Good knights have no enemies, just friends in the making – and you can bet those friends remember them long after they’re gone.

A happy and sleepy Sunday to you all. ❤️

May your day be calm and cozy. 🤗

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'Storm'

You know, I don't think I'll ever get over how that one post I made about women as knights in history, made it all the way to Reddit only for a bunch of redditors to argue that women couldn't actually be knights because:

- "the term is gendered" (it's not, and feminine equivalents were sometimes created specifically for the purpose)

- "they didn't actually do things as knights" (who didn't? The Hatchet women fought the Moors. A few other Orders had women as masters of arms. Both martial and formal examples)

...and a few other reasons that come down to "I don't like imagining my manly men in steel had women in their ranks, girls have cooties".

And the reason I say this is because recently, Wikipedia updated their page on "Knight", specifically adding a section about women with the title of knighthood, and what function they performed. And I know: "Wikipedia is not an academic source"--but every academic institution will accept the sources and articles used to back up wikipages, which confirm what has been said.

Knights were sometimes women. 🤷

La Belle Dame Sans Merci ft. beaujes 💙 ⚔️

"Of the 25 skeletons studied, 23 showed marks compatible with violent death. These were mainly penetrating puncture wounds and blunt force injuries and were found on the parts of the body that were most vulnerable to and unprotected from the weapons of the time. “We observed many lesions on the upper part of the skull, the cheeks and the inner part of the pelvis, which is consistent with the hypothesis that we are dealing with warriors,” explains Rissech. It was by studying the bone proportions that she realised that among the warriors there was a woman.

Typically, the skeletons of men and women have specific characteristics that differentiate them. “The morphology of the facial bones and the pelvis, are the most obvious examples,” explains Rissech. In some individuals, these characteristics may not be decisive when it comes to determining sex, but in the case of these remains there was little room for error. Who was this woman? Was she part of the order? Did she have the same status as the other knights?

On the one hand, the woman’s injuries led the research team to believe that she participated and died in battle, as there was no sign of bone regrowth in her injuries. “She may have died in a manner very similar to that of male knights, and it is likely that she was wearing some kind of armour or chain mail,” says Rissech. On the other hand, she did not have the same dietary indicators as some of the individuals analysed: “We observed a lower level of protein consumption in the case of this woman, which could indicate lower status in the social group,” he says. Some researchers have hypothesised that she was a servant who would have been called upon to join the knights in defending the castle if the need arose, but the URV researcher does not think so: “Her work as a servant would have left signs on her bones, indicators of certain types of physical activity that we could now identify”.

In contrast, her skeleton did show attributes similar to those of the other warrior monks, whose job required them to train in the use of the sword, an activity that leaves verifiable marks which were also observed on the woman’s bones. “I believe that these remains belong to a female warrior, but further analysis is needed to determine to what extent this woman is contemporary with the other knights”, says Rissech. According to the researcher, we should picture her as a warrior of about forty years of age, just under five feet tall, neither stocky nor slender and skillful with a sword."

Chapter 4 - Part 6 - Ladies of the Knight

So.... who takes the win?

And do we agree with George? Doesn't Serafina look grand?

Read Chapters 1-3 at http://LadiesoftheKnightComic.com

Kofi - ko-fi.com/fionacreates

Various merms from over the years.

old and a little rough, but I still like em

Teamed up together

Have you read SOLSTORIA yet? You should!

@charmwitch is the creator! ;)

Varying degrees of success on the Ripply Mane drawing front. Very much in danger of veering into another Lady Knight phase.

“I am afraid of you. In loving me, you hold a knife to my throat. In loving you, I tell you exactly where to cut. We are two against the world, yet I still do not trust your hand in mine. This is new, and I am terrified.” -vulnerability a.j.

Taking some time away from the shop this week to spend with family and go through photos from 2023.

This is one of my favorite shots taken by the very talented @liv.ing_lively at this years faire.

Thank you to all of those who helped us create such wonderful memories, and here's to many more to come. ❤️

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The comfort warmth, of rising sun, is morning's gift to bring. Drawn from slumber's gentle grasp, with unforgotten Dreams.

"You say that with such... righteousness. Loghain used to have that ring in his voice. He has not sounded that way in many months now. It is... not so clear an enemy when it is your own people you fight"

Page 1 of a 6 page Lady Knights short I'm doing with a friend for Sharp Wit and the Company of Women Anthology.

It's a WHOLE ANTHOLOGY of Lady Knights.

48 hours left to back it!