Neurosis

[quote name='Shewoman' post='1387429' date='Jun 7 2008, 12.09']Neurosis, I think you're thinking of Sir William Marshall. Ser Arthur Dayne might owe something to him.[/quote] Yes, I remembered it a short while later. I would like to see more of Arthur, because I believe on intuition George will incorporate a lot of William into him. As a little backstory to those unfamiliar with William: at a time before they made tourneys into purely sporting affairs (before they blunted the swords, made the lances break-away, and made the tourney armour heavy and nigh impentrable [the heavy tourney armour accounts for Mark Twayne's impression of armour - which is largely nonsense, since a well made suit of armour weighed 25-30 kg]), William had the following reputation: "His record is legendary: he supposedly fought in 500 such bouts in his life and never lost once."

I can't think of a better place to post this. I'm wondering if there are any parallels between the great knights in ASoIaF and real life great knights. I specifically recall one knight who was supposed to be the greatest knight of all time (or something to taht nature), Sir William something, or something of that nature. An English knight, that is. Can anyone recall? I would not be surprised if there is some reference to this man or a character based very closely on him. I know, that's not much to go off, but he is quite famous and held in high regard in an area which commonly crops up in this series. Given GRRM's propensity for basing the series off of history, I find it quite likely he makes an appearance in some form.