The game's storyline based around the 'hero', states that the Sultansworn stopped picking Free Paladins for some time but decided to restart not very long ago. There are no further details I remember. The biggest thing we have to find out is if in 1.0 Gladiators coudl become Paladins ( I did not play back then, so I have no idea if Jobs were implemented or not). If they weren't, we have to assume that Sultansworn stopped recruiting Free Paladins for somewhere around 10 years or more (or a bit less, I suck at chronology). If 1.0 players could become Paladins, though, that means they stopped recruiting them after the Calamity five years ago.
In either case, I think you can safely place your Sultanswornship in your character twenties without anyone raising any eyebrows.
In either case, I think you can safely place your Sultanswornship in your character twenties without anyone raising any eyebrows.