The correct answer is a powerful monarch backed by a noble fighting class.
This excerpt describes a loyal fighting class and a powerful monarch, it has the typical heroism from the Middle Ages.
Noblemen were represented by heroic figures, which played an important role in literature during the Middle Ages and established the characteristics of many warriors and knights of the period.
The blank piece of paper is <u>a symbol of all that is to be written</u>. It is reflective of everything that can be, the hope and promise intrinsic to endeavor. In much the same way, the start of a journey contains such hope. Both feed into what can be as opposed to merely looking at what is.
