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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Kendrik" data-source="post: 1197" data-attributes="member: 123">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Well here is the next instalment/chapter in the Sir Kendrik Saga. When we left our heroes last time the Greeningday festivities were in full swing and the first two events in the tourney had been held. The first was the archery comp which was won by the lovable rogue Callin and the mageduel had been held with a stalemate occurring and the combatants to return the following day.Marday 1 Greening 1353The scene opened with Wynn Tyr being approached by the Blue Lady who asked him what he was doing that evening suggested that they spend some time in the apple orchard next to a small fire and seeing whatr would happen from there. Perhaps taken aback by her boldness, Wynn didn’t say yes first of all but after appealing to his ego they agreed to meet at the keep gates at 8th bell. Wynn hurried off and bought a picnic basket for their tete-a-tete.Meanwhile Sir Kendrik decided to hang out with the other Knights around the pavilions that had been set up next to the tourney field. The knights were milling around different pavilions, chatting and drinking in groups. Sir Kendrik had heard that Sir Airun, a professional tourney competitor was to compete. Being his first tourney Kendrik wanted some tips on what to expect over the next two days. Sir Kendrik approached Sir Airun, a knight of average height, but extraordinary build, stocky and broad. Sir Kendrik struck up a conversation with Sir Airun who was pleased to share some tips with Kendrik. The two young knights continued chatting and struck up a bit of a friendship and parted wishing each other well in the tourney. Kendrik returned to his pavilion, intent on making sure his armour and weapons were looking their best.Eighth bell rang and Wynn was waiting for the Blue Lady to appear, eventually she did and they headed for the apple orchard chatting along the way.Back at the pavilion, Br Arton had arrived after a few days talking to a Consecrated Slayer. On his way to the pavilion he spied Wynn and the Blue Lady walking along the outskirts of the common heading towards the orchard. Stanor the Harper announced to Sir Kendrik that a brother was outside wanting to see him. Kendrik stopped his polishing and told Stanor to bring him in. Callin was helping Kendrik get ready for the tourney and the 3 friends chatted for some time filling Br Arton in on the archery comp. Kendrik’s voice was full of pride as his recounted Callin’s exploits with the shortbow.Back at the apple orchard the two druids had reached the picnic spot. The Blue Lady had already prepared the spot, there was a cauldron waiting. The Blue Lady lit a fire in the cauldron and the two druids chatted as they got ready for the meal Wynn had brought. However a meal was not what the Blue Lady had in mind as she disrobed and asked Wynn to do likewise and to cut a long story short they celebrated the Latane festival in the time honoured fashion.Pelorday 2, Greening 1353The next day Wynn awoke alone and with no sign of what had happened during the night except for some flattened ground where the cauldron was. Wynn quickly got dressed, prepared and headed for the tourney field for the mageduel.The crowds were much bigger today, hinting of the spectacular to come with the first of the jousting. All of the heroes were there except for Jon McAlpin who was surprisingly nowhere to be seen. Sir Kendrik was hanging around with the other knights, mainly Sir Airun who were keen on watching the mageduel. Harper Pwyll in a strong voice, belying his size and age, possibly magically assisted called for the combatants in the mageduel to appear before him. Wynn stepped forward and waited for the Blue Lady to appear. Time past and the Blue Lady still hadn’t appeared. The young Harper called out for her to appear again, more time pasted and the crowd was getting restless, the Blue Lady still was yet to show her face. Harper Pwyll called out stating for the last time that the Blue Lady appear. He informed those around him that if she didn’t appear immediately she would forfeit the match. Suddenly out of nowhere the Blue Lady stepped forward.Harper Pwyll informed Wynn and the Blue Lady of the rules of the mageduel and told them they had 24 seconds to attune themselves. After this time the two wizards met in the middle of the tourney field to set the spell circle. Wynn was given the choice of how big it would be and strategically chose a small circle 20 feet across. Both of the wizards readied an action waiting to see what the other would do. The stalemate was broken by Wynn who attempted to cast a ray of frost but the Blue Lady countered it and it unravelled. Then she dispelled Wynn’s protective spells but Wynn was able to cast shield just in time for a fireball to hit him. She continued the barrage with a burning hands and Wynn was on the ropes. Things were made worse by