I’m a contained body of water, often manmade. Add an F to my beginning and I’m unreliable. Add a B to my beginning, and I’m a name for both males and females.

A spear raised to the sky as if to challenge the heavens, The pride and the glory of the kingdom, Yet adorns the abode of heaven’s humble servants.

Please riddlers, hear my woe! The title isn't just for show. It sometimes contains a real treasure: a bracketed word for your pleasure. A little lift of the veil, so to say, to help your riddling on it's way.

Two knights at odds? Drop the first letter from my second word and I'm a table with letters

Some are built to fall Some stand to guide or protect Some exist to impress Others rise to reach the sky.