The venerable lord Arthorion and the Lord-Captain Amadeus di Selnè made an inquiry into the legend known as "The Rubyknight", alternatively known as "The Knight of Rubies", or "The Knight of the Ruby" (Henceforth: RK). This legend, which seems to tread the line between fact, fiction, and written history, has proven to be a great hurdle to research, even with all the knowledge of the empire at my reach.

There seem to be two or three instances of this character, running simultaneously through history. At one hand, the RK is, or has been a real, documented historical character, whose existence has been concretely established through official attendance records. However, the problem posed is that this proof is spread quite literally over thousands of years.
The first available Imperial record is dated to the year 44'4 (44 of the fourth age). A grand celebration is held on 44'4, by his glorious wisdom Eshennon I Bel-Heirion. In attendance: The Knight of Rubies, with honorifics informing of a well-respected and known character. Later that same year, the tournament of Port Imperial, the Rubyknight wins a crushing victory.

These reports continue throughout the fourth age, and into the fifth, with ever the tone of an infuriating normalcy. Indeed, no record gives a clue to the origin or nature of this character, his sometimes centennial disappearances, and reappearances throughout the millennia. I requested the Twilight tower of Mírion for records predating the Imperial record of 44'4, but the honourable grandmaster Avilian could not find a mention of this character predating the said year.

However, I did manage to find three different influential pieces of information, in the span of three months.

1. Feeling frustrated with this apparent failure of the Imperial record, I doubled my efforts, riding myself to the Old painted tower in Pont-Caen, and the Elder-records kept there. For week we searched with the honourable Pius Glenne, finding no mention of the name. However, we found something almost as interresting. At the surface a useless redraft of an old form, submitted by the Lord-Councillor Ricken in the third age, seeking to attain information that was somehow lost in the Ferian grand archive. (Something that was even then, utterly inconceivable). This information, which is not specified, had to do with the Great Crusades into the north and east, and the "Redstone knight" and "The Knight of the West wind". Unfortunately, the information could not be found in Pont-Caen, meaning that it is almost certainly lost to us forever. This does however leave the question of how this kind of erasure would be possible. The measures ensuring the integrity and longevity of all Imperial records are and were nigh on flawless even then, and the ´de-jure authority to erase documents is theoretically held by literally no one, and in practice only the Bel-Heirion would have such power. We found no other documents relating to this discovery.

2. With the help of Lord-Captain Amadeus di Selné, we were able to access the Deathguard files, locked even from me. In there, we found the notes of one Lord-Captain Velekh Whitecloak, regarding the Rubyknight. At his time, the Rubyknight was a well known character, known for his travels with the venerable ser Nilander of Cornwood, better known as ser Nils Aston Emileva, the Knight of Silver. This research was continued by lord Velekhs successor, Lord-Captain Dorian di Grace, who however left it unfinished. They seem to have recorded the Rubyknight as a great, but not very likely threat. Lord Dorian further notes the relationship between lord Isenai Elliot, prince Teofilus Forgen and the Rubyknight, and assures the record of not only the existence of the Rubyknight, but also the unnatural aspects of the character, are factually correct.

3. The later writings by the venerable lord-Captain Evanter Velamo, records his encounter with the Rubyknight in the Echoing Plains. Though it stretches my beliefs, I find no reason to question the ever stoic and honourable lord Evanter, when he tells of the supernatural aspects of the Rubyknight. He also records the supposed death of the Rubyknight during the Great Eastern War, in the year 298’5.

4. The most detailed notes on the Rubyknight date to the time of ser Nils Aston Emileva in the late Chivalric Wars. Written by the Junior-Scribe Hefos of Tonas, a vivid description of the knight is given, with annotated sources from the time of His Glorious Wisdom Eleboros Bel-Heirion. The RK was described as a man of medium height, 180- to 183 cm. He wore a harness of black steel, battered and aged but nevertheless of masterwork quality. His symbol was the red gem on a dark blue or black background.
He wore a black sword, recognized as the "Chysaldrin", the most prominent feature of which was, on top of its pitch-black semblance, the large ruby at the end of its hilt. He is characterized as incredibly skilled, wise, and noble, yet closed off, and at points antisocial to the point of occasional rudeness. Mysterious and inspiring, yet no mention of his face or age remains, with estimates ranging wildly from 40 up to 70 years old.

Although the Imperial Office is not in the habit of entertaining supernatural myths and make belief, the character of the RK does challenge even this humble scribes understanding of reality. There are a few possible explanations for the RK phenomena.
The most common hypothesis, and the one insinuated by lord Velekh was that the Rubyknight is not one unnaturally longevous individual, but several people carrying the title. This would make the RK a sort of secret institution, continuing throughout the millennia.