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<blockquote data-quote="Tequila Sunrise" data-source="post: 6314672" data-attributes="member: 40398"><p>Lancelot may have healed someone at some point, though I don't remember him doing so. More importantly, when an Arthurian knight healed by laying on hands, it was always the result of a specific circumstance and divine prophecy rather than an ability which the knight could freely call upon.</p><p></p><p>The most notable instance of the laying on of hands in Arthurian myth is Sir Percival and/or Sir Bors and/or Sir Galahad healing the Fisher King of his wounded "thigh." *wink wink* Galahad is of course the one knight who ultimately attains the Grail due to his unblemished purity, while IIRC Percival and Bors are only granted momentary glimpses of it due to their slightly blemished virtue. Lance doesn't get even that, due to being as flawed as every other knight.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, the point is that our modern idea of chivalry and knightly conduct is a very recent Disney-fied reimagining of a very old story that probably wasn't terribly accurate to begin with. According to the original tales, Arthur was as ruthless as any king, just luckier and more charismatic. His knights were essentially a bunch of good ol' boys who were good at bashing heads. Even Galahad, perfectly pious, celibate, and undefeatable though he is, lacks any stand-out traits which modern morality would deem humanistic. The chivalric treatment of women only applied to noble ladies; peasants were on their own. Honorable conduct and fair fighting was reserved for those of noble birth; again, peasants and regular soldiers were on their own. D&D's idea of Lawful might apply to Arthurian chivalry, but applying the modern concept of Goodness to it requires the Disney-fication of it all the grim edges.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tequila Sunrise, post: 6314672, member: 40398"] Lancelot may have healed someone at some point, though I don't remember him doing so. More importantly, when an Arthurian knight healed by laying on hands, it was always the result of a specific circumstance and divine prophecy rather than an ability which the knight could freely call upon. The most notable instance of the laying on of hands in Arthurian myth is Sir Percival and/or Sir Bors and/or Sir Galahad healing the Fisher King of his wounded "thigh." *wink wink* Galahad is of course the one knight who ultimately attains the Grail due to his unblemished purity, while IIRC Percival and Bors are only granted momentary glimpses of it due to their slightly blemished virtue. Lance doesn't get even that, due to being as flawed as every other knight. Anyway, the point is that our modern idea of chivalry and knightly conduct is a very recent Disney-fied reimagining of a very old story that probably wasn't terribly accurate to begin with. According to the original tales, Arthur was as ruthless as any king, just luckier and more charismatic. His knights were essentially a bunch of good ol' boys who were good at bashing heads. Even Galahad, perfectly pious, celibate, and undefeatable though he is, lacks any stand-out traits which modern morality would deem humanistic. The chivalric treatment of women only applied to noble ladies; peasants were on their own. Honorable conduct and fair fighting was reserved for those of noble birth; again, peasants and regular soldiers were on their own. D&D's idea of Lawful might apply to Arthurian chivalry, but applying the modern concept of Goodness to it requires the Disney-fication of it all the grim edges. [/QUOTE]
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