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Herein are some of the more famous quests paladins have undertaken, and the truth behind the legends.

Paladin	Country	Quest	Legend	Truth
Sir Goswinus	Heligwald	To scour the hill lands of evil witches	A coven of evil witches had taken up residence in the hill lands, causing famine, disease, and mysterious catastrophes. Goswinus led a group of knights there and bravely fought their magicks, eventually defeating them with holy faith and weaponry.	The coven was not evil, but simply worshipers of the Moons. They sought to help the local women, as witches do, and were therefore seen as a threat. Goswinus and his forces raided their community, burnt them at the stake, and razed several villages for the fun of it.
Sir Tullus	Urayme	To capture a thief who stole a princess's favor	A thief stole a favor from a princess (a flower meant for a night). Tullus vowed to return it and win the favor for himself. He tracked the thief to a forest lair, where it turned out the thief was really a monster. He sealed the monster in the bole of a tree and returned with the favor, marrying the princess.	One of the princess's slaves escaped after killing two guards. He ran to the estate where his family had been sold, and there he tried to free them. It happened to be Tullus's estate. Tullus captured him and had him buried alive.
Sir Heylewith	Mwyr Aeld	To hunt the legendary beast of Coedwig Werdd	Heylewith was dispatched to defeat a beast that had been terrorizing peasants near the deep forests. He found it, discovered it to be simply hungry and terrified, and pacified it as his steed.	One of the royal bwystfil drain had escaped and killed peasants, and all the paladins of Mwry Aeld knew this to be their chance to earn a steed. Heylewith poisoned two of his competitors, stole the mare of another, and caught the beast by sacrificing that mare to Haeddiannol.
Sir Siserich	Danuo-occupied Mahad	To oust a corrupt miller and punish him for starving a village	Siserich was sent to find out why villagers were angry about costs of bread. He found a corrupt miller who was hoarding grain, so he brought the villagers at night to take the grain and distribute it.	A miller had begun selling bread to local Mahadis rather than give it to the Danuan conquistadors. Siserich went, hired starved indentured servants from Danuo, and raided the mill, murdered the miller's wife, and informed the Mahadis it was illegal to buy from him again. The miller died desititute, the villagers starved, and Siserich became richer.
Sir Sukkalgir	Srisia	To defeat the grand vizier of Tara'hin in a game of wits	Sukkalgir had made a vow of peace, to atone for a mistake he made as a child. He was sent to defeat an evil vizier who had kidnapped a Srisian princess, and he did so without drawing his blade, thus fulfilling his vow and allowing him to take up arms again.	Sukkalgir was sent to capture a princess who ran away to Tara'hin to escape abuse in Srisia. He had to convince the vizier, who had given her sanctuary, he was a knight of another land on a holy quest to protect her, because if he engaged in violence it would start a war. He eventually convinced the vizier the princess was a demon and drove him to strangle her.
Sir Terrcell	Galdun (feudal era)	To defeat the invasion from Mahad	Terrcell, the original paladin, drove out the invaders with the help of his companions and holy weaponry and faith. Famously, many of them took time to serve the peasants and serfs they met on their travels.	Terrcell an his companions committed genocide and pogroms against Mahadi immigrants in order to "cleanse" the Westlands, which is to say, to terrorize a population and make the peasants think their woes came from Mahad and not the lords.
Sir Rothlain	Tromlui	To save the Queen from the Wild Hunt	The Queen had been picnicking, when she fell asleep. She awoke past midnight, and was thus subject to the Wild Hunt. Noticing she had not come back, Sir Rothlain rode out to protect her, defeating the Wild Hunt eventually in a hunting contest.	The Queen had offended the Wild Hunt by murdering a clan of the hunters. The Wild Hunt scoured her lands and killed a noble for every hunter killed. Rothlain survived the night by convincing the Hunt that his eldest son was himself.

Topic revision: r1 - 12 Mar 2022, SallyJaneBlack

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