The Knight Exemplar and the Maiden in Distress

On her way to save the Die of Destiny from the Cruel King, Vivainne, the leader of the Knights Exemplar, found herself passing through a land riven with great gorges, where rivers crashed out of caves and disappeared into great chasms in the rocks. It was a hard country to negotiate and there were fewContinueContinue reading “The Knight Exemplar and the Maiden in Distress”

The Knight Exemplar and the Pilgrims

On her way Vivainne fell in with some pilgrims who, as circumstance would have it, were following the same path. One, a rich man, dressed in fine cloth and riding a tall horse, admitted that travelling in the company of an armoured knight would make feel safe. The other was a poor woman who walkedContinueContinue reading “The Knight Exemplar and the Pilgrims”

The Knights Exemplar and the Die of Destiny

Now, in those days it was told that a powerful object, that had come down the ages from the elder days, was kept hidden in a high castle by a cruel King. It was reported that this object was called the Die of Destiny, a fabled relic that held in its power the destiny ofContinueContinue reading “The Knights Exemplar and the Die of Destiny”

The Tale of the Perfect Circle

A circle shows the entire, an orange that may contain several, filled with no corners. The body of knowledge, The elderflowers in bloom, a short window, full of light. Perfect one day, shabby the next. She picked them as they fell ripe. Drew a circle upon the muslin to prepare the steeping cloth and steppedContinueContinue reading “The Tale of the Perfect Circle”

The Lost Guardian

There is always a mystery, or maybe only an inconsistency, a square peg, a vexed question concerning the Lost Guardian. Lost, misplaced, wrong shape or excluded. Down the lanes, behind, under or way out on a limb, wandering, dusty foot marks in the deserted. Of course she couldn’t make it, a no show. I’ll takeContinueContinue reading “The Lost Guardian”

The Coincidence of the Oranges

Dear Reader, this website is a collection of the Histories from the archives of Guardians of the Cave. I collate a small portion of this vast archive per week, which I deliver as a Blog each Sunday. The posts are fairly sequential, with the most recent at the top of the list. If you wouldContinueContinue reading “The Coincidence of the Oranges”