Knights

Knights are a class within the feudal system that bar the line between nobility and commoners. They are the lowest class of nobility. Knights in Clamund are usually poor nobles who are housed with their local lord's castle, in times of battle they can be seen charging with their lords with barded horses and lance depending on their status and wealth.

History
The origin of knights came from the Visimarian feudal system which allowed for a middle ground between the merchant class and the lords and nobles. This not only gave the nobility a relief when it came to military obligations but it also allowed lower classes to achieve the rank of lower nobility and perhaps beyond that. After the visimarian feudalism accepted this widely throughout its borders, other kingdoms that followed this feudal system soon adopted it as well. This new class was so well approved that by 500, the knight had become as common as any stinking levy footsoldier. This influx of a new class of soldiers brought a negative effect on them. Because of their status, most knights requested land from the lords that knighted them. Those who were in good terms with their lord were allowed small plots of land while others were less fortunate.

This led to many knights forming the now-famous Knightly Orders who sold their swords to nobles during times of crisis while others took a darker turn and turned to the life of Robber Knights who used their training for their own accord and robbed and raped when they deemed fit. Others who didn't find a place within an order or lords castle and did not have the stomach to rob from the poor became Hedge Knights, these hedge knights had no home and normally were seen selling their swords to lords to deal with minor problems or to fill out their ranks for battle or out on a tourny ground facing off with other knights to hone their skills.