Knights

Knight-patriciate/militant/of the peerage
Knight-errant/bachelor
Knight-ecclesiastical/clerical/monastic

Formour: of the peerage, errant, clerical

Eastern Byzant: patriciate, bachelor, ecclesiastical

Western Byzant & many Elder Kingdoms: of the peerage, errant, clerical

Killian Empire: patriciate, errant, monastic

Elven Homeland: militant, errant, monastic

Northern Protectorate: patriciate, bachelor, ecclesiastical (these terms are likely to slowly spread throughout Osterre)

Other (Heldann, Osterre): no real knightly traditions; the few Heldannic knights follow the formourian model & join their southern neighbours' orders

Some of these orders (below) are invitation only, others accept supplicants

Unbound knights: term for

Unbound knights: term for those who achieved knighthood (peerage method or direct appointment by a sovereign or pontif) but are not yet in a knightly order, or who chose not to join an order (many do not)

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Golgotha Kinslayer, Cardinal, Lost Souls