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{{quote|''"While evil flourishes and wrongs grow rank, while men are persecuted and women wronged, while weak things, human or animal, are maltreated, there is no rest for me beneath the skies, nor peace at any board or bed. Farewell!"''|'''[[Solomon Kane]]''', '''''The Blue Flame of Vengeance'''''}}
 
The medieval [[Knight Errant]] stems from the [[Chivalric Romance]], where individual [[Knight in Shining Armor|Knights In Shining Armor]] would wander the land, searching for [[Our Dragons Are Different|evil to slay]] and [[Distressed Damsel in Distress|ladies to rescue]] and whatnot, guided by the [[Damsel Errant]]. Since then, knights have declined in popularity, but the Knight Errant is still around in full force -- instead of knights, they are now often cowboys, samurai, or [[Samurai Cowboy|Samurai Cowboys]].
 
Historically a knight errant would refer to a landless knight who would travel with his lord in service and hope of earning his own land. If he is traveling because he was sent by someone it might be a case of [[My Master, Right or Wrong]].