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... . The kind from the general image of a group of knights gathered for the purpose of war is actually a very tiny minority.


Most Orders are actually just alliances composed of feudal lords and people in power, a powerbrokers club if you will. In no way are these Orders founded with the intention of combat in mind.


Incidentally, the Order of the Garter that is headed by the monarch of the UK is filled with people who have been granted nobility. The current emperor of Japan, Empe ...

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