No, you might not. But it wasn't all just men. We were the Brotherhood Without Banners. We fought for the smallfolk, as there was no one else who cared to. Lord Dondarrion made it so those that burned the land were punished for what they did. We did what we could to feed the hungry as well or to protect the poor. We didn't steal like lords and knights did, but paid for what we took. [... after a fashion, at least. Promises of payments written in paper was not a currency that many people respected.] And we kept justice as well, where no one else did. We were the Knights of the Hollow Hill.
I never meant to be a knight. But I joined because it was good work they were doing. And because they had a leader those chose not because he was some lord, but because he was a good man worth following. It was a place I thought I could do some good. So, when I offered to lend them my skill as an armorer, he knighted me right then where all could see. [And the Hound spat on my knighting, he remembered bitterly.]
At least. That's how it was, while he was still 'round.
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I never meant to be a knight. But I joined because it was good work they were doing. And because they had a leader those chose not because he was some lord, but because he was a good man worth following. It was a place I thought I could do some good. So, when I offered to lend them my skill as an armorer, he knighted me right then where all could see. [And the Hound spat on my knighting, he remembered bitterly.]
At least. That's how it was, while he was still 'round.