The Lady's Favour
The Lady's favour to be chosen to give to the knights for good luck.
The Lady’s Favour
It is custom that on the day before the Joust, the competitors parade before the assembled crowds where it is custom for the Knights, to ride up to the stands of spectators and ask the ladies for their favours.
The favours in question are regarded as a lucky token.
Each Knight will choose a lady whom he regards as most beautiful to beg a favour from.
If she is flattered by the request, or secretly hopes that the Knight will win the contest she then will grant an item of clothing to the Knight, which he will carry with him throughout the tournament.
The more intimate the garment the luckier it is believed to be and the higher the Knight can consider himself in the Lady’s esteem.
By tradition, a Knight may only beg a favour from one lady on the first day of the tourney, and if refused, must go without.
If he however successfully impresses the lady of his choice and is granted a favour, she on her turn may also do so only once.
Do keep this in mind!
Of course, this custom always delights the multitudes of peasants and townsfolk whose lewd remarks and whistles often cause the noble Ladies to blush.
It also requires a lot of bravery on the part of the beautiful Ladies who are customarily asked to give their favour to an embarrassing number of Knights as it is usually most difficult to pick the one Knight to grant their favour to, but also to choose how personal the token should be.
The Lady’s maidens therefore usually attend well prepared in advance with several veils or other tokens for the Ladies to choose from.
Each favour will allow the Lady in question to place a small bet on the Knight of her liking.
If said Knight then wins the tournament she will therefore also win a price as well as the reputation of not only being one of the most beautiful Ladies of the kingdom but also a most lucky one.
To be able to grant a token to the Knight of your liking simply choose one from the pictures that follow, copy its location and post it under the tournament thread found
here.
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