the Blue Lady casting mirror image he was confronted with 6 images of the mage. Straight after that she cast obscuring mist and the circle filled with mist. Now Wynn had do deal with a lack of sight which he countered slightly by casting fairy fire.The crowd was getting restless at the lack of entertainment coming from the circle. Wynn was moving slowly around trying to find the Blue Lady with little success. He finally decided to cast an offensive spell by casting summon natures ally and a dog appeared. This didn’t work out as the Blue Lady summoned a monster, a big wolf. The wolf succeeded in a trip on Wynn and he was down and wounded. He got up and was hit with a ray of frost by the Blue Lady and he collapsed. The magical circle disappeared and The Blue Lady was declared the winner. Harper Pwyll then announced that the next event would be the Sword and Shield.The crowds returned their attention to the tourney field and Harper Pwyll to announce the eagerly awaited first event of the knights tourney the Sword and Shield. The first two knights were called out and made their way to the ring that had been set up over a short break. The first battle would be between Sir Kendrik’s new pal Sir Airun of Carrickbridge, the Sword and Shield favourite, and Sir Artor of Heronsburgh, Baron Aldred’s middle son. The two men couldn’t be more different. Sir Airun, stocky and muscular, Sir Artor, slim and feminine, looking more like his mother than father. The two knights danced around the ring before Sir Airun hit the first strike. Sir Artor was clearly outmatched but put up a reasonable fight hoping to impress his father and silence his older brother, who teases him mercilessly about his looks. After a while Sir Artor collapsed and the clerics rushed out to collect him.Next up was Sir Jonas of Cheetham and Sir Xavier of Lorenak, son of Sir Declan. This match was over quickly with Sir Jonas clearly outclassing the young Xavier.The next pairing was Sir Everidd of Sigrundingham and Sir Cormac of Scardic. Sir Everidd is the Baron’s siege technician; he is short, very stout and loves his food and drink. Sir Cormac originally came form Airelyhn and lives near the border of his homeland, his claim to fame is that he has rather pungent body odour. After a dire struggle Sir Everidd came out on top.Finally it was Sir Kendrik of Axbridge to prove his mettle, Callin handed him is shield and sword and he walked out the ring. Waiting for him was Sir Tasson of Newham Ley, a tall thin knight covered in freckles. Sir Kendrik was looking fitter than ever, his shining new jousting armour fitting his impressive 6’3 230lb build like a glove. The dwarven blacksmith had certainly done a fine job. The match started with Sir Kendrik moving in to the centre of the ring awaiting Sir Tasson’s move, hitting the thin knight with a series of blows that staggered Sir Tasson who almost dropped to one knee from the barrage. Sir Tasson took a swing at Kendrik who dodged out of the way before he hit Tasson with telling blows, which Sir Tasson would not get up from. “The victor”, Harper Pwyll called “Sir Kendrik!” Kendrik walked to the middle of the ring and bowed to the official party, taking his helm off as he did.The fifth match was to be between Sir Gorgo of Leveridge and Sir Edgton of Lowenbridge. Sir Gorgo is very hot-headed and rarely thinks before acting while Sir Edgton is dark-skinned and very fit. As expected Sir Gorgo charged in and attacked Sir Edgton like a man possessed and after a long duel Gorgo was declared the victor.Match number six saw the pairing of Sir Arnaud of Cloville and Sir Terrill of Maunderlac. Sir Arnaud is Lady Elanor’s second cousin and is a rather unlikely looking knight with looks more befitting a librarian while Sir Terrill is a big brute of a man with wild reddish hair. Needless to say Sir Terrill easily beat Sir Arnaud as it was a total mismatch.Next came up Sir Leos of Scuroburn and Sir Granville of Ferryham. Sir Leos is the darling of the ladies of the court and he revels in it and Sir Granville is a very serious knight who believes that everything he says is of the utmost importance. This was a fine battle with the two knights trading blows toe to toe but Sir Leos missed at a crucial moment and gave Sir Granville the break he needed to win the match.To finish the first round there was the match between Sir Declan of Lorenak and Sir Kort of Remorien. Sir Declan as mentioned before is the father of Sir Xavier. He is a very proud knight and a loyal and close friend of Baron Aldred and he is very hard on Xavier. Sir Kort is Baron Montombre’s youngest son and is a sickly pale looking knight. The battle is another quick one with the wily old knight’s tactics more than a match for Sir Kort, victory to Sir Declan. At the end of this match Pwyll calls the lunch break.After the lunch break the crowd had returned ready for the conclusion of the exciting Sword and Shield contest. The first second round match was between two of the Baron’s best young and upcoming knights, Sir Airun