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[b]"As an Order,"[/b] Serenity spoke up, [b]"the Iron Rose Knights have little in the way of a hierarchy. As such, in the absence of a Knight-Captain, the one responsible for accepting others into the Order is likely to be Paladin Tyaethe. If you'd like to learn her reasoning, Sir Renar, I'm sure she'll be obliged to it."[/b]

Though the fact of the matter was that in the eyes of a centuries-old relic of war and blood, shadow and magic, there was likely no discernible difference between Renar and Lucas. All that mattered, after all, was the Knight-Captain, if one took the stories told of the First and Youngest to heart. The Immortal Dragon Slayer, so inundated by the boons of circumstance that she's unmatched in Thaln despite having yet to even leverage the full weight of her talents.

[b]"I find no reason to leave their learning to luck though. What's the point in discussing Lucas's education, if we're not to point out his faults?"[/b]

Still, the matter was dropped, forcibly, and as if aiming to stoke her own ire, Renar brought up the topic of Fanilly Danbalion instead, his second remark a naked attempt to toss fuel to the flame. If he was to be so [i]obvious[/i] with it though? [b]"If she fancies herself a knight, she ought to redouble her efforts as a swordswoman."[/b] Which Serenity would gladly join her in. [b]"And if she fancies herself a Captain, she ought to better her ability to command under duress. Though I reckon that [i]would[/i] be hard, if Captain Fanilly continues to be ambushed."[/b]

The flaxen-haired knight paused briefly as she leveled her hammer to drive a nail through the socket of her spear and into the wood beneath, then continued.

[b]"But perhaps the Iron Rose Knights are such that all we need to be is individually competent? Certainly, the legends of our predecessors leave behind only anecdotes of singular glory, rather than united efforts."[/b] She hefted the spear up once more, though there wasn't room enough to swing it as she wished. [b]"Thoughts, good sirs? Sir Villis, certainly, was just running ahead of the rest, but how did the Paladin and the Knight-Captain function as leaders?"[/b]