A Medieval Knight

A Medieval Knight

The name of Eddard had been decided even before the baby was conceived. Being a son of a noble and his wife, Eddard was sentenced to be a knight. Because of this, he was raised for his first seven years with his family. Upon turning seven, Eddard was given to a higher lord. He was a page at that time, the first step towards becoming a true knight. Eddard served his lord for about seven and a half years before he was officially deemed a squire. At the age of 14, Eddard was finally able to follow his lord into battle. Only on several occasions did Eddard ever march into battle. Instead, most of his time was spent working hard for his lord, working towards becoming a knight.
After 10 years of long hard work, Eddard’s time had come. He was to become a knight at the age of 24. Like the crowning of every night, Eddard was to have a grand, elaborate ceremony, complete with a large feast, and more. In fact, Eddard’s ceremony would be even more spectacular than the ceremonies of the other knights because Eddard’s would take place at the annual fair. The annual fair would bring nobles, peasants, craftsmen, merchants, guilds, and more to witness the announcement of Eddard’s knighthood.
And finally the fair had come. Eddard was ready to be formally made a knight. The fair had been prepared for over a week with many wooden and canvas booths being set up. People of all classes had come to the fair – peasants, nobles, merchants, and more. Eddard arrived early in the morning, anxiously awaiting the night, which meant his knighthood. Eddard decided to first check out the merchants and what goods they had for sale. At the booths, various works of different craftsmen was on a sale, all of high quality. Eddard was fascinated with the work even if the selling of them was condemned by the Church. In fact, Eddard was so fascinated he started to talk to the merchants. One of the merchants started to rant about guilds. The merchant told that in order to maximize profit and...