and Sir Jonas. As expected this was an entertaining match with Sir Airun showing the crowd his considerable skill in swordplay. Sir Jonas did not disappoint the crowd with his fighting style, though more textbook than Sir Airun’s flamboyant style. Sir Airun by sheer strength alone finally overcame his opponent and strengthened his claim as favourite with the bookmakers.Next up was Sir Kendrik’s next match against the portly knight Sir Everidd. Sir Kendrik was feeling pleased with his first effort but didn’t want to take Sir Everidd’s challenge too lightly. Sir Kendrik again won the right to the first move and in a bit of strategy did the same first move as his first match, he moved to the centre of the ring and readied for Sir Everidd’s first move. Kendrik hoped that other opponents would think that Kendrik’s tactics were without variety. Everidd seeing this did a sidestep to force Kendrik to come to him, as Kendrik expected an experienced knight to do. They manoeuvred around the ring for a short time when Sir Everidd tried to draw an attack from Kendrik by feinting a move. Kendrik again expected that and hit him with 3 powerful and palpable hits, one of them critical which dropped the aging knight without him landing a blow on Kendrik. The crowd went wild at the end of the bout. Kendrik seemed to be on a roll, a new contender was making his claim on the title. Kendrik again bowed to the official party and walked back to his pavilion readying himself for the semi final with Sir Airun, a tough opponent.The third match of this round was between the headstrong Sir Gorgo and the beefy Sir Terrill. Again Sir Gorgo just charged in and quickly dispatched Sir Terrill, who was badly beaten in the ferocious attack.To finish the second round two of the Baron’s older, most trusted and capable knights Sir Declan and Sir Granville met. Once again it was an evenly matched battle and the telling factor was probably the difference in age of the two knights, Declan being 49 to Granville being 35. Granville just outlasted Sir Declan till the old warhorse fell at his feet exhausted.After an hour break the first semi final was next. It was a shame that the first Semi Final was to be between what was clearly the best two knights in the competition, Sir Airun of Karickbridge and Sir Kendrik of Axbridge. This match up would have made a thrilling final. Sir Airun and Sir Kendrik entered the ring together and went to opposite corners to await the Harper’s call to fight. Kendrik nodded to Sir Airun and Airun nodded back, both knowing that this would be an epic battle. Kendrik was looking fit and strong while Sir Airun was feeling the previous bouts a little more. They stepped up to each other and Sir Airun took the first strike that glanced off Sir Kendrik’s armour with the return swing parried by Kendrik’s shield. Kendrik then sliced his longsword down onto Sir Airun’s helm that struck solidly with a second strike collecting Airun’s shield. Sir Airun spoke through gritted teeth to Kendrik saying it was an honour to fight someone of Sir Kendrik’s skill and hit Kendrik firmly on his chest with a solid blow and missed completely with the second strike. Kendrik sensing that his friend was now struggling returned the compliment and hit him with a mighty blow to the shoulder that dropped Sir Airun. Sir Kendrik was now in the final, He checked that Airun was not badly hurt (all damage was subdual as they used special blunt swords) and accepted the cheers of the crowd with the same humility he had shown in the previous bouts.The other Semi Final was between Sir Gorgo and Sir Granville, both knights were on their last legs and it took one blow by Sir Granville to finish the bout. Sir Granville could hardly stand as he accepted the cheers for his victory. Clearly he would barely have enough time to recover without healing to give Sir Kendrik a fair fight.After an hour break the final event of the first day was held, the Final of the Sword and Shield between Sir Kendrik of Axbridge and Sir Granville of Ferryham. As Sir Kendrik was called out he saw how beaten up Sir Granville was and was concerned that this would not be a fair fight and as a good knight he wouldn’t take advantage of a foe who was not able to defend themselves. The two knights were told fight and Kendrik moved towards Sir Granville, Kendrik thought he could breathe on Granville and he would collapse. Kendrik asked Granville “Do you wish to yield, good knight?” This statement backfired on Kendrik and Granville replied “Do you question my honour young knight? I will never surrender!” And attempted to strike Sir Kendrik and duly missed, Sir Kendrik not wanting to humiliate Sir Granville any more struck him and he fell. Again Sir Kendrik went to his opponent to see that he was fine, and then he returned to the centre of the ring with the crowd cheering loudly. Sir Kendrik removed his helm, dropped to one knee and bowed to the official party and awaited his name to be called the victor of the Sword & Shield. Sir Kendrik arose to his