While Tristram does the mad hermit thing for most of a year, some events transpire! 1) Sir Dagonet, King Arthur’s jester, visits Tintagil with some friends. While they’re out in the woods one day, watering their horses at a … Continue reading →
Tristram gets tired of sneaking around Tintagil, avoiding Mark. He decides to confront his uncle, and to that end, mounts up with arms and armor. As he rides forth from Tintagil, with the intention of circling around and riding back … Continue reading →
Tristram and Lamorak meet back up at the forester and collect Kehdyius, and then the three of them ride back to the ship where they’d gotten wrecked back in the first place, and meet the folks they left there, Gouvernail … Continue reading →
This chapter starts off with Malory telling us about a great new villain character he’s come up with, Lady Annowre. She’s a sorceress who wants to marry King Arthur, and won’t take no for an answer! “Pretty original, huh?” says … Continue reading →
Malory has gotten bored of talking about Lamorak, again, so it’s back to Tristram. This will be an exciting chapter, I tell you what! Tristram! The jerk! He’s riding around, going from wherever he’d been to nowhere in particular, and … Continue reading →
So no sooner do they say that, when along comes Launcelot (of course). Lamorak waves him down, as a favor to these two knights, but when Launcelot stops, the two knights have already fled into the woods. “Hullo, Lamorak,” says … Continue reading →
Okay, then there’s something weird that happens. Remember Sir Palamides? The Saracen knight who wanted to marry the lovely Isoud? At this point Malory forgets how to spell his name, because suddenly he’s Sir Palomides. Same guy, though, that’s clear … Continue reading →
Sir Tristram! The jerk! We last saw him married to Isoud the White and ruling the kingdom of Brittany. As the curtain parts on Book IX proper, he receives a series of letters from the lovely Isoud in Cornwall. “Darling … Continue reading →
Despite Launcelot’s endorsement, Breunor goes down! He collapses, overcome with exhaustion. His opponent, Sir Plenorius, had pity of him, and says “listen, kid, you did your best. If you hadn’t already been tired from fighting my two brothers Sir Plaine … Continue reading →
Launcelot figures he’s obliged to rescue Breunor, if the kid’s been captured by these jerk knights of Castle Pendragon. He rides up to the castle where a half-dozen knights make to capture him, just as they did Breunor. However they … Continue reading →
