• Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    In the first pictures, the knight would clearly be of the “upper” class. Your chances of being some peon in a field are much, much higher.

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      Even being a king of that time would be a brutal life in a lot of ways. Death all around and a piss-poor chance of surviving any given year with every bit of your body intact and functional, extremely limited dietary variety, and the smell. Oh god the smell.