I don't think squire needs to necessarily mean 'recruit'. It might just mean 'rank-and-file' in this context, considering the vast majority of Sultansworn seem to be in those tabards.
Also, you guise with these 'FBI' and 'US Secret Service' comparisons! So geocentric! They're knights in service to the sovereign and do things that pertain to royal interests/security. There is not going to be any fixed 'mission statement', as they are totally at the whims of the royal family, correct? So, if you had a tyrannical Sultan who says 'kill 500 villagers', they would go do that. Admittedly, this contravenes the paladin principles or whatever, but I think comparisons to stuff like the FBI and Secret Service are anachronistic and, well, just terrible tbh. They're just the knights of the king, I reckon.
ALSO ALSO, there was a 'Thorne dynasty' that ruled over Ul'dah once, and the name remained Ul'dah. It went First Ul, Thorne, and Second Ul. Thorne dynasty was probably Midlander, as there are numerous Midlander nobility in the city. Midlanders were also probably around in Thanalan since before Ul'dah was founded.
Also, you guise with these 'FBI' and 'US Secret Service' comparisons! So geocentric! They're knights in service to the sovereign and do things that pertain to royal interests/security. There is not going to be any fixed 'mission statement', as they are totally at the whims of the royal family, correct? So, if you had a tyrannical Sultan who says 'kill 500 villagers', they would go do that. Admittedly, this contravenes the paladin principles or whatever, but I think comparisons to stuff like the FBI and Secret Service are anachronistic and, well, just terrible tbh. They're just the knights of the king, I reckon.
ALSO ALSO, there was a 'Thorne dynasty' that ruled over Ul'dah once, and the name remained Ul'dah. It went First Ul, Thorne, and Second Ul. Thorne dynasty was probably Midlander, as there are numerous Midlander nobility in the city. Midlanders were also probably around in Thanalan since before Ul'dah was founded.
