[Discuss] Oaths of fealty and their confliction with other orders

[Timothy Collett]

On Mar 5, 2008, at 4:53 AM, Kylie wrote:
> I think once the Lord has committed his knight to an army, he has  
> given
> control to the Marshal.  Basically his knight repairs and training is
> being funded by the army (sponsor) and the Lord has committed his  
> CS to
> the army.  Sure, the Lords orders would supersede the Marshal's if he
> felt fit to override them, but I think this would be completely  
> frowned
> upon.

Frowned upon?

Maybe.  But his orders still supersede.  There can be no  
contradiction, because, as Rob says, your orders come, first and  
foremost, from your liege lord.  Anyone else who has authority to  
give you orders *only* has it *through* him.

Just to re-emphasize: Even if the knights are still in the army, the  
orders of the liege *always* override those of the Marshal, the  
second-in-command, the General, the King, the Judge, the Duke, and  
everyone else in the realm, because they are *not* the liege, and he  
*is*.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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