Quote Originally Posted by Dualblade View Post
Its things like this that ensure I will always have Paladin up to level cap at some point, and that my shield will be glamor'd so the House Fortemps shield is show proudly.
Heck, I started leveling PLD because of that shield. I changed my title to 'House Fortempts Knight', keep a stack of Armourcraft Glamour prisms so I can keep glamouring the shield as I level up, and have Wind-Up Haurchefant following me whenever I don't have my chocobo out.

Early on in the GLD quests, you get this from the trainer:

MYLLA
As gladiators, we are trained to engage enemies at close range, weathering their attacks as we deliver our own. However, there are times when we must do battle alongside allies whose talents are not the same as our own.
In such a situation, your role is not to slay the enemy in front of you, but rather to defend the man beside you.
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You must learn to draw the enemy's attention to yourself and to trust in your stout constitution to endure. In so doing, you protect your weaker comrades who would otherwise perish.

Which struck a chord with me in the wake of Haurchefant's declaration that 'A knight lives to serve and protect'. Also, I recently learned that Paladin is actually 'Knight' in Japan, which adds yet another layer to it.