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* They have a code of honor. If they are heroes, they can be a [[Knight in Sour Armor]], but will always have some degree of idealism inside. On the rare occasion they're a villain, they're usually a [[Noble Demon]] or [[He Who Fights Monsters]].
* They seek out wrongs to right, generally on a small scale -- a town beset by bandits, a dragon preying on the locals, etc. Only occasionally will they be pitted against an [[Evil Overlord]] with earth-conquering ambitions. They often have one specific quest they are on, but you can count on them running into unrelated trouble along the way.
* They are loners. They do not have any [[True Companions]] and are not part of a [[Five
* Sometimes, they are [[The Stoic]], almost to the point of being less a character and more a physical incarnation of justice. They are very prone to having a [[Mysterious Past]]. This type generally overlaps with [[The Drifter]].
* The classic [[Knight Errant]] of [[Chivalric Romance]] is often accompanied by his [[Distaff Counterpart]] and complement the [[Damsel Errant]]. He is seeking adventure and she knows where adventures are to be found.
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See ''[[Knights Errant (Webcomic)|Knights Errant]]'' for the [[Web Comic]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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** [[No Name Given|Harmonica]] from ''[[Once Upon a Time In The West]]''.
* ''[[Sukiyaki Western Django]]''
* ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]''
* ''[[The Forbidden Kingdom]]''
* ''[[The Book of Eli]]''
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* [[Vorkosigan Saga|Miles Vorkosigan]] has been diagnosed as having Knight Errant tendencies - by his mother.
* Simon Templar, more commonly known as [[The Saint]], is this in many of creator Leslie Charteris's stories (one story collection was even titled ''Saint Errant'') and in some episodes of the TV series that starred Roger Moore. Not so much in the [[The Movie|Val Kilmer movie]].
* Keith Laumer's [[Bolo]] series has the titular Bolo's, self-aware [[Tank Goodness|ultratanks]] with enough [[More Dakka|firepower to wipe a]] [[Apocalypse How|planet clean of life.]] They are openly stated as being Knight Errants, and [[What Measure Is a Non
** One story ends with the Bolo literally getting knighted.
* A very [[The Fair Folk|tiny]] knight errant is the subject of a poem by [[JRR Tolkien (Creator)|Tolkien]], aptly titled "Errantry." The poem includes descriptions of his [[Knight in Shining Armour|marvellously shiny armour]], his [[Shallow Love Interest|attempts to woo and marry a butterfly]], and his epic battles with [[Bug War|dragonflies and bumblebees]]. Also, perhaps coincidentally, you can sing it to the tune of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s "[[Major
* "[[Saint George and The Dragon (Literature)|Saint George and The Dragon]]", taken from an old poem from [[The Faerie Queene]] begins with the Red Cross Knight riding across a plain, bound on a great adventure, sent by the Queen of the Fairies to fight the dragon.
* The ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]'' is more or less about a young man who decides to make this his occupation in spite of knights being a thing of the past.
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