Knightly Orders

The Knights Guilds are the protectors of each province.  Their influence seldom extends beyond the borders of their provinces.  Membership is not de rigueur, but it can be handy at times.

Required Skills:

• Archery, Critical Strike, Dragonish, Etiquette, Giantish, Long Blade, Medical

Training Offered:

• None (not even in their required skills)

Benefits of Membership:

• No charge for staying at inns in regions where the order is present
• Free (random) non-magical armor piece at each promotion***
• No charge for staying at inns anywhere starting at rank 4
• No charge for traveling by ship at rank 6
• Free house in that order’s region at rank 9 (finding it is another matter)

***There seems to be a lot of confusion about the free armor. The type of armor you receive (mithril, elven, dwarven, etc.) is not dependent upon your rank, but upon how many times you have been promoted. You go one step up with each promotion. So, if you want to get that free daedric armor, you'd better be sure that you get promoted at each opportunity and don't skip any ranks.

There are some Knightly Orders that you cannot join.  They are:

• Knights of the Moon (Sentinel)
• Host of the True Horn (Lord Kain)
• Knights of the Cup (Lord Plessington)
• Knights of the Lamp (Mages Guild)

Knightly Orders that you can join:

• Knights of the Dragon (Daggerfall)
• Knights of the Candle (Sentinel)
• Knights of the White Rose (Wayrest)
• Knights of the Flame (Anticlere)
• Knights of the Horn (Lainlyn)
• Knights of the Owl (Glenpoint)
• Knights of the Raven (Dwynnen)
• Knights of the Wheel (Abibon-Gora)
• Knights of the Scarab (Totambu)
• Knights of the Hawk (Santaki)

Temple Knights (you may join them, but they count as temples, not knights):

• Order of the Hour (Akatosh)
• Knights of the Circle (Arkay)
• Order of the Lily (Dibella)
• Knights Mentor (Julianos)
• Kynaran Order (Kynareth)
• Maran Knights (Mara)
• The Crusaders (Stendarr)
• Knights of Iron (Zenithar)

Like temples, you may only join one Knightly Order.

Knightly Order quests tend to involve a bit of dungeon crawling and you don’t get paid for it. You’re a goody-goody knight, remember? Knights do good deeds and don’t expect anything for them. The Knightly Orders are also your only source (besides Daedra summoning) for quests to artifacts and the quest to slay a Dragonling is the only time you can soul trap a Dragonling that will work in the item-maker.  Some of the Knights Guild quests will increase your rep with the general populace and/or nobility.  Handy if you're looking to do a little sucking-up.