Malory shifts gears unexpectedly at this point. Sir Carados, he announces, that mighty villain who is 100% knight, 100% king, and 99% giant, fought Sir Gawaine. This is a whole new Sir Carados. Forget everything you thought you knew about … Continue reading →
Long story short, Tristram and Breunor fight, and Tristram wins. Eventually Breunor loses his head, which is to say, he tries to surrender and while he is, in Malory’s words, grovelling, Tristram decapitates him. Sir Tristram: kind of bloodthirsty! Afterwards … Continue reading →
Tristram and the lovely Isoud get taken prisoner at Castle Weeping. They haven’t been imprisoned long at all before a knight and a lady come to visit them. “Hey, buddy, we heard you got imprisoned,” say the knight and … Continue reading →
Once the partying and charm offensive die down, everyone pretty much assumes that Sir Tristram and the lovely Isoud will be wed. Certainly it’s what Queen Isoud and King Anguish expect. But Tristram keeps failing to ask for her hand, … Continue reading →
As promised, Sir Tristram fights with Sir Bleoberis! Actually, no, Tristram fights with Sir Bleoberis’s champion, his brother Sir Blamore. I don’t know why they make that switch at the last minute. Highlights of this joust include King Anguish pointing … Continue reading →
So Anguish goes to Tristram, looking for him first in the bath, then in his bedroom, and finally finding him out in the stables, where he’s suited up and packing to leave. Famous Hebes told him about Queen Isoud’s attack, … Continue reading →
On the way back to the tournament grounds, Tristram meets, oh, let’s call her Orlene. Orlene was the damosel who accompanied Sir Launcelot on an adventure that Malory skipped over, his defeated of a Sir Carados at a place called … Continue reading →
Then the jousting tournament begins, and simply everyone is there. Sir Palamides, but also Sir Gawaine, Gawaine’s brothers Sir Gaheris and Sir Agravaine, Sir Bagdemagus, Sir Kay, Sir Dodinas, Sir Sagramore the Lusty, Sir Li’l Gumret, and Sir Griftlet, plus … Continue reading →
So King Anguish introduces Sir Tristram, aka Sir Tramtrist, and if you think I’m making that up you’re wrong, to his daughter the lovely Isoud. It turns out that in addition to being the fairest maiden in Ireland, the lovely … Continue reading →
Back in Cornwall, Tristram isn’t doing so well himself. While he talked a good game, Tristram’s joust with Marhaus has left him bleeding from several substantial wounds, including a nasty spear-wound in his side that Marhaus opened up the fight … Continue reading →
