Vigil

The knight â€™s watch the night before his elevation to knighthood , the accolade , frequently conducted upon the altar at a church . There is little mention of the practice before the late 15th century, yet it has become an iconographic part of the knightly image. Modern knights in the SCA hold their vigils all night, from ‘dusk till dawn’, often attended by other knights of high renown , who speak to the candidate about what it means to be a knight.