In the resplendent hall, eighteen Doric columns rose from the tiered platform to support the high vaulted ceiling. A dark red carpet ran down the center of the hall, where fifty knights now stood. Each wore a helmet and chain mail, a greatsword at the waist, tall deerskin boots on their feet, and all of them gazed solemnly toward the officials on the dais at the front.
It was a stifling summer day, but at a formal ceremony they were still required to wear this heavy ceremonial armor. When armor had first been invented it really had served to...
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