Black Knight
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For other uses, see Black Knight (disambiguation).
A black knight is a soldier or knight who either is not in service to a certain liege or does not want his liege, or himself, to be known and so does not have any heraldic standards or has painted them over with black paint. A good and well equipped soldier without a certain fealty was a wild card, or someone who you didn't know what would happen, and a group of them could be a big problem for kings. Usually, a black knight is given a bad light, as a solider who has covered up his standards to not be found out where they came from.
In made up stories, black knights are usually evil knights that are good at fighting and usually work alone. A good example of this would be the Arthurian legend of the black knight.
