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Old 03-30-2022, 08:02 AM   #66
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Default Re: Spear vs Knights... am I missing something?

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Originally Posted by RGTraynor View Post
Obviously this flies in the face of Hollywood, Sir Walter Scott * and Malory, but that's the way it goes.


* - as it happens, Sir Walter (lamed from polio) wasn't a he-man either, trained as a lawyer, and got his title as a direct result of leading a successful search in Edinburgh Castle for the missing Scottish Crown Jewels.
If you want a really scary knight, try William Marshall. Way up the list of people you'd not want to mess with.
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