knighthood doesnât automatically mean you are now nobility. I do, however, think that a knighthood should mean a bump up in terms of your characterâs social standing. A knight has accomplished something so it would be natural to have that reflected in how people approach a character. Itâs only flavour but I do think itâs a nice extra layer to RP when titles and accomplished are taken into account when interacting IC, as long as itâs done organically and never done to any extremes.
Knights and Dames are not considered part of the Peerage IRL. This may be an easy hint / grant a fair assumption that they arenât part of it in WoW either.
Seeing how the BC-era Blood Knights largely feel like mocking the âtraditionalâ paladin ways with the entire draining a captive Naaru thing and committing immoral acts in their class quests, I would expect them to pick the name just to mock human Knights and everything they stand for.
So cool. So, so cool. From what I can tell itâs more like an Order rather than any feudal nonsense, youâre an Initiate and seem to progress up through various ranks. Sathrynn here is trying her darnedest to even be accepted into their number as an Initiate, at present sheâs just calling herself a Squire and trying to act as knightly as possible.
Well, generally speaking you have your knights of the silver hand representing paladins in human society. Theyâre given respect and responsibility by their anointment, not raised to feudal lords. Whatever political sway they have comes from the church, not the king.
