We are pleased to present you with
THE GAUNTLET: A Concise Guide to a Life of Brutal Chivalry
As well as introduce to you our new website.
All previous Full Plate missives are there, and we will be publishing regular articles on the site in between the quarterly zine.
Share far and wide, sound the trumpets, and let The Grand Campaign begin in earnest!
http://rtactn.com/posts/the-gauntlet-a-concise-guide-to-a-life-of-brutal-chivalry
THE GAUNTLET: A Concise Guide to a Life of Brutal Chivalry
As well as introduce to you our new website.
All previous Full Plate missives are there, and we will be publishing regular articles on the site in between the quarterly zine.
Share far and wide, sound the trumpets, and let The Grand Campaign begin in earnest!
http://rtactn.com/posts/the-gauntlet-a-concise-guide-to-a-life-of-brutal-chivalry
“Death Mass for the Lying Press”
Remember:
Nothing has changed since the dawn of the modern era.
The media and journalism as a whole exist only as a propaganda mill for their owners.
Before you start shrieking about the latest round of “news,” first evaluate where it is coming from, and why.
Men of worth do not allow themselves to become emotionally involved in the puppet shows of these robber barons, bourgeois profiteers and rootless cosmopolitans.
Stay centered. Stay grounded. Stay rooted in what you know is real, and what you can affect.
Rather than hit “share” on some tawdry or fearmongering trash, share strength instead.
Remember:
Nothing has changed since the dawn of the modern era.
The media and journalism as a whole exist only as a propaganda mill for their owners.
Before you start shrieking about the latest round of “news,” first evaluate where it is coming from, and why.
Men of worth do not allow themselves to become emotionally involved in the puppet shows of these robber barons, bourgeois profiteers and rootless cosmopolitans.
Stay centered. Stay grounded. Stay rooted in what you know is real, and what you can affect.
Rather than hit “share” on some tawdry or fearmongering trash, share strength instead.
What is meant by our term “Brutal Chivalry?”
This brief summary explains the need in the New Dark Ages for a brutal approach to an ancient idea.
https://rtactn.com/posts/brutal-chivalry
This brief summary explains the need in the New Dark Ages for a brutal approach to an ancient idea.
https://rtactn.com/posts/brutal-chivalry
Ahead of our next issue of the zine, we wanted to give you a basic template to follow for your Spring Equinox celebrations.
Read, share, and ride out together this Equinox!
https://rtactn.com/posts/equinox-rites
Read, share, and ride out together this Equinox!
https://rtactn.com/posts/equinox-rites
This will be our first release of physical product.
As such, we will be using a trusted printer who does high quality work on good garments.
This means we will be doing a very limited run first in order to get a feel for reach and demand.
If you want to weigh in to help us ascertain quantities, do so in the temporarily enabled comments by simply commenting what size and which design:
Crowned Crusader Tee
Many Enemies Tee
Brutal Chivalry Hoodie
ex.:
M Crusader, L Brutal Chiv
etc.
As such, we will be using a trusted printer who does high quality work on good garments.
This means we will be doing a very limited run first in order to get a feel for reach and demand.
If you want to weigh in to help us ascertain quantities, do so in the temporarily enabled comments by simply commenting what size and which design:
Crowned Crusader Tee
Many Enemies Tee
Brutal Chivalry Hoodie
ex.:
M Crusader, L Brutal Chiv
etc.
Using the above comments thread as a guideline, I’ll be ordering the first batch of these today.
Due to the nature of my current lifestyle, as well as censorship/deplatforming limitations and so on, this has become a very “analog” endeavor.
I also have no internet out in the woods, so I’ll be handling all these drops in batches like this, packing orders by hand, and shipping them all manually rather than using apps etc.
Once I have these in hand, the actual purchase will go through Gumroad - a post will be made here on this channel and via the email list.
Although I am appreciative of those who commented, at that time, it will be on a first come/first served basis, so keep an eye out here - I’ll give a day and time before the release.
