Editing Knight (section)

===Ceremony===
[[File:Jason Engle knighted.jpg|400px|thumb|right|A man being knighted by [[Tywin Lannister]]. Art by Jason Engle © Fantasy Flight Games]]
Any knight can make a knight. However, kings can make knights as well, even if they were never knighted themselves.<ref name=info /> On the other hand, lords cannot dub someone a knight if they have not previously been knighted themselves.<ref>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/Comic_Con_San_Diego_CA_July_20_232/ Comic-Con (San Diego, CA; July 20-23) (July 23, 2006)]</ref> 

Knighthood is partially a religious matter, as it is usually open only to followers of the [[Faith of the Seven]].<ref name=religion>[[So Spake Martin]]: [http://www.westeros.org/Citadel/SSM/Entry/1191 Religion and Knighthood (December 28, 2001)]</ref> There are several variations of ceremonies. It is customary to stand vigil in a sept the night before one receives knighthood.{{Ref|AGOT|56}}{{Ref|THK}} This vigil is carried out before the figure of  [[Warrior (the Seven)|the Warrior]]. The sword might be placed before or upon the figure, and the armor in a pile at the statue’s base.{{Ref|AFFC|8}} At times, the knights-to-be might walk barefoot from the sept to the location where they are to receive their knighthood, to prove their humble hearts.{{Ref|acok|65}} The six hundred knights who were dubbed after the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], also wore  shifts of undyed wool, and marked receiving their knighthood by the putting on a swordbelt after being dubbed.{{Ref|ACOK|65}} Before taking a knight's vows, a septon might anoint the knight-to-be with the seven oils.{{Ref|AGOT|56}}{{Ref|THK}} Being anointed by the [[High Septon]] is considered to be a great honor.{{Ref|AGOT|3}} However, men can also be dubbed a knight without exercising these customs, for example on the battlefield (e.g., [[Tywald Lannister]]).<ref name="westerlands" /> Witnesses might be present at the moment of receiving knighthood,{{ref|TMK}} although this is not a requirement.{{Ref|thk}}

When knighting someone in a formal manner, the dubber speaks the knight-to-be's name and House, if he has one. The dubber touches the subject on the right shoulder with his sword, and while placing the sword on the other shoulder following every sentence says:{{ref|THK}}
{{Quote|In the name of [[Warrior (the Seven)|the Warrior]] I charge you to be brave. In the name of [[Father (the Seven)|the Father]] I charge you to be just. In the name of [[Mother (the Seven)|the Mother]] I charge you to defend the young and innocent. In the name of [[Maiden (the Seven)|the Maid]] I charge you to protect all women....{{Ref|THK}}}}

In a less formal knighting ceremony, the dubber lays his sword upon the knight-to-be's right shoulder, and says:{{Ref|ASOS|39}}
{{Quote|[Name of knight-to-be], do you swear before the eyes of gods and men to defend those who cannot defend themselves, to protect all women and children, to obey your captains, your liege lord, and your king, to fight bravely when needed and do such other tasks as are laid upon you, however hard or humble or dangerous they may be?}}
After the subject who is being knighted confirms that he will do as asked, the sword is moved to the left shoulder, and the dubber will say that the newly-made knight can rise.{{Ref|ASOS|39}}