I don't suppose anyone remembers the TV show "Have Gun--Will Travel," with the gentlemanly champion-for-hire Paladin (no other name was ever given) and his trademark knight chess piece?
I have to admit I have a strong attachment to the phrase due to a (different, actually) game I played when I was younger. It was used in that game to signify a knight serving Light, and specifically one who had undergone trials that he couldn't pass if he wasn't of the right type; so being a Paladin, having passed this test that no one had ever passed before, said a lot about his inner character (which was also borne out by his actions, of course-- but because he was a Paladin and because of what this meant, one knew that those actions were really true to what was inside him, that he really was like that through and through... it was just a lovely and fascinating thought, to me.)
Paladin means imperial guard, but specifically refers to one of Charlemagne's guard, and since he was the Holy Roman Emperor, I can see how the connotation could be applied.
Hey, your brain is still firing madly, and that's the important part. :-)
We had "Have Gun wii Travel" in Ireland, but I preferred "Bat Masterson".
Yes. I am ancient. I am out of Ireland and I am ancient. Or, as Washington Irving would surely describe it, "stricken in years".
Ooh! I vaguely remember that show!
Great show, eh Oro? I'd love to see that again sometime. (Or maybe it's just better remembered...)
"Have Gun, Will Travel"!! Yeowsuh boss!
Pre-1960. I've very old...
I've heard of it, but it was well before my time.
I don't suppose anyone remembers the TV show "Have Gun--Will Travel," with the gentlemanly champion-for-hire Paladin (no other name was ever given) and his trademark knight chess piece?
Oh, haha. So much for D&D.
I have to admit I have a strong attachment to the phrase due to a (different, actually) game I played when I was younger. It was used in that game to signify a knight serving Light, and specifically one who had undergone trials that he couldn't pass if he wasn't of the right type; so being a Paladin, having passed this test that no one had ever passed before, said a lot about his inner character (which was also borne out by his actions, of course-- but because he was a Paladin and because of what this meant, one knew that those actions were really true to what was inside him, that he really was like that through and through... it was just a lovely and fascinating thought, to me.)
Paladin means imperial guard, but specifically refers to one of Charlemagne's guard, and since he was the Holy Roman Emperor, I can see how the connotation could be applied.
Doesn't it usually have connotations of religion, or have I just been infused with too much Dungeons & Dragons?
champion: someone who fights for a cause.