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by **HiFranc** on Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:48 am

So King Luca was once a knight? I'm interested in hearing how he rose to be "King"...

by **bloodeye** on Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:20 am

I'm just vaugely susprised he's playing the part of the evil knight, even if he is also the good knight. Besides, a king can be a knight, and a knight a king...... at least, I'm fairly sure they can....

by **Sidhekin** on Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:55 am

The word "knight" has several meanings. No problem with a king being a knight, in some senses of the word.

Moreover, would he be a king at this age? Would it not be more likely that his kingdom was run by a guardian until his coming of age?

There is no problem with a future king being a knight, in any sense of the word!

by **HiFranc** on Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:28 am

bloodeye wrote:I'm just vaugely susprised he's playing the part of the evil knight, even if he is also the good knight. Besides, a king can be a knight, and a knight a king...... at least, I'm fairly sure they can....

As I understand old traditions, calling a king a knight is the equivalent of calling the Prime Minister a party worker or a General a Captain.

by **Sidhekin** on Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:44 am

HiFranc wrote:
bloodeye wrote:I'm just vaugely susprised he's playing the part of the evil knight, even if he is also the good knight. Besides, a king can be a knight, and a knight a king...... at least, I'm fairly sure they can....

As I understand old traditions, calling a king a knight is the equivalent of calling the Prime Minister a party worker or a General a Captain.

But a General is a captain! ... in one sense of the word. It's just that in reference to rank, it has a specific meaning that contradicts that of "General", so using those together like that does not work at all.

(Reference Tolkien's "captains of the West", for instances of commanders-in-chief, indeed kings, being referred to as captains.)

And I don't think anyone will object to calling a Prime Minister a party worker. Unless said PM is an independent, that is.

by **HiFranc** on Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:21 am

It looks like Luca did rise through the ranks (14th July). Or maybe he just "married" into a promotion? :wink:

by **Symok** on Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:06 am

I'm more interested in how he survived highschool :S

Sidhekin wrote:Unless said PM is an independent, that is.

Well, I don't think we'll ever have to worry about that :lol:

:P

by **bloodeye** on Fri Jul 14, 2006 6:10 am

A sword and the ability to use it makes surviving many things easier.

here! · by **Silver Adept** on Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:28 am

Symok wrote:I'm more interested in how he survived highschool :S

Either with his mad fencing skills, or as the guy that everybody wanted to be, because he amassed a troupe of ladies to follow him.

by **kiga** on Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:52 am

One can be declared "king" even when one is young, depending on the rules and traditions of the country. But you won't necessarily get to call the shots until you're older.

According to
http://www.philaguide.com/issue1891.htm
for instance, Wilhemina became queen of the Netherlands at the age of 10.

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