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Crisodail Castle, Meridell
Merato here. I'm the desert aisha of Lady Mera, who in case you didn't know,
is a knight herself. Anyways, I was just sitting in Lady Mera's bedroom trying
to comprehend how many possible ways to frame my sister for my breaking Mera's
favorite lamp when I saw a pile of shuffled letters on her desk. It's popular
knowledge to me and my siblings that Mera is a writer for The Neopian Times,
and that occasionally people decide to send her neomails filled with their thoughts,
their questions, or whatever else they want. Usually she gets to her mail right
away, but with a busy week, I guess that she had fallen behind. Being curious,
I decided to glance at some of the letters upon her desk.
I picked up the first one and read it.
From Sender: I_R_a_gud_riter
Attached Message: haw do U evr b a gud riter I want to B 1 2 wats yer secret
cuz I want 2 B 1 2!!!111!!!
I sighed, and tossed it into the trashcan next to her desk. I didn't know
why she bothered to take the time to reply to all of those messages. I figured
that this way I would just save her the time and effort. Picking up the next
message, I smiled to see that it actually looked to have correct spelling and
punctuation.
From Sender: Iloveknights
Attached Message: Wow! I was looking through your profile, and I saw that you're
a knight. That is just so cool, can you tell me how to become a knight? I want
to learn!
Signed, Iloveknights
I laughed when I finished the message, and with nothing else better to do,
I picked up a quill, dipped it into a bit of ink, and started to write on a
separate piece of paper in reply to the sender of the mail.
Dear, Iloveknights (with paws, my handwriting wasn't the best, but it didn't
matter too much)
I have just received your mail, and being Lady Mera, a knight myself, I
believe that I can help you. (I thought a second before continuing)
First of all, to be a knight, you will have to have a castle, or a fortress,
or something like that. I would suggest having one built out of stone like Criosdail
Castle in case of attack, but if you really can't afford stuff like that you
can always build a tree house… or a pillow fortress. Those are fun. Anyways,
after you have your castle/fortress, make sure that you have defenses. Moats
filled with neopet eating piranhas is always fun, or you can just get a hard
object to throw at people's heads if they come too close.
Well, now that you have your knightly fortress, you can become a knight
yourself. Come to think about it, you actually should have done this before
you spent all that time on your fortress, but now you have to go and get yourself
some weapons. Sharp pointy objects are a must in the life of a knight. Get a
large intricate sword that you can swing around and cause all sorts of havoc,
and don't you forget other weapons like maces, axes, daggers, and spears too.
Always carry these weapons around with you in case you are suddenly attacked
by a band of… things that want to attack you. Also, sometimes even if you have
no idea how to use the weapons, just because you carry them, people will think
that you do know how.
Once you have your weapons, you want to look like a knight. You can always
go with the classic suit of armor, but I find that to be a burden when fighting,
or just walking around in general. There are always plenty of options besides
the armor, like medieval clothing for instance. Tunics and leather boots add
a nice touch. Same thing goes for large belts, and capes.
About now you should have the look down, but there is still more. You have
to act like a knight. As a knight, you should be chivalrous, which basically
means going out of your way to do things that don't benefit you at all. Like
for instance, putting yourself in harm' s way to stop some baddie or another
from hurting some stranger. It may not be too much fun, but it looks good, and
you never know when someone might give you a reward. As a knight, you actually
shouldn't be looking forward to rewards and the such, but who's going to know.
You should also get yourself a noble steed for all of the traveling you
may have to do as a knight. In case you haven't noticed, there is a lack of
steeds in his land of Neopia, so a trained uni fighter works fine, or so I've
heard. Not only do they listen to spoken commands, but they also have that sharp
horn if you ever need use of it. Also make sure to train in jousting, because
one can never know when they'll be called into a jousting tournament.
Once you have all of that down, you are ready to become a knight. The next
thing you should attend to is finding a knightly order to join up with. Of course
this does mean that you might have to work for their order as a page or a squire
for some time until they allow you the full status of knight. This might also
makes that fortress you built earlier useless too, so if you actually took the
time to make a good one, I'd suggest renting it out for a while until your order
gives you the freedom to return to it.
Well after you have accomplished all of that, you can take the title of
knight. So now after toiling so hard and long to gain the title, you get to
toil some more to preserve chivalry in the world of Neopia and to uphold the
knights code. Have some fun with that.
Signed,
Merat…
I mean
Lady Mera of Criosdail Castle
I grinned upon finishing the reply. Glancing over the final product, I blew
to dry the ink, and then folded up the letter and placed it in an envelope.
Licking it shut, I slid it into the pile of letters to be sent knowing that
Mera would send the letter when she found the time without ever reading what
I wrote. Hopefully it sounded enough like I actually knew what I was doing.
Surprisingly, I had found my attempt at replying to Mera's mail fun, and thought
about trying a few other letters. However, the thought of creating a pillow
fortress sounded a lot better at the current time.
So this is Merato signing out until the next time I decide to shift thorough
Mera's mail pile.
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