A year later, the next Pentecost, Arthur is once again pacing around, waiting for the annual strange adventure. Finally a page comes in, tells him it’s cool, there’s a girl here with a strange adventure. Now this girl’s name is … Continue reading →
All right! A bold new era for Le Morte D’Arthur, as we start Book VII! Book VII requires a little bit of lead-in, stuff to bear in mind: 1) An extremely cursory internet browse (the only research I’m doing on … 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 →
Meanwhile Sir Accolon also comes to. He’s neither back at Camelot nor in Damas’s prison. Instead he’s lying precariously close to the edge of a well. The well is artesian and there’s a lovely marble fronting and silver pipe and … Continue reading →
TW: nonconsensual sex. Right, now, Tor and Abellus are taking a little break from their fight. Tor is pretty clearly winning, but Abellus has refused to surrender. “Tor! Tor!” someone else is shouting. Someone is riding up, in fact. “Oh, … Continue reading →
Tor and Peter dismount, and Tor puts his finger to his lips, and Peter nods. Tor hands Peter a glaive and indicates Peter should guard the horses. Tor sneaks up on the tents, and peeks into the white one, where … Continue reading →
Right and so we turn back the clock to just as Gawaine, Tor, and Pellinore are setting out. Sir Tor is after the white hunting dog, the brachet. Before he’s gone very far, he nearly runs over a dwarf standing … Continue reading →
Merlin shows up at this point, because that sort of thing is bound to happen. Ignoring everyone else, he walks up to Mark, who is overseeing the finishing touches being put on the tomb. “The great battle shall be here,” … Continue reading →
More of Balin and Balan today! I would have combined this with yesterday’s entry, but it ended up a little wordy. “We should get a move on,” says Balin. “Let’s stand around a chat a bit longer,” says Balan. “Good … Continue reading →
