Knights

By this oath, you promise to uphold the rites and standards of the chivalric code in all things, never to fail in pursuing justice and honor, no matter the cost to yourself.

Should you fail in this task, your name will carry dishonor until the world is consumed in darkness and forever cold.

— Oath of the Knights of Camlann,

While Camlann was not the first nation to use the modern idea of a "knight", the way it used them was symbolic of the nations might. Magic and artifacts focused into the hands of an elevated few, turning them into a force where only a few could crush armies. This method was unique, and it forever changed the way magic appeared on the battlefield. To this day, the term "Knight" carries a different weight. It is not just the noble born progeny of the upper class, now it is those that carry the might of a nation in their hands.

Depending on where you look, Knights might be an organization created by the gifting and lending of a store of magical weapons and items; the selection process differing depending on the nation, or the might be recruited from the naturally occurring loci of power within a nations population. The later only really being feasible in the more populous nations. Wherever you look, however, Knights are powerful individuals, and their movements and words can make or break nations. Not just their home countries, but those around them and beyond.

Past the power requirement, their look, operation, and own codes can vary heavily. The Knights of Mer-senet and their cotton bandage encased bodies, or the Knights of Annawan when sitting astride their warhorses to become conduits of magic on the battlefield. Even if one does not have the official title of Knight, anyone who sees them in action will know what they are.