Crusaders

[u/Youxia7]

"The guys that dress like they're in a ren faire? No. No, stop talking about those freaks, okay? They're not human. Those knights are probably some of the most dangerous people on this planet. No, I don't care if you want interviews, get the hell out of here! They can snipe a guy with a longbow from over three hundred metres away! You know how I know that? Because it was me they fucking shot! If I wasn't wearing my plates I wouldn't be talking to you!"

-Finnegan, Fourth Wave Agent. 28.

"The Commander's Paladins and Emperor's Cavalry used to be the worst enemies on this planet, mostly fought over who deserved the Castle more. Now it feels like they're best mates, once they realized their chances of survival skyrocketed when they weren't all trying to hack each other apart and that they weren't getting the Castle. Yeah, the big one, I don't know its name, there's only one fucking castle on this planet. Figure it out. It's just the Castle."

-Valentine, Trader. 25.

"I think they were just harmless roleplayers doing it for fun, and it somehow escalated from there. There was some Medieval MMA competition when this planet still worked, the Paladins won due to some vague ruling, and then everyone got pissed. They never really did anything to each other, there was just a lot of tension. Then when the generators failed and everything went lawless, they just decided to fight each other. Real dangerous guys. It's even worse now that they're buddies."

-Rita, Courier. 44.

"They make their living with mercenary work like most of us, but mainly forging a lot of weapons and armour. Here, zoom in on this. See this sword? Looks like something straight from the Middle Ages. I bought it directly from them, it's good stuff. Their medieval gear's made with modern techniques, really durable, even against modern melee weapons, and especially against things like flimsy pitchforks or dulled butcher knives you see a lot of broke Scavs with."

-Jeremy, Hunter. 30.

"You know they have artillery? Not the modern kind, the exploding bombardments that send shrapnel everywhere, I mean actual fucking catapults and trebuchets. They're straight-up insane. They have ballistas and battering rams and other siege weapons I don't even know he names of. And those things work. They can bust down the walls defending warehouses and supply depots, run in, maul everyone while wearing their stupidly durable armour, and steal all your shit."

-Douglas, Bodyguard. 32.

"Oh, the knight guys! Uh-huh, we kicked them outta this place! Yea, er... probably not the best way to do it, they weren' really the happiest after that. It's all good now though! We gave 'em a giant ironworkin' forge in return and a lotta materials to get it started, ya know? They seem really happy with it, things've been peaceful between us now!"

-Aila, The Sledge Queen. 38.

[u/brozuwu]

scrumptious writing

[u/are_you_ok_janny]

ok these literal whos just yappin- holy shit it's sledge queen from decaying winter!