[quote=@Viciousmarrow]
[@Themerlinhawk] It'd be cool to have someone from the 3rd Crusade. Maybe your character was a squire who eventually got knighted by King Richard the Lionheart, which would be your rise into nobility. 
Would your character pursue adventure or knowledge?
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Both. I'm thinking he probably traveled a lot as the empire was expanding. Probably a fair bit in the Orient and Ottoman empire