#squires

[emarrow]

When he was re-assigned to SCP-035’s case completely out of the blue, Squires knew someone was up to something. He wasn't sure exactly what, but he knew. His paranoia was only heightened from the sight that he was met with upon entering the observation room of 035’s containment chamber.

Sat in front of him is the same freakishly large woman that assaulted him just a week or so prior. She visibly startles upon noticing he was looking at her, before hurriedly looking down to the files in her hands. Figures, he thinks as he grits his teeth and sits as far away from Marrow as possible. Whoever was behind this had a sick sense of humour.

Marrow tries to avoid looking at him directly. She wasn’t pleased about this arrangement either, to say the least. She tries to quickly mask her apprehension by turning her attention to the files in her hands.

Her feelings were apparent, though. Even with her head down and hidden behind the stack of papers he could tell she was… uncomfortable. Her fingers twitch against the pages.

She clears her throat, trying to calm her nerves with a deep breath.

“…Good morning.”

Squires notices her voice audibly crack. The greeting doesn’t sound friendly at all, but… Marrow figures she should at least acknowledge him… try to be civil, even if it’s just for today. Just to get through the work they’ve been tasked with.

[illustratus]

[theoneofwhomisblue]

Each one has a very particular set of skills

[anonymouspoltergeist]

i fear I've come to a realization

Squires.

I was wrong.

Knights can have squires who were usually young boys.

This mistake will cost my life expectancy.

We all collectively likely forgot squires.

Pierce would've had to be a squire

leif and Noi would've had to be squires.

My frontal lobe will be getting cut off to make up for all the time I spent yapping only to forget about squires.

[ace-aussie-asshole]

Royal Titles, Peerage and Gentry Facts for Writers:

Royal titles obviously belong to the royal family, exclusively, and their are essentially only two types of titles that exist within it. There is the King/Queen/Monarch, who is the head of the monarchy or the spouse of the head. Below them is the title of Prince/Princess/Prinxe, who are the direct descendants of the King/Queen/Monarch for two generations, meaning only the children and grandchildren get these titles, anyone following that is not actually a Prince/Princess/Prinxe. These are the only royal titles that exist.

Unfortunately, the male title does always outrank the female title, and the gender neutral title does as well. So, a King's bride may be given the title of Queen, but the Queen's husband would actually have to be given a different title, usually Prince. As for same sex relationships, the King's husband would be a Prince and the Queen's wife would be a Princess. King and Monarch are actually of the same rank, so a Monarch's wife would still be Queen, while the husband would be a Prince, and if the spouse was non-binary they'd have to be Prinxe. The title of Regent is tacked onto an existing title, giving them more power, but only temporarily. So, if the King is ill and unable to do his job, you may end up with a Queen Regent, Prince Regent, Princess Regent, Prinxe Regent. This era is called a Regency, and it's to say that the Kingdom is under the rule of another temporarily. Minor's cannot be Regents.

As for other members of the royal family, such as siblings to the King/Queen/Monarch or nieces/nephews/neib, they do not technically get royal titles, they instead usually end up being given peerage titles.

The peerage is a ranking consisting of five ranks, Duke/Duchess/Dux, Marquis/Marchioness/Marchix, Earl or Count/Countess/Countum, Viscount/Viscountess/Viscountum and Baron/Baroness/Baronum. Again, male title outranks the female title, and the gender neutral title is on the same rank as the female title for this one, since these are new terms while Monarch is an old term. The three highest ranking of the peerage have heirs who are automatically entitled to a title, which they may choose, however the children of Viscounts/Viscountesses/Viscountums and Barons/Baronesses/Baronum are not always going to automatically get a title. The eldest may inherit their parents title, but their siblings will at most be referred to as Lord/Lady/Laird unless they are given a different title. This may encourage them to marry up in the hierarchy.

The reason we tend to think of the siblings of the King/Queen/Monarch as being Duke/Duchess/Dux is because it is the highest title they may be granted without it being a royal title. They're still considered part of the royal family, but since they're not part of the direct lineage, they cannot be referred to with a royal title, thus they'll be given the highest title possible in most cases, although they may be given lower titles for various reasons. Their descendants may also be granted any Peerage that is lower than the one their parents have. So the eldest child of a Duke may be given the title of Marchix, and down the sibling order may get lower and lower titles or all of the same titles (rare since that requires a lot of land).

Marrying into the peerage does not guarantee a title, but a Duke's wife may be called a Duchess and so on for the rest of the titles. Since the male titles do outrank the female and gender neutral titles however, their spouses would have to be given a lower title, usually just Lord/Lady/Laird, although generosity may allow for a peerage for that spouse.

Below the peerage is the gentry, which consist of people who are nobility in some form, as in above the common people, but aren't typically considered noblepeople. The gentry includes Baronet/Baronette/Baronetum, Knight, Esquire and Gentlepeople. These people would typically all be referred to as either Sir/Dame/Ser, or sometimes none of these. Their children again, inherit the rank their parents have, but have no entitlement to a rank of their own. These people will also not be referred to as Lord/Lady/Laird, as they do not rank high enough for those honourifics. They're also not typically considered to be debutants. They don't have a coming out to society thing, nor do they attend the fancy parties.

There are other titles, such as Archduke/Archduchess/Archdux and Margrave/Margravine/Margravum, but the first one is actually specific to Austria and the second is specific to the German border, whereas a lot of the ones I've discussed, while specific to Europe and countries colonised by Europe, don't tend to have any one country their from. Archduke/Archduchess/Archdux would be a royal title, but the lowest one, and Margrave/Margravine/Margravum is a military rank around the same as Marquis/Marchioness/Marchix.

If there's any titles I missed or any details I got wrong, let me know! This is just as far as I know, but I could be wrong in some places.

[heart-star]

Do you think that after Kickin chicken wanted an opportunity to play the role of the knight arrived at Craftycorn's home kingdom now,

in the future, he may want to be a captain trainer even for the palace kits?

Plus yeah besides shipping Sultreasure I also like to ship the racoon Windflower with the bobcat Pounce, since they're both from Pocahontas' world.

[awfullyqueerwriter]

Truly a tragedy that 'squire' is not a job anymore. I have all these skills, and none of them are useful :(

[rhianna]

Only the rich became knights.

Seignobos, C., Dow, E. Wilbur. (19041902). The feudal régime. New York: H. Holt and company.

Only the rich became knights. Men of gentle rank who were poor did not care to bear the cost of the ceremony and the expense of the knight's life; they preferred to remain squires. There were consequently two sorts of squires, those who were not old enough and those who were not rich enough to become knights. In England, where knighthood was use- less, almost all gentlemen ceased to have themselves received into knighthood and were content to remain squires. Donjons, Castles and Manor-houses. —The noble of the middle ages was not only a warrior; he made a fortress of his dwelling. Already the great Roman landlords had sometimes fortified their country houses; but the custom does not appear to have become general in France until toward the tenth century.