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I was just listening to A Storm of Swords on CD in my car, ( the unabridged version)
I just got through the part where the slave dealer has finished explaining some of the rights of passage the unsullied go through.
I thought having the unsullied go out into the slave market with a silver piece , and then taking a slave infant from its mother and klinning it right there, ( and then giving the silver piece to the mother so he is paying her slave master for his loss of property)
And the other right what was it? Oh yes puppies
The unsullied are also given a puppy right after they are cut and begin training. In order to gain their bronze cap they have to strangle their puppy.
A friend mentioned to me the Speznaz (Russian special forces) have to strangle puppys that they have raised during their training.
Well I thought that maby those tests might be worth copying for the Hell knights.
So in order for an squire who is aspiring to get his “spurs” and to get their armor and join the hell knights they must demonstrate their obedience, to follow orders without hesitation, and to show they will execute their duties without remorse or sentiment. They must go into the slave market and kill a slave infant in front of its mother, and of course pay a silver for the destruction of propterty to show they will execute their orders without hesitation, and the puppy strangling would be to kill whatever sentiment and emotion they have left…..sentiment gets in the way of applying the law and following orders
What do you think?
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I was just listening to A Storm of Swords on CD in my car, ( the unabridged version)
Wonerful book. :)
A friend mentioned to me the Speznaz (Russian special forces) have to strangle puppys that they have raised during their training.
For reference, this is an urban myth. No serious governmental organization has done this kind of thing in a very long time...though warlords often have their people do such things.
Well I thought that maby those tests might be worth copying for the Hell knights.
What do you think?
Not for the Hellknights. The thing you have to remember about being a Helknight is that a Paladin has to be able to do it. They have Paladins and other Lawful Good members. Quite a few of them actually. Therefore, any tests that you need to basically behave monstrously to succeed at are forbidden.
Some legitimately evil order or religion could definitely do something similar, though.
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Well... the Asmodean Paladins have be retconn'ed out
Wasn't talking about them, just pointing out there were indeed LG members, and thus anything flat-out forbidding Good people from being full members wouldn't work.
That said, Hellknights range from Lawful Evil (my read is a majority), Lawful Neutral (a sizable minority) and a handful of Lawful Good.
I disagree slightly. I'd say that LE and LN members are probably equally common. I agree LG is a definite minority, though, I was just pointing out it was one that was present.
They wont strangle puppies (unless its a demon in puppy form) but think of your worst case most zealous guy from CIA/NSA/Homeland Security? Thats the Hellknights.
Again, I tend to agree.