The castle was situated, conveniently, on a hill and as Vivainne and Constance approached they could see a besieging force surrounding the walls. Having knowledge of the secret entrance, they avoided being seen by the attacking forces and made their way to the woodsman's cottage at the base of the hill. There, at the backContinue reading "The Knights Exemplar Rescue the Die of Destiny"

The two Knights were now in sight of their goal, in the far distance they could see a High Castle, the final destination of their Quest. As they entered a narrow valley, through which they must pass, their way was blocked by a large crowd of people who appeared to be all following somebody wayContinue reading "The Knights Exemplar and the Philosopher"

As Vivainne and Constance continued on the road towards the Castle wherein the Die of Destiny was being held by a Cruel King, they discussed the suffering that both had experienced during their recent separation and conversely, their joy at being re-united. Suffering, they considered, was something felt by all mortals and a consequence ofContinue reading "The Knights Exemplar, the King and the Fisherman"

Constance, Vivainne's beloved, had recovered after her injury and had been travelling as fast as she could to re-join Vivainne in her Quest to rescue the Die of Destiny. She felt that she was close on Vivainne's heels and that they would soon be re-united. She rode on into a land of rolling grassland, coveredContinue reading "The Knights Exemplar and Death’s Hat"

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 fewContinue reading "The Knight Exemplar and the Maiden in Distress"

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 walkedContinue reading "The Knight Exemplar and the Pilgrims"

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 ofContinue reading "The Knights Exemplar and the Die of Destiny"