So with Gawaine’s strange adventure in a shambles, and Gawaine himself quitting it, clearly someone needs to come in and clean up. Normally, the go-to man for this would be Merlin, but he’s been out of commission since the beginning … Continue reading →
So a day or two later we turn back to Sir Pellas. He’s been restless and sleepless for days, ever since Sir Gawaine and he swore solemn oaths together. Gawaine was supposed to come back and report to him about … Continue reading →
So Gawaine swears a solemn oath to Sir Pellas, and Pellas swears a solemn oath to Sir Gawaine, everyone is swearing solemn oaths. They swap horses and gear, as Gawaine pitched last chapter, and I guess they’re the same size … Continue reading →
So Gawaine and Trixie are lurking around this roadside shrine, and there’s this unhappy knight who was way too happy to meet Gawaine, and Gawaine’s kind of sidled backwards away from that dude. So then: craziness! Ten guys come out … Continue reading →
Anyway, Gawaine and Uwaine stay with Marhaus for a week, and then they’re going to ride off, and Marhaus says listen, I’ll come with you part of the way and we’ll go into the Forest of Arroy. “Everybody has strange … Continue reading →
So, yeah, Gawaine and Uwaine, cousins, they take in this whole scene — twelve maidens throwing garbage at a white shield — and they’re like, “hey ladies, how’s it going? What’s up with this shield that you all clearly hate … Continue reading →
So at the previous entry’s cliffhanger, Arthur was looking longingly at the magic coat, and the magic coat was ticking, and Mildred was holding it up and saying how nice it would look on Arthur, he has just the sort … Continue reading →
“One slot remains,” says Arthur. “Who should join the knights of the Round Table?” “I can think of two candidates,” says Pellinore. “I can’t offer up an opinion on which of the two would be a better choice, however. The … Continue reading →
Once the battle is over, King Pellinore shows up with a big pile of reinforcements. “Too late, Pellinore!” says Arthur. “We already whupped the five kings.” Arthur’s army and Pellinore’s armies merge, and Arthur’s army does a head count and … Continue reading →
Quick recap: Arthur and his court are up by the Humber, and the five kings he’s at war with have been told where he is. They take the one king’s brother’s advice, and ride out to sneak-attack Arthur before he … Continue reading →
