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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8440528" data-attributes="member: 15700">So apparently when I posted this in the D&amp;D FB group, some people lost their marbles and I had to lock down comments (the worst comments have been deleted).&nbsp; Some people got their underwear in knots over the idea that any of the Knights could have been a PoC and how that could never be possible, and by making it so, I was just virtue signaling to the woke mob.So for clarification.&nbsp; I did so some research into the stories, but I am no Arthurian scholar.&nbsp; So to anyone who might have gotten upset about a black knight of the Round Table, I shall give credit to Luca Alexander and Andy Staples for being so kind to point out:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">there were several PoC who were knights of the Round Table, including Sagramore and Palamedes</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">When Rome pulled out of Britain roughly 100 years before the time of Arthur (and the battle of Badon Hill), more than 1000 African slaves were left behind, along with the numerous Roman soldiers themselves who were PoC, and looking at the population of southern Britain at that period, it's entirely likely that these people integrated into the society at all levels</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Even at that time period, travel and trade from all over northern Africa and the Middle East were well established in France and Southern Britain, so even more diversity existed on the Isles than assumed.</li>
</ul>Therefore, by portraying Gawain as a PoC, I am not only not virtue signaling, I am reflecting a plausible (or even probable) reflection of who he could have been, which is the entire point of this project it's part of (to represent folklore and mythology close to&nbsp; original sources rather than how we depict them in modern media).So...to anyone who still gets upset about seeing a knight of the Round Table as a PoC, I ask you to check yourself as to why.&nbsp; Because all evidence seems to prove your assumptions how &quot;this could never happen, you're just pandering&quot; incorrect.There you go.&nbsp; And knowing is half the battle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 8440528, member: 15700"] So apparently when I posted this in the D&D FB group, some people lost their marbles and I had to lock down comments (the worst comments have been deleted). Some people got their underwear in knots over the idea that any of the Knights could have been a PoC and how that could never be possible, and by making it so, I was just virtue signaling to the woke mob. So for clarification. I did so some research into the stories, but I am no Arthurian scholar. So to anyone who might have gotten upset about a black knight of the Round Table, I shall give credit to Luca Alexander and Andy Staples for being so kind to point out: [LIST] [*]there were several PoC who were knights of the Round Table, including Sagramore and Palamedes [*]When Rome pulled out of Britain roughly 100 years before the time of Arthur (and the battle of Badon Hill), more than 1000 African slaves were left behind, along with the numerous Roman soldiers themselves who were PoC, and looking at the population of southern Britain at that period, it's entirely likely that these people integrated into the society at all levels [*]Even at that time period, travel and trade from all over northern Africa and the Middle East were well established in France and Southern Britain, so even more diversity existed on the Isles than assumed. [/LIST] Therefore, by portraying Gawain as a PoC, I am not only not virtue signaling, I am reflecting a plausible (or even probable) reflection of who he could have been, which is the entire point of this project it's part of (to represent folklore and mythology close to original sources rather than how we depict them in modern media). So...to anyone who still gets upset about seeing a knight of the Round Table as a PoC, I ask you to check yourself as to why. Because all evidence seems to prove your assumptions how "this could never happen, you're just pandering" incorrect. There you go. And knowing is half the battle. [/QUOTE]

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