‘Hear me, Lady of Battle; keep me from harm and kill my enemy, if you please,’ - Knights of the Blazing Sun, prayer to Myrmidia. ‘Myrmidia make me lucky rather than stupid.’ - Popular proverb 'Myrmidia was the patron of the Order of the Blazing Sun, and had been since its founding. The story itself was an odd one. Half anecdote and half miracle, with the undignified humour that characterised much about the Order itself. They had quite literally been created by accident. During the wars in Araby, when the Sultan’s armies had invaded Estalia, a number of knights from both the Empire and Bretonnia had gone south under the Crusader’s Hammer. Not many, but enough. In Magritta, a band of knights had found themselves pushed back into the grand temple of the war-goddess Myrmidia, hemmed in by the swords of the Black Scimitar Guard, and near death. Then, like a literal bolt from the blue, the great statue of Myrmidia had toppled and buried their attackers, killing most of them and putting the rest to flight. At the time, the surviving knights had claimed it as a miracle, and pledged themselves then and there to following the path the goddess in her mercy had cleared for them...' 'Goetz stopped in front of the next tapestry and genuflected, as was the tradition. It was a highly stylised depiction of Myrmidia’s Blessing - the day the goddess had turned the tide of battle in favour of a few weary knights. Those same knights had been looked on with suspicion after they returned, bearing with them their new goddess. For most Imperial citizens, whether they were poor or noble, a Southern goddess was no sort of deity. More than one knight had been lashed to a post and sent to Myrmidia’s citadel on wings of smoke and flame by overzealous witch hunters and priests. In 1470, the Order had gone to war with the Church of Ulric, and knights wearing wolf-pelts had clashed with knights clad in burnished metal in the streets of Middenheim. Political pressure had put a stop to the feud in the end, but even today there was no komturie in the City of the White Wolf. Not that Goetz had heard anyone complaining. He’d been to Middenheim once, on one of his father’s trips. It hadn’t been pleasant...' 'The Knights of the Blazing Sun, unlike the other knightly orders that made the Empire their home, welcomed members from foreign climes. They were an inclusive brotherhood and Pasqual was only one of many. Within this komturie there were accents from Bretonnia, Tilea and Estalia as well as from Kislev and Middenheim. The only commonality was the quality of the blood. The Order of the Blazing Sun, like the other major knightly orders sanctioned within the borders of the Empire, chose their members almost exclusively from the loftier tiers of society...' Extracts from the pages of "The Knight of the Blazing Sun" by Josh Reynolds
Spartan Hoplites, Roman Legionary, Byzantine Cataphracty, Knights Templar of Athena, pretty cool guys but I prefer the Knights of the White Wolf, Panther, Griffin & Grand Order of the Reiksguard
If we ever get Nippon as a faction I'd love to the cult of Myrmidia take root there as a wink and nod to Christianity's introduction to Japan. Why Myrmidia? well it was the Portuguese who were the first Europeans to interact with Japan and Estalia/Tilea can fill that role nicely.
‘Hear me, Lady of Battle; keep me from harm and kill my enemy, if you please,’ - Knights of the Blazing Sun, prayer to Myrmidia.
‘Myrmidia make me lucky rather than stupid.’ - Popular proverb
'Myrmidia was the patron of the Order of the Blazing Sun, and had been since its founding. The story itself was an odd one. Half anecdote and half miracle, with the undignified humour that characterised much about the Order itself. They had quite literally been created by accident. During the wars in Araby, when the Sultan’s armies had invaded Estalia, a number of knights from both the Empire and Bretonnia had gone south under the Crusader’s Hammer. Not many, but enough. In Magritta, a band of knights had found themselves pushed back into the grand temple of the war-goddess Myrmidia, hemmed in by the swords of the Black Scimitar Guard, and near death. Then, like a literal bolt from the blue, the great statue of Myrmidia had toppled and buried their attackers, killing most of them and putting the rest to flight. At the time, the surviving knights had claimed it as a miracle, and pledged themselves then and there to following the path the goddess in her mercy had cleared for them...'
'Goetz stopped in front of the next tapestry and genuflected, as was the tradition. It was a highly stylised depiction of Myrmidia’s Blessing - the day the goddess had turned the tide of battle in favour of a few weary knights. Those same knights had been looked on with suspicion after they returned, bearing with them their new goddess. For most Imperial citizens, whether they were poor or noble, a Southern goddess was no sort of deity. More than one knight had been lashed to a post and sent to Myrmidia’s citadel on wings of smoke and flame by overzealous witch hunters and priests. In 1470, the Order had gone to war with the Church of Ulric, and knights wearing wolf-pelts had clashed with knights clad in burnished metal in the streets of Middenheim. Political pressure had put a stop to the feud in the end, but even today there was no komturie in the City of the White Wolf. Not that Goetz had heard anyone complaining. He’d been to Middenheim once, on one of his father’s trips. It hadn’t been pleasant...'
'The Knights of the Blazing Sun, unlike the other knightly orders that made the Empire their home, welcomed members from foreign climes. They were an inclusive brotherhood and Pasqual was only one of many. Within this komturie there were accents from Bretonnia, Tilea and Estalia as well as from Kislev and Middenheim. The only commonality was the quality of the blood. The Order of the Blazing Sun, like the other major knightly orders sanctioned within the borders of the Empire, chose their members almost exclusively from the loftier tiers of society...' Extracts from the pages of "The Knight of the Blazing Sun" by Josh Reynolds
Thanks for the share!
Hello UA-cam algorithm. Breakout the sun glasses.
Spartan Hoplites, Roman Legionary, Byzantine Cataphracty, Knights Templar of Athena, pretty cool guys but I prefer the Knights of the White Wolf, Panther, Griffin & Grand Order of the Reiksguard
There's plenty to choose from for everyone.
I've been playing return of reckoning and the classes have made me seek out more and more of your lore :)
Nice!
These guys are my favorite Imperial knights.
If we ever get Nippon as a faction I'd love to the cult of Myrmidia take root there as a wink and nod to Christianity's introduction to Japan. Why Myrmidia? well it was the Portuguese who were the first Europeans to interact with Japan and Estalia/Tilea can fill that role nicely.
A very extremely awesome video as always GrimDark Narrator.
Glad you enjoyed it
@@GrimDarkNarrator oh I did, and thank you.
I great knightly order, I would have enjoyed playing this faction had I gotten more into Warhammer Fantasy back in the day.
Hey Grim,
Are you okay?
Thank you for taking the time to upload this.
I got a cold and my throat is kinda messed up. Still keeping up but I can't record as much for the time being :) Thanks for asking!
Hope your feel better soon.
Thank you.
Knights of the knockbacking stun as we used to call them in Warhammer online as destruction-players. :P
Still call them that. Check out “Return of Reckoning” game is still fun and has a good population at peak hours
@@RX7FDfreak Oh yea Ive been playing on there since probably 3 years
I've never seen a reference to the knights of the dense forest before :)
Did not know they were based on a foreign deity, nice.
Good Topic
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