Squire (2nd rank)

‘A Squire comes from the French « écuyer » meaning the one bearing a Knight’s « écu » (shield). Indeed, for the first time of their career, Squires could identify to their favorite Knight’s blazon by having the duty of holding it during Jousting and Tournaments. Squires accompany Knights and prove helpful. They consider their task as a privilege. Indeed, the Squire is the one who gets prepared to be a Knight himself. With time, Knights learnt to count on their Squires, for without them, they would not go very far…’ (The Wise Words of Merlin, Chapter2; line 46)

Congratulations !!! You are now a Squire. You have been trained to follow your tutor's orders on the field properly. Now, in order to be a perfect courteous personae, you need to know about jousting.

Here is what we expect of you:

- You will learn how to joust according to our codes. We do not do PvP fights randomly, we have specific ways and etiquette according to chivalric honor. It is this way that you will be asked to joust.

- Your knight tutor is supposed to give you a complete Tour of the Hall, and your Clerical tutor a complete Tour of the Forum, including an explanation of the use of your section "Fraternity of the Third state" under ORDERS AND REQUESTS, and of the section WHAT'S NEW.

- You Clerical tutor will make sure you know of our Codes and Justice and that you apply them properly. We have legislative codes, and you need to make sure you accept them at this stage of your career. You have to embrace them fully. This is not a guild of picking or random choosing. You either accept our ways fully, in which case you have to follow them, or you don't, and you are free to leave. Either way, this is the time of your progress when you have an important choice to make. Accepting these codes is to pledge allegiance to Camelot.

In order to be recognized as a Squire, you shall not show the Guild’s cape ever. This is a privilege reserved for those who have achieved the rank of Sir / Damsel. Also, when addressing to your Tutors, a Noble, The King or the Grandmaster, you have to hide whatever type of armor it is you have on your head or face. That's basic courtesy. Finally, this guild has a recognizable code of colors to recognize specific ranks. We do not ask you to dye completely your armor again - especially if it is dyed with expensive colors - but please go and buy an extra cheap armor that suits you and either keep it grey or dye it in full brown. This is the outfit you will wear before you enter Camelot - The Hall- in order to demark yourself as still a student of ours. A nice way to make it look real in terms of role play - though you're not obliged to - is not to wear gloves and/or boots, especially if you want to make your character come from poor conditions.