"My good blade carves the casques of men, | My tough lance thrusteth sure, | My strength is as the strength of ten, | Because my heart is pure."

Taking a (brief) look at the Dungeons and Dragons Paladin and its origins in Welsh poetry and chivalric romance.

CHAPTERS

Introduction: 00:00
What's a Paladin?: 00:39
Paladins and King Arthur: 01:31
Paladins and Charlemagne: 04:23
Paladins and the Crusades: 08:26
Paladins and D&D: 12:12
Paladins and Video Gaming: 16:50
Outro: 18:02

CLIPS USED

Bethesda Softworks, ‘ESO: High Isle Launch Cinematic’

Ace1918, ‘Ultima 9 Whats a Paladin?’

David Michôd, ‘The King’

Ridley Scott, ‘Kingdom of Heaven’

George Carlin, ‘Back in Town’

Maksim Kisliak, ‘Insurgency Sandstorm’

Ron Gibberson, ‘WoW: A Paladin’s Horse’

HCBailly, ‘Let’s Play Final Fantasy IV #54’

Saika, ‘Final Fantasy XII #90’

BuffMaister, ‘Golbez vs Cecil - Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy’



IMAGES USED

Daniel Dos Santos, ‘Fables: Camelot’

Daniel Kvasznicza, @inetgrafx, ‘Abandoned Gothic Cathedral’

@yamaorce, ‘Kavina Paladin Commission, 2013’

Miłek Jakubiec, ‘Agincourt mudbath, 2015’

@novaastralis, ‘Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, 2024’
Various wikimedia commons/public domain stuff



Music


Alexander Nakarada, ‘Marked’, ‘Fjeld’, ‘Sorrow’, ‘Adventure’