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<blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 9361746" data-attributes="member: 3457">The problem is that D&amp;D Paladins, like the original ranger, are based on&nbsp; one specific character from a specific book that was highly influential on Gygax and his approach to D&amp;D including the Troll, Werewolf, how he handled elves and dwarves and it wasn't someone in Lord of the Rings. The Paladin, in the same way that the original Ranger was the Aragorn class, was the Holger Carlsen class, the main character from 3 Hearts &amp; 3 Lions. The novel was so influential that it brought us alignment as well and influenced Michael Moorcock. It is THE quintessential D&amp;D novel in my opinion. So nothing about the Paladin is historical beyond Charlemagne's knights being called &quot;paladins&quot; as well and Holger in the novel was a mythical paladin of Charlemagne, Ogier. Even the sword, the sword of Tristan, in the novel, is the foundation of the Holy Avenger and supposedly is the sword used in the coronation of the Kings/Queens of England, Cortana, Cortain.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="teitan, post: 9361746, member: 3457"] The problem is that D&D Paladins, like the original ranger, are based on one specific character from a specific book that was highly influential on Gygax and his approach to D&D including the Troll, Werewolf, how he handled elves and dwarves and it wasn't someone in Lord of the Rings. The Paladin, in the same way that the original Ranger was the Aragorn class, was the Holger Carlsen class, the main character from 3 Hearts & 3 Lions. The novel was so influential that it brought us alignment as well and influenced Michael Moorcock. It is THE quintessential D&D novel in my opinion. So nothing about the Paladin is historical beyond Charlemagne's knights being called "paladins" as well and Holger in the novel was a mythical paladin of Charlemagne, Ogier. Even the sword, the sword of Tristan, in the novel, is the foundation of the Holy Avenger and supposedly is the sword used in the coronation of the Kings/Queens of England, Cortana, Cortain. [/QUOTE]

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