~~ By Honour, Service, and Chivalry ~~

To the citizens of Arcadia and all who walk its roads,

On Mayan 21, nine hundred and ninety five years after the Fall of the Seleucarian Empire, at West Augustine Park within the city of Arcadia, Squire Ithilien Silverwing shall stand to receive the Knight's Accolade.

Born of Arcadia, Ithilien chose a road without city, banner, or civic claim. He walked the Chivalric Path as Errant, citiless and oath bound only to Honour, Duty, and Chivalry. He is the only true Errant trainee to complete that path in full, guided also by the teachings of Lord Vastar through the Fulcra, which taught him to reject weakness, pursue purpose, endure hardship, and judge worth with clarity.

I have stood beside Ithilien through every season of his training. I have seen him fail, rise, and choose to rise again when no hand was offered to lift him. His Conviction has never been loud, but it has been unyielding. When fatigue hollowed his steps and doubt clouded his purpose, he did not seek escape or excuse. He returned to the work. When loss weighed upon him, he did not abandon his path. He carried it forward.

There were trials that would have broken men of stronger comfort. There were moments when retreat would have earned him understanding and rest. He chose instead to remain. Not from pride, and not from stubbornness alone, but from the knowledge that the Path is not walked to be admired, but to be endured.

He stands now not because trials forged him, but because he answered them. Not because the storm spared him, but because he would not yield to it.

This ceremony marks not an alliance nor a return to citizenship, but the crowning of discipline freely chosen and service earned by oath alone.

All who value honour, service, and chivalry are welcome to bear witness.


Respectfully, from the desk of the Knight Commander of the Knights of Hashan,
Sire to the Errant Arcadian Esquire

Penned by my hand on the 9th of Mayan, in the year 994 AF.