As always, I am appreciative of your support.
RTACTN is currently a multiple individual project, so your contributions will go to paying them, increasing the quality and frequency of our content, and driving forward the Grand Campaign.
Thank you.
Due to the nature of my current lifestyle, as well as censorship/deplatforming limitations and so on, this has become a very “analog” endeavor.
I also have no internet out in the woods, so I’ll be handling all these drops in batches like this, packing orders by hand, and shipping them all manually rather than using apps etc.
Once I have these in hand, the actual purchase will go through Gumroad - a post will be made here on this channel and via the email list.
Although I am appreciative of those who commented, at that time, it will be on a first come/first served basis, so keep an eye out here - I’ll give a day and time before the release.
As always, I am appreciative of your support.
RTACTN is currently a multiple individual project, so your contributions will go to paying them, increasing the quality and frequency of our content, and driving forward the Grand Campaign.
Thank you.
Chat has been deactivated for now, thank you.
Orders are in, will let you all know when the drop is going to go live when these are in my hands.
Orders are in, will let you all know when the drop is going to go live when these are in my hands.
FULL PLATE DISPATCH #8 “SPURS”
In the New Dark Ages, even the concept of knighthood has been degraded to a noscript given to actors, professional game players, court jesters and musicians.
Like all things in this era of downgoing, something that was once noble is now only a commodity, an empty honorific that lacks the very thing that the word is based upon.
Honorific. “To confer or convey honor.”
We know that honor is only gained through acts of loyalty to the ideal, not through being a fashion model, or a race car driver.
The origins of European knighthood go back to the 9th century, when the feared cavalryman was a necessary protection to a village or city, but they had their roots in the Greek hoplite and the Roman eques.
The most popularized institutions were those holy orders established in the Middle Ages, when members of an order were sworn to specific rules, regulations and obligations depending on their particular brotherhood.
To become a knight in the medieval era meant a rigorous and sometimes brutal, multi-stage process, beginning usually in childhood, as a page.
The page would serve in the household of wherever he was assigned to go, and lived essentially like a peasant or servant, regardless of his family’s station. This meant working on the most menial seeming of tasks - in the kitchen, running errands and messages, cleaning the estate and so on.
It taught the important lesson of a life of service that the future knight would never leave behind.
In his early teens, the page would be promoted to the position of squire, from the French word “ecuyer” or “shield-bearer.”
Here his education on knighthood would truly begin as he apprenticed under a proper knight, often with several others of his station.
He would learn to hunt, be schooled in reading and writing, and of course, fighting.
The squire would serve the knight in actual battle, as well, although he was not yet considered “fight ready,” and would see first-hand the lifestyle he was aspiring to.
An individual could remain a squire for a long time, only attaining knighthood when he was considered to have “earned his spurs,” often by a specific act of bravery or value - in some cases men remained squires for long after they became fighting men themselves.
In these New Dark Ages, a man of worth should always be looking to win his spurs - to engage in acts of valor, bravery, courage, and value to his order, family, brotherhood, friends.
Our war is not always literal, and nor was it for those men we look to for our own guidance.
It is often a war against apathy and the malaise of the times in which we find ourselves.
A war against meaninglessness and the false gods of these days - the idols set up to rank materialism, greed, pleasure for its own sake as the highest attainment.
It is a war against ourselves, the eternal crusade, the Grand Campaign…the war against our own weaknesses, our own failings and shortcomings.
We win our spurs through a constant and unrelenting battle waged against what we know to be heartless and false, and through a dedication to the quest for the Holy Grail.
That quest is the one for a righteous life, and a righteous death, the days between which are filled with noble action, and the embodiment of our higher calling.
Fix your eyes on this task, and wake with prayer that on this day, you will be given a new chance to win your spurs.
Brothers, we will win this war.
In the New Dark Ages, even the concept of knighthood has been degraded to a noscript given to actors, professional game players, court jesters and musicians.
