Made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, it is 13. 5 in ( 34 cm ) tall, weighs 8. 5 lb ( 3. 85 kg ) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a crusader's sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes.

The knight is the only piece that can leap over other pieces.

When a pawn advances to the eighth rank, as a part of the move it is promoted and must be exchanged for the player's choice of queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color.

In a Knights of Zodiac movie, there is an Eris ' ghost knight, represented by the Southern Cross.

In western Europe there emerged what is considered the " ultimate " heavy cavalry, the knight.

The Old Castilian language was also used to show the higher class that came with being a knight errant .- This last phrase is not completely accurate-In Don Quixote there are basically 2 different Castillian: Old Castillian is only spoken by Don Quixote, while the rest of the roles speak a much modern version of Spanish, pretty much understandable by the actual reader.

both Stained Quixote and Quixote from La Mancha ) is a hilarious name for a spotless knight.

If a knight is promoted or forced to retreat, its active status does not change.

As the likelihood of having the barbarian move closer to Catan is very high, a variant in common usage is that the robber ( and with Seafarers, the pirate ) does not move until the first barbarian attack, nor can a knight move the robber before that point.

In the two Henry IV plays, he is a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. A fat, vain, boastful, and cowardly knight, Falstaff leads the apparently wayward Prince Hal into trouble, and is ultimately repudiated after Hal becomes king.

The German word for English " knight " is Ritter, the Dutch ridder, the Swedish riddare, which is the cognate of English " rider "-but which carries vast social implications absent from the English word.

Galahad, illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine, the world's greatest knight and the Grail Bearer at the castle of Corbenic, is destined to achieve the Grail, his spiritual purity making him a greater warrior than even his illustrious father.

His offer is made on the surmise that the palmer was in reality a knight, York having observed his knight's chain and spurs ( a fact that he mentions to the palmer ).

On the first day of the tournament, a bout of individual jousting, a mysterious masked knight, identifying himself only as " Desdichado " ( which is described in the book as Spanish for the " Disinherited One ", though actually meaning " Unfortunate "), makes his appearance and manages to defeat some of the best Norman lances, including Bois-Guilbert, Maurice de Bracy, a leader of a group of " Free Companions " ( mercenary knights ), and the baron Reginald Front-de-Boeuf.

The masked knight declines to reveal himself despite Prince John's request, but is nevertheless declared the champion of the day and is permitted to choose the Queen of the Tournament.

Desdichado's side is soon hard pressed and he himself beset by multiple foes, when a knight who had until then taken no part in the battle, thus earning the sobriquet Le Noir Faineant ( or the Black Sluggard ), rides to Desdichado's rescue.

Cedric, who had not been present at Locksley's carousal, is ill-disposed towards the knight upon learning his true identity.

Wilfred of Ivanhoe, the titular character, is a knight and son of Cedric the Saxon.

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch or other political leader for service to the monarch or country, especially in a military capacity.

Since the Early Modern period, the title of knight is purely honorific, usually bestowed by a monarch, as in the British honours system, often for non-military service to the country.

The musical establishment, and many critics, believed that this should put an end to his career as a composer of comic opera — that a musical knight should not stoop below oratorio or grand opera.

The antiquary John Leland ( 1506 – 1552 ) as well as John Bale believed him to be Welsh, but most modern scholars, beginning with G. L. Kittredge in 1894, assume that he was Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, who was a knight, land-owner and Member of Parliament .< ref > Riddy, Felicity </ Ref >.

At first this knight was believed to be Perceval ; however it is later discovered to be Galahad.

The musical establishment, and many critics, believed that Sullivan's knighthood should put an end to his career as a composer of comic opera — that a musical knight should not stoop below oratorio or grand opera.

Jarilo became identified with St. George after the arrival of Christianity, possibly because of mild similarities in their names, but more likely because St. George is usually shown as a knight on a horse slaying a dragon, whilst the Slavs believed Jarilo to have an equine appearance, and that for a time he lived in the green underworld with his stepfather Veles, imagined to be a serpent-like or dragon-like deity.

It is believed that he was the son of a German nobleman in the service of German knight Gotfrid, founder of the family Kelad who went to strengthen Hungarian hold in Bosnia in 1162 or 1163.

In contrast to Bobby's numerous moral dilemmas, Richard always saw himself as being a " white knight of justice " and truly believed in the guilt of all those he prosecuted.

Vanora is believed to be an early identity of Guenevere ; the Vanora of the film is also some-time mistress to fellow Sarmatian knight Lancelot ( Ioan Gruffudd ), who is strongly hinted to be the father of Bors ' youngest child, and possibly others ( for example Gilly, the eldest ), as they have dark hair whereas neither of their parents do.

The skeleton is believed to be that of a knight of the same clan who was starved to death in the castle dungeons in 1332.

" Indeed, the young Mills believed his grandfather to be a genuine knight in shining armour Sir John can also be credited with introducing Crispian to music, by singing old cowboy songs to send him to sleep as a child.

This individual is believed to have perished on the expedition and is also referred to as the Westford Knight, after markings resembling a knight in armor present on a stone in Westford, Massachusetts that supposedly mark his grave.

Between the central towers once stood a sculpture of a knight in combat with a serpent ( of which only fragments survive ), believed to pertain to the tale of the Lambton Worm.

The name of the village is believed to come from ‘ compton ’, or narrow valley, belonging to a Norman knight called Pauncefote (‘ Fat-bellied ’).

( Luis, previously seen in Valiant ) Kaye then finds out that Roiben is going to have to battle Ethine, not the knight Talathain, who they believed was the Bright Court's champion.

The church contains the mutilated effigy of a 13th-century knight known locally as ' the Dolly Mare ' and believed to represent a member of the de la Mere family who held lands nearby, and a significant Norman font.

Also in the 15th century, Europeans changed the court cards to represent European royalty and attendants, originally " king ", " chevalier " ( knight ), and " knave ".

In the diagram at right, the numbers represent how many moves it takes for a knight to reach each square on the chess board from its location on the f5 square.

On 9 January 1558 he was appointed treasurer of the forces sent to the relief of Calais and was chosen as knight of the shire to represent Northamptonshire in the parliament meeting in January 1557 ; after this he represented that constituency eight times until his death.

The heiress to the vast Percy estates married the Duke of Somerset ; and her granddaughter married a Yorkshire knight, Sir Hugh Smithson, who in 1766 was created the first Duke of Northumberland and Earl Percy, and it is their descendants who now represent the famous old house.

Also in the south aisle is a damaged 13th century effigy of a cross-legged knight, conjectured to represent Falco D ' Oyry, and Jacobean alabaster monuments of Adlard Welby, his wife Cassandra and their five children, erected in 1605.

Larger than the helmet above is a skull scrubbed clean with two leg bones saltire proper in a cross to represent the fallen knight.

The knight, meant to represent John of Gaunt, is mourning a terrible tragedy, which mirrors Gaunt's own extended mourning for Blanche.