Palomides and Hermind arrive by ship at the Red City, which by the way is located on the Delectable Isle, I kid you not. Palomides knows that Helius and Herlake won’t be happy about Hermind’s arrival, but they have no … Continue reading →
Tristram, Gareth, and Dinadan ride on, leaving Palomides behind. They stop overnight in a castle, where Tristram notices the lord giving him the stink eye. “What’s up?” he demands. “You’re Sir Tristram de Liones, right?” the lord says. “You killed … Continue reading →
So Dinadan goes out looking for Tristram, again, and finds him, again, before too long. Due to Tristram’s new face-concealing helmet, Dinadan doesn’t recognize him, again. But this time he does recognize that helmet! It’s a distinctive helmet. “Hey, you!” … Continue reading →
Arthur sets a trap for ol’ Sir Lamorak, let me tell you. He organizes a jousting tournament! A quick little one, with Sir Gawaine and Gawaine’s brothers Gaheris, Agravaine, Gareth, and Mordred. Sir Launcelot decides to sit this one out, … Continue reading →
Most of this section feels like padding, which, coming as it does on the tail of three chapters of wall-to-wall jousting action, is saying something. Gareth wanders around overnight and comes to a castle. He knocks on the door, … Continue reading →
Now we turn back to Castle Perilous, where Lionesse and Gareth are all shacked up and living in sin, and also Sir Gringamore and Dame Linet are there too. Arthur’s messenger arrives with the invitation to Camelot, and Lionesse is … Continue reading →
So let’s make a remarkably long story less long, and just summarize: For starters, everybody’s partying at Castle Grigamore. It’s a nice time. Gareth and Lionesse are finally in the same room at the same time, after flirting long-distance a … Continue reading →
While Gareth gets a well-earned night’s sleep at Peter’s lodge, Lionesse is scheming! She’s back at her own castle, and it very much vexes her that she doesn’t know exactly who this “Sir Prettyboy” is. From Peter’s description back in … Continue reading →
Okay, so, five chapters, there’s a lot to cover here, but it’s boring by even Malory’s standards, which is to say, joust-heavy, so I’m going to sum up. 1) Gareth and Linet arrive at Castle Dangerous, where — I … Continue reading →
At this point I’m a little confused, because Malory starts off this chapter with “so the book saith,” suggesting he’s merely repeating what he’s read, but the minimal amount of research I’ve done suggests that Malory invented this particular book … Continue reading →