Like all things in this era of downgoing, something that was once noble is now only a commodity, an empty honorific that lacks the very thing that the word is based upon.
Honorific. “To confer or convey honor.”
We know that honor is only gained through acts of loyalty to the ideal, not through being a fashion model, or a race car driver.
The origins of European knighthood go back to the 9th century, when the feared cavalryman was a necessary protection to a village or city, but they had their roots in the Greek hoplite and the Roman eques.
The most popularized institutions were those holy orders established in the Middle Ages, when members of an order were sworn to specific rules, regulations and obligations depending on their particular brotherhood.
To become a knight in the medieval era meant a rigorous and sometimes brutal, multi-stage process, beginning usually in childhood, as a page.
The page would serve in the household of wherever he was assigned to go, and lived essentially like a peasant or servant, regardless of his family’s station. This meant working on the most menial seeming of tasks - in the kitchen, running errands and messages, cleaning the estate and so on.
It taught the important lesson of a life of service that the future knight would never leave behind.
In his early teens, the page would be promoted to the position of squire, from the French word “ecuyer” or “shield-bearer.”
Here his education on knighthood would truly begin as he apprenticed under a proper knight, often with several others of his station.
He would learn to hunt, be schooled in reading and writing, and of course, fighting.
The squire would serve the knight in actual battle, as well, although he was not yet considered “fight ready,” and would see first-hand the lifestyle he was aspiring to.
An individual could remain a squire for a long time, only attaining knighthood when he was considered to have “earned his spurs,” often by a specific act of bravery or value - in some cases men remained squires for long after they became fighting men themselves.
In these New Dark Ages, a man of worth should always be looking to win his spurs - to engage in acts of valor, bravery, courage, and value to his order, family, brotherhood, friends.
Our war is not always literal, and nor was it for those men we look to for our own guidance.
It is often a war against apathy and the malaise of the times in which we find ourselves.
A war against meaninglessness and the false gods of these days - the idols set up to rank materialism, greed, pleasure for its own sake as the highest attainment.
It is a war against ourselves, the eternal crusade, the Grand Campaign…the war against our own weaknesses, our own failings and shortcomings.
We win our spurs through a constant and unrelenting battle waged against what we know to be heartless and false, and through a dedication to the quest for the Holy Grail.
That quest is the one for a righteous life, and a righteous death, the days between which are filled with noble action, and the embodiment of our higher calling.
Fix your eyes on this task, and wake with prayer that on this day, you will be given a new chance to win your spurs.
Brothers, we will win this war.
A few images of our Spring Equinox preparations with more to come, and a full piece in the next zine.
We spent our time at a hidden place on running water, enjoying conversation, singing, stories and the company of our men and women.
A feast was held with fish caught from nature’s bounty, greens foraged, and bread made from the last beer brewing’s ground grains.
Wine was mixed with a tonic of sassafras and herbs.
Equinox rites were performed by the crowned king and queen of spring, the sword from the water shone in the firelight, and the blood of heroes was drunk from the Grail.
Oaths kept, and the Grand Campaign continued.
Hail the Light!
We spent our time at a hidden place on running water, enjoying conversation, singing, stories and the company of our men and women.
A feast was held with fish caught from nature’s bounty, greens foraged, and bread made from the last beer brewing’s ground grains.
Wine was mixed with a tonic of sassafras and herbs.
Equinox rites were performed by the crowned king and queen of spring, the sword from the water shone in the firelight, and the blood of heroes was drunk from the Grail.
Oaths kept, and the Grand Campaign continued.
Hail the Light!
“We live in the New Dark Ages.
But the Dawn is coming.
And Avalon is a state of mind…”
https://rtactn.com/posts/full-plate-9-avalon-is-rising
But the Dawn is coming.
And Avalon is a state of mind…”
https://rtactn.com/posts/full-plate-9-avalon-is-rising