paladin

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Later, when Regé-Jean Page strides into the action as a humorless, hyper-competent paladin, Goldstein and Daley permit our eyes to glaze over as he drones on about arcana that’s impossible to absorb.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

To do this, she will have to jump repeatedly between universes and, like a video-game paladin shifting fighting styles at will, absorb the special powers of her many, many fellow Evelyns.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2022

You dress up as an elf warlock or half-orc paladin.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2018

The basic outlines of your character—whether you wanted to play a noble paladin, a winsome elfin bard, or something else altogether—are usually a matter of personal choice.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2017

Courteous, tender, and gentle as any paladin, sweet-tongued and harmonious as any poet, liberal as any prince, was the barefooted beggar and herald of God.

From Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian