Basement Whatever

I define a paladin as a righteous fighter engaged in a quest, oblivious to anything but the completion of that holy quest. And yes, they absolutely still exist. Even at low levels.

Back in the days of spam phone calls, strangers would deliberately interrupt you with unwanted conversations, and would be really pushy when you tried to exit politely. My brothers and I learned that it was really catastrophic if spam callers had long sales calls without conversions. So we would answer the calls, ask questions and let them talk for sometimes half an hour before declining.

Looking back, that was immature, but we were 16 year olds without the internet who viewed our work as righteous vengeance against a faceless system.

Paladins come in all shapes and sizes.