feet and walked toward his best friend Callin with a big smile on his face. Sir Kendrik and Callin walked toward the official dais and Kendrik was officially declared winner of the Sword and Shield.Sir Kendrik and Callin headed back to the pavilion with Stanor the Harper in tow. They were soon joined by Br Arton who congratulated Sir Kendrik for his win. The three friends sat and chatted for a little while before joining the other knights for an evening of revelry. Sir Everidd led the fun convincing as many of his fellow knights and their companions in drinking games and general tomfoolery. Kendrik and co partied well into the night with Callin filling the others heads with grand stories of Sir Kendrik’s adventures. While Kendrik and Airun were chatting Callin went off looking for a bet to place on Sir Kendrik in the next day’s joust. It wasn’t hard for Callin to find someone willing to take bets as their were bets being taken everywhere, mainly on Sir Brand. Callin wanted to make a serious bet and finally found someone willing to take a bet on Sir Kendrik, who had firmed to 3rd favourite after his win in the Sword & Shield. Callin needed to prove his bone fides to Warwick the bookmaker before he accepted the 100 gold mark bet.Joshuaday 3 Greening 1353Many of the knights woke up with hangovers as the tourney fields started to bustle with activity. The horses were being prepared and the first of the spectators staked their positions to watch the main event of the whole tourney, the Joust. Kendrik was up early doing his daily routine of prayer and contemplation before heading to morning church service with Sir Brand. At 10th bell the tourney field was at fall capacity in anticipation of the first round of the joust. Harper Pwyll called for the first two knights to appear on their horses. After the knight’s personal harpers introductions worked up the crowd with the prowess of their lords the first two knights stood at either end of the jousting list. The first two drawn to meet were the Baron’s Champion and favourite to win, Sir Brand of Marker’s Cross, and Sir Sumner of Deepderry. Sir Brand’s appearance belied his station as the Baron’s champion. Of average height and build, he is a truly noble knight in word and deed. Sir Sumner is a young, eager, dark-skinned knight who rued his luck for being drawn to meet Sir Brand. As expected of combatants in the joust, the two knight rode up to the dais and presented themselves to the official party, sans helm and weapons. After that, they rode to their respective positions at the list, and were asked by marshals if they had any magical items. Once the knights responded, a detect magic was cast upon the knights, their mounts and their equipment to determine the validity of their word. Once cleared by the marshals, the two knights lumbered down the list with Sir Brand having gotten the initiative and struck first. It was a mighty blow that pushed Sir Sumner clear off his steed, his lance shattering. Sumner’s unseating gave Brand an instant win.Next up to the list were young Sir Artor of Heronsburgh, the Baron’s middle son, and Sir Malik of Torston. Bitterly disappointed by his early exit in the Sword & Shield, Sir Artor was determined to succeed. Sir Malik is a strong knight but accident-prone. The knights charged in with Artor’s hit shattering his lance but Malik missed completely, two flags to Sir Artor. The knights started their second run and again Artor hit first, again shattering his lance, this time Malik did the same. That made the score 4 flags to Artor, 2 to Malik. They made their third pass and Malik struck first this time shattering his lance and much to Sir Artor’s dismay pushing him off his horse, affording a win to Sir Malik.Next were Sir Roland of Lokstead and Sir Lloyd of Maunderlac. Sir Roland was recently widowed and is a shadow of his former self, while Sir Lloyd is short, fit and keen to do well at his first tourney. This match was very straightforward with Sir Roland shattering 3 lances and Sir Lloyd missing 3 times.The next to appear was Sir Kendrik, and the old warhorse, Sir Declan. The two knights rode out to the list with their seconds and harpers in tow. Sirs Kendrik and Declan rode up to the dais. Sir Kendrik on top of his trusty black steed, Valiant, stopped right in front of his beloved Lady Elanor, helm off, head bowed, he spoke to her “My fair maiden, may I ask your favour in this coming contest, and I wish to dedicate all my previous and future victories to you” Elanor beckoned Kendrik to come closer and tied a white scarf to his right arm. She then said “And to the victor of this match, a kiss” Kendrik and Declan smiled and nodded and returned to the list for the first pass. Kendrik gained the initiative and hit with great force unseating the proud Declan who missed Sir Kendrik completely. Sir Kendrik rode to the dais and bowed and received his prize from a proud Elanor.The next match was between Sir Beorn of Bloodfang and Sir Auton on Tynedale. Sir Beorn is a repulsive man who had previously been a thorn in the side of our heroes and even slain Sir Kendrik in what was meant to be a fair fight (a long story). Sir Auton is a very serious and boring knight in his late 30’s. Sir Beorn unseated Sir Auton in their first pass.Next up were Sir Tristam Bascombe of Hessards Ford and Sir Loren of Manisburgh. Sir Tristam is the set in his ways knight the heroes previously encountered in the pursuit of the brigands Hesselwhite and Deckard. Sir Loren is Lady Elanor’s big brother and heir to the family’s fief. This was a close match with both knights hitting with each pass, however Tristam winning by shattering all of his lances.The second last match of the first round was between Sir Almerac of Heronburgh and Sir Tirendel of Fenring. Sir Almerac is the Baron’s eldest son, heir and your typical knight in shining armour and second favourite to win. Sir Tirendel is an elven knight wearing green enamelled oriculum armour. In a complete shock to all present Sir Tirendel unseated Sir Almerac in their first pass. The crowd murmured for quite some time with the main question being “Who was this mysterious knight?” Lastly there was the match between Sir Bron of Remorien and Sir Holt of Ashmore. Sir Bron is the eldest son of Baron Montombre and is a cruel and heartless individual focussed on gaining the hand of Lady Sharra in marriage. Sir Holt is an older knight and brother in law to Sir Roland. Sir Bron, in his Black and red enamelled armour, made short work of Sir Holt by unseating him.After a 30 minute break the next round began with the match between Sir Brand and Sir Malik. This was a close match and Sir Brand was taken to the third and final pass where he unseated his opponent.Next match in the second round was between our hero, Sir Kendrik and Sir Roland. Sir Roland got the initiative in first pass and shattered his lance on Sir Kendrik’s shield, rocking the young knight back in his saddle, Sir Kendrik however hit also and unseated Sir Roland who crashed to the ground with a sickening thud. He was brought around and was only mildly injured.Next up were the despicable Sir Beorn and Sir Tristam. This match was close and Sir Tristam unseated Sir Beorn and a huge cheer rang out.Sir Tirendel and Sir Bron were the next to face each other and Sir Tirendel made very quick work of Sir Bron who slammed his helm to the ground when he got to his feet. Harper Pwyll announced the lunch break of one hour.Everyone quickly returned to their viewing positions and seats, keen to see the first semi final. It was to be a match between teacher and student, mentor and protégé; Sir Brand and Sir Kendrik. This was to be Sir Kendrik’s biggest test of the tourney. Would he be able to defeat his idol and role model? Sir Kendrik was able to get the initiative and the two brave knights charged each other on their massive black steeds. Kendrik hit his friend with a mighty blow to the middle of Sir Brand’s breastplate that lifted Brand clear out of his saddle, his lance missing Kendrik completely. Sir Brand crashed to the ground and lay prone. Sir Kendrik pulled Valiant up as soon as he could and leapt off, running to see if his mentor was uninjured. He helped Brand up to his feet and the two knights shook forearms. Brand said to Kendrik “You have learnt your lessons well.” Kendrik replied, “Well, I have a good teacher” and the two friends walked off to the rapturous applause of the crowd.The second semi final was between Sir Tristam and Sir Tirendel. The first pass scored a flag each to the two knights as they both hit without shattering a lance. The second pass swung the match towards Sir Tirendel who shattered his lance while Tristam only hit with his, the score 2-3. The final pass saw Tristam shatter his lance and raise his score to 4. Sir Tirendel however completely missed and remained on 3 points. The final was now set, it was to be between two unlikely finalists, Sir Kendrik and Sir Tristam.The tension built as the time came for a victor to be chosen, a new Champion would be made today.Sir Kendrik and Sir Tristam rode up to the dais, bowing to the official party before lining up at the list for the first pass. Sir Tristam gained the initiative and started the charge first, Kendrik quickly responded and the two rushed toward each other. Tristam hit Kendrik a telling blow on his Shield, but Sir Kendrik again hit his opponent square in the breastplate and unseated another knight. Sir Kendrik had done what was considered unlikely; he had won both of the tourney events. He rode to the dais and bowed to his Baron and accepted the announcement of his victory. He bowed to Lady Elanor and she beckoned him again and kissed him on the cheek.A two-hour break was called, thus giving those knights in the later rounds of the joust, a chance to recover. On course as with the rest of the events, no magical healing was permitted. Harper Pwyll announced that the final event of the tourney was be held, the Grand Melee, an exhibition of all knights in a battle with no reward but the honour of being the last standing knight.All of the Baron’s knights stood around the edge of the combat arena, a much larger roped off area than the Sword &Shield arena. The marshals cast an area detect magic and once the all clear was called Pwyll shouted “Commence!” As one the knights moved in and paired up for one on one battles. Sir Beorn and Sir Kendrik had individually decided to target each other, and closed to battle with a roaring charge. The sound of crashing swords on shields and armour was deafening to the participants, drowning out the roar of the crowd. Sir Kendrik had an injustice to redress and focussed all his efforts on Sir Beorn; a knight he felt was not worthy of the title. The two clashed and Sir Beorn yelled at Kendrik, “Well peasant, I killed you once, don’t think I cant do the same again!” “Justice will be done today!” Kendrik replied, striking Beorn firmly on the shoulder. “You wouldn’t know justice or honour if it slapped you in the face peasant!” Beorn retorted. Now incensed, Kendrik yelled, “What I leave behind in the garderobe each morn has more honour in it than you have in your whole body!”Kendrik slammed his sword onto Beorn’s shoulder with such force that a plate flew off. Beorn began to falter and decided to get personal. “Once I am finished with you peasant, I will take your ***** and make her mine!” Infuriated, Kendrik replied with a frenzy of blows that staggered Beorn. He struck Kendrik with a low blow before Kendrik dropping him with a particularly savage blow to the helm. At last, an injustice was partially redressed.Kendrik now switched his focus to finding another knight to duel. Looking about he saw the unconscious bodies of many knights with only another 6 left standing. Only one was without an opponent, that being Sir Airun. The two moved in toward each other, Sir Airun saying, “Last time it was you who taught me a lesson, let me return the favour.” Kendrik replied “It would be an honour to fight you again my friend” and the two fought, both knights feeling sore and sorry from the earlier battles started to swing wildly, only hitting occasionally. At one point Sir Kendrik dropped his sword, and the honourable Sir Airun stepped back to allow Kendrik to retrieve his weapon. Breathing hard Kendrik swung at Airun wildly, missing him. Airun then hit Kendrik with two solid blows which staggered our hero, and with his last ounce of strength, Kendrik hit Airun on the breastplate before dropping unconscious at the knight’s feet. There where now 4 knights left standing; Sir Airun, Sir Brand, Sir Xavier and Sir Tristam. Sir Brand and Sir Airun fought taking solid blows from each other until Sir Airun dropped. At almost the same time Sir Xavier was spent and fell unconscious. Sirs Brand and Tristam were both very weary as they fought to be Grand Melee champion until Sir Tristam was dropped and Sir Brand stood proudly as the victor. Clerics and marshals moved in to help remove the unconscious knights.Kendrik returned to his pavilion to recover, feeling very sore. His friends, Callin and Arton, were chatting to him, proud of their friends efforts when Harper Stanor announced that the Lady Elanor wished to speak to Sir Kendrik. Br Arton suggested to Callin that they had best give Kendrik and Lady Elanor some privacy although Callin voiced his concern at leaving the Lady alone with Sir Kendrik. Kendrik told them that he would have Stanor stay to protect Elanor’s honour. As the cleric and rogue left, Sir Kendrik told Stanor to invite Elanor in. Stanor brought the lady into the pavilion, at which point Elanor dismissed the harper. Kendrik began to protest before he was interrupted by the lady placing a finger gently upon his lips. Elanor quietly told the knight that she had come to congratulate him for winning the tourney. “I promised a kiss to the victor of the tourney,” Elanor breathed, “And I am here to deliver that prize.” Reaching up, she pressed her lips to Sir Kendrik’s in a passionate kiss. Kendrik grabbed her in his arms, crushing her to his chest and held her tight. “I cannot bear this wait any longer, the time has come for you to act, My Lord.” Elanor sighed.“My Lady,” Kendrik replied, “I cannot wait to be able to call you my wife.”The two lovers continued to embrace until Kendrik, ever mindful of his Lady’s honour, suggested that she part and that they meet at the feast. They again kissed and Elanor left, walking back to the keep smiling feeling as though she was walking on clouds. Sir Kendrik then stuck his head out of his pavilion with a smile a mile wide on his face, watching her departing figure.Callin and Cain individually tracked down Warwick the Bookmaker and collected their winnings. As the two rogues counted their gold they chatted about their good luck, agreeing that they would have hunted Warwick down if he had done a runner with their gold.End SessionWhat you think everyone?Comments would be much appreciated on the whole tourney storyline.How about the two lovebirds?</blockquote>

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