Knight of the Bearing

The Six Disciplines

Leather:
The initiate cuts, stitches, repairs, and maintains every piece by hand, learning patience before protection. Care first for your tools, your surroundings, and yourself, for neglect is the first victory of decay.

Mail:
Thousands of links are formed, joined, inspected, and replaced until the maker understands that endurance is built from countless small acts. Strengthen the bonds between people before strengthening walls.

Plate:
Each plate is shaped, fitted, and balanced so that defense never becomes vanity. Stand where danger falls hardest, expecting neither reward nor remembrance.

Weapon:
A weapon is forged only after every peaceful craft has been practiced; its edge exists because all other means have failed. Draw no weapon that wisdom could have left sheathed.

Helm:
The helm is fitted only when the knight has proven that conduct, not reputation, earns trust. Let your deeds speak where your name cannot.

Cloak:
The cloak is woven and repaired throughout a lifetime, receiving marks of service rather than rank.

Nothing worthy endures through strength alone. It endures when each generation receives it with gratitude, cares for it with discipline, and carries it forward stronger than it was received.