[quote=Guilty Spark]
Don't go off that "These soldiers look soft" thing, that was me who said it about shiny guards on the walls. Not the Knights of Othea, these guys are not soft. They're not slow. Their armor is heavy, but they live in it and they're trained to fight against lighter opponents as a team.
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I thought the Knights went off with the King? I would figure it safer to preserve the King's personal guard, since an Evoker can have unpredictable powers, and could possibly eliminate or even turn them over to the Evoker's own cause. Archers would be more suited to the Evoker-killing cause.