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18. Castellan. When I first found the Abbot, I didn't see an orthogonal counterpart, so I created it as the Castellan. After all, the Abbot is in charge of an abbey, so what would be the secular equivalent? Only as I was posting the Abbot yesterday did I find that Adrian King had indeed created the counterpart, and called it the Duke. Personally, I prefer that the pair of them be Abbot and Castellan.
The Castellan moves like a Short Rook or a Knight: R4N.
When I originally designed the piece, it was going to be called the Page, with representations of the hat and tunic of a medieval page. I think the design works just as well for Castellan or Duke.