No more dreams, no more visions, the Blue Knight sought travel to the castle that was the stronghold of the Guardians of the Cave there whence Vivainne Desegur and her beloved Constance kept their vigil for the world. He came that he might shew to them in speech that Shining City which he had seenContinueContinue reading “The Three Gauntlets”
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The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Dark Figure
The Blue Knight was tired of sleep and unwilling to dream. He tended to his horse, Prosek, and made him to saddle. He vowed to move on from this stone circle of visions and to act he knew not what. When it came, the dream was of a different kind. A vision more of feelingContinueContinue reading “The Quest of the Quiet Knight – The Dark Figure”
The Quest of the Quiet Knight – New Growth
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, notContinueContinue reading “The Quest of the Quiet Knight – New Growth”
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 areContinueContinue 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 wasContinueContinue 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 andContinueContinue 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. ThisContinueContinue 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 toContinueContinue 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 soonContinueContinue reading “The Journey Home – The Sea Nymphs”
The Journey Home – The Isle of Others
Now when they came to leave their boat was full victualed and watered against the journey. Vivainne and the Blue Knight took their leave of the women well and set sail. In the sea they were lost as the stars were covered in darkness. On the third night some wind came and filled the sailContinueContinue reading “The Journey Home – The Isle of Others”
