Post #2487630
2026-05-13 15:35 UTC
“knights” were historically just soldiers that followed the king around and got a bit of land for it
the next time you venture into fantasy, remember that no knights have showered in the last month because there are no showers in some random bavarian forest
Replies (3)
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@Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-13 15:40
You know there’s a large number of people who are specifically down for that
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@DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2026-05-13 19:31
That’s not true. Participating in a religious genocide was one of the basic requirements for true knighthood, everyone else was just a wannabe. Like how Grand Wizards aren’t real wizards.
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@iocase@lemmy.zip 2026-05-14 02:30
Depending on where and when, a knight might only bathe a few times in their life since bathing in water was considered to make you sick. Instead they would use mud and scrape it off themselves with something that looks kind of like a dull sickle with a blunted tip.