Sleep, stones, figures, figure, tree, horse, dreams. His vision, a deserted place that was a plain, no life to be found, a broken place where no life could be found. A barren place where no life could be found. There was not anyone, not any plant nor animal, not dead but empty and void, notContinue reading "The Quest of the Quiet Knight – New Growth"
The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Flaming Sea
Night, when The Blue Knight had closed his eyes and the stones about the circle were dark figures once more, one came to his feet was a man holding a flagon and drinking vessel. He spoke in a low voice at once. I have a tale of man’s folly and rights that is to change. Continue reading "The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Flaming Sea"
The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Manly Sword
The night later in the dark, the Blue knight fell to sleeping though he knew it not, in his sleeping eye a man made of stone came close and he was afraid like a child. The stone spoke to him saying. This is the dream of a child who will become a man. In theContinue reading "The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Manly Sword"
The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Stones
The next night when he slept once more the figure of a woman carrying a basket of herbs came to his feet and said to him, Each of us can only find a path that is suited to us, each path is separate, and each path is of equal value, but each path is notContinue reading "The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Stones"
The Quest of the Quiet Knight – Of Conflict
The night when the moon alone above the sky, the Blue Knight fell once more in slumber deep at the circle of stones. In the dark the stones came a figure. This night a man, bow and quiver at his back stood to his feet. He said, The world will war until all truths areContinue reading "The Quest of the Quiet Knight – Of Conflict"
The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Dream of Four Beasts
In his sleep he saw and did see him all about the stone circle where he had his resting. Each stone of the night a figure most dark, each figure as still as a stone excepting one which must come forward to his feet, who had the form of an woman. The Blue Knight wasContinue reading "The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Dream of Four Beasts"
The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Stone Circle
When the Blue Knight had departed the company of Fair Vivainne Desegur, he journeyed long days into a land that he knew not. Guided by the whims of his horse to this path or that, he cared not what direction he was following, only that he be alone and quiet after the many exertions andContinue reading "The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Stone Circle"
The Journey Home – The Contest
Soon after, when Vivainne was bathed and clothed once more she went to Constance and they tarried together. Vivainne had come with a plan to rid the lady Constance of the arrogant petitioners. She proposed to hold a tournee in which the petitioners could compete to win the right to join the Knights Exemplar. ThisContinue reading "The Journey Home – The Contest"
The Journey Home – The Homecoming
Ten years had they travelled, first to the Isle of Mists to change the words in the Book of Chivalry, then lost to the Isle of Men, before resting some years in the Isle of Women and finally learning many things on the Isle of Others where they were granted the aid they needed toContinue reading "The Journey Home – The Homecoming"
The Journey Home – The Sea Nymphs
The shipe sailed quiet and Vivainne and the Blue Knight did read the sun and the stars as they had been shown right by the elders on the Isle of Others, the darkness of night came in the day and the waters fell black and oily. With this Vivainne knew that their path must soonContinue reading "The Journey Home – The Sea Nymphs"
