“Okay, well, compared to my sorrow, your sorrow is japes. Your sorrow is laughter and prancing around and putting buckets of water on ajar doors and cans of peanut brittle that actually have snakes in them, and all that kind … Continue reading →
The chapter opens with Bleoberis and Ector leaving Joyous Gard at the end of the week-long party. They travel to a seaside resort castle, where Guenever has been staying. Through the grace of God the queen was recovered of her … Continue reading →
Okay, you know what? There’s ten more chapters of this Lonazep tournament, and I’ve already spent more time on it than I would have liked. So today’s entry is a highlight reel! When Tristran runs away to change clothes, … Continue reading →
When Tristram gets to Arthur’s pavilion, Arthur has already heard about him. We flash back a couple of seconds! “Uncle Sire!” cries Gawaine, just before Tristram arrives. “This knight came and beat up me and a bunch of my associates!” … Continue reading →
To make a long story very slightly shorter, Tristram and Palomides and Pitiless Bruce paper over this schism by randomly accosting the first knight they see and challenging him to a joust for funsies. It turns out to be Sir … Continue reading →
In fact, Arthur shows up unexpectedly at the tournament, ready to joust Palomides and regain the family honor! But Lamorak has already seen this coming, and arranged for Palomides to be elsewhere, so that when Arthur is walking around trying … Continue reading →
New story! New story! Gather round, and let me tell you all about Sir Galahalt, who should not be confused with Sir Galahad. This story has so much jousting you guys, that’s why we’re covering seven chapters today. Galahalt is … Continue reading →
On his way to Hard Rock Castle, Tristram lodges at a manor where Sir Ector-the-Lesser and his lady-friend had stayed the night before, purely out of chance. At dinner, the host remarks that Ector’s girlfriend eagerly talked up her boyfriend’s … Continue reading →
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Arthur and Launcelot continue their argument from Chapter 35. “No one in the Castle of Maidens has seen hide or hair of Tristram since you nearly killed him back in Chapter 34,” worries Arthur. “Maybe he wandered off … Continue reading →
Meanwhile Palomides and Gaheris meet up with that foursome from Chapter 23, Bors and Ector and Bleoberis and Dirant. And also Launcelot. They hang out at the castle mentioned last chapter, drinking, talking, having a good knightly bonding time. Eventually … Continue reading →
