(01-28-2015, 04:49 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: That doesn't change the fact that, for the most part, everyone was already a paladin/sworn/whatever on the way to being MORE recognized, if I'm remembering correctly. I know the current school of "recruits" are all self-declared paladins, I know I am due to 1.0 backstory, and I'm pretty sure Crofte sort of spawned in the armor. For the most part the trials are akin to merit badges: You don't need to do them to be Sultansworn, but you need to be Sultansworn to do them.
I think. Feel free to correct me, folks.
Anyone can RP as sultansworn, no one has a patent on it. However the trials were a part of the long term mentor/student relationship that many RPers have wanted. No one has to do them, they're more of just a tradition used by Sultansworn RPers to 'graduate' their pupils after long periods of apprenticeship. Roen and Kage took 3 or 4 months, if I recall.
Natalie just Rped as a sultansworn, as did Crofte, and I have nothing against anyone who does that.
