Are Paladins really Paladins?

[Sephirah]

So, don't get me wrong, I love playing my Paladin, but as we all know, we don't really "Feel" like paladins... more like run of the mill Knights don't you think?

Well, I just noticed that untranslated the "Paladin" job is actually written in Katakana as "Naito" or, "Knight".

Makes me curious if they didn't intend for us to be "paladins" and simply added it for flavor.

[Kunkka]

So, don't get me wrong, I love playing my Paladin, but as we all know, we don't really "Feel" like paladins... more like run of the mill Knights don't you think?

Well, I just noticed that untranslated the "Paladin" job is actually written in Katakana as "Naito" or, "Knight".

Makes me curious if they didn't intend for us to be "paladins" and simply added it for flavor.

It was written the same in FFXI and they were considered paladins then too.

[Skies]

Interestingly, Paladins are not, in fact, holy knights.
They're just the elite royal guard of Ul'Dah. ('just' but yeah)

[Sephirah]

It was written the same in FFXI and they were considered paladins then too.

Weird, neither "Knight" or "Paladin" are japanese words, makes me wonder why they chose to use ナイト (naito), instead of パラディン (paradin).

Interestingly, Paladins are not, in fact, holy knights.
They're just the elite royal guard of Ul'Dah. ('just' but yeah)

Yea I got that much from the job quests, but again makes me wonder why they chose to call us paladins if really we are just Knights, or Royal Gaurd, lol.

[Mickadin]

Paladin derives from a Latin word meaning palace officer.

With FFXIV Paladins being the personal guard of the Sultana in Ul'dah it actually makes sense.

[Cascade]

The recorded instance of the word paladin in the English language dates to 1592, in a poem written by Samuel Daniel.[1] It entered English through the Middle French word paladin, which itself derived from the Italian paladino.[1] All these words for Charlemagne's Twelve Peers descend ultimately from the Latin palatinus, most likely through the Old French palatin.[1] The Latin palatinus referred to an official of the Roman Emperor connected to the imperial palace on the Palatine Hill; over time this word came to refer to other high-level officials in the imperial, majestic and royal courts.[2] The word palatine, used in various European countries in the medieval and modern eras, has the same derivation.[2]

[Delorean]

Sure. They do stuff. Like wear heavy armor. and look pretty. and do holy magic. and all of that Paladin jazz.

[Emilyee]

what i want to know is where is my once a day Lay on Hands skill at ... Paladin my butt ...

[CyanDvai]

what i want to know is where is my once a day Lay on Hands skill at ... Paladin my butt ...

FFXIV does not equal WoW or D&D, if you want skills from those games go play those games.

Given the origins of the word Paladin our job and abilities and back story makes sense.

[Namasu]

Wait...What if we aren't really paladins and are just time traveling warrior that learned how to play and use shield and sword instead...