# What Sacrifice and Suffering means in Chivalry

> Characters frequently endure physical hardship, emotional torment, and death for love, honor, or political necessity, from Alianora's desperate journey to the martyrdoms and betrayals that punctuate the tales.

## Explanation

Characters frequently endure physical hardship, emotional torment, and death for love, honor, or political necessity, from Alianora's desperate journey to the martyrdoms and betrayals that punctuate the tales.

The prologue notes that queens must pay a hard price for grandeur, and that their choices can evoke much happiness or age-long weeping, implying sacrifice and suffering.

Heleigh's death in the Queen's cause and his acceptance of his fate as a 'maiden venture at a man's work.'

Rosamund offers a life of contentment and small events, while Ysabeau speaks of the inevitable suffering and devastation in love.

Philippa endures Edward's neglect and faces battle fearlessly; John Copeland risks death to speak truth to the King.

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