Post by 123anon987 on Aug 9, 2022 15:20:17 GMT -6
The damsel whomth found herself no longer one
**kay tells gawaine
**gawaine recruits young owen and owens sister
Now the noble and courteous Sir Gawaine, making good chat amongst the dining table of king Arthurs court, was in search of both chivalrous adventure and a fair dame to care for him as a gentle, loving wife. Rescuing beautiful young maidens from wickedness and injustice everywhere was his greatest joy and purpose in life, but as of yet, all his plots at marriage had vexed him. Always their tryst would turn out only temporary, or elsewise she would be betrothed to another. Alas how Gawaine sought a womans tender care.
//and always was he wishful to go on another great adventure, however far the country, or however great the danger//
For poor Sir Percival's sister, who finding herself unmarried at the age of 25, need find herself a husband very soon or she will soon become a spinster, an umarriageable old maid, for life. A most horrible and lonely fate! To be robbed of any possibility of true love forever.
"She is quite comely, it is simply that she has been quite picky with men, and is adamant she shall wait, however long is necessary, till she finds a knight pure of heart, valour and true love in that heart for her and her above all else.
About him in the dining hall were other fine knights such as Sir Kay,
"It was quite some years ago. Me and thine uncle, now high king Arthur, were daring, adventerous young men. We thought there no adventure too great for our doing, no dragon to large for our slaying, no evil or injustice we could not right. And when we had wrought every chivalric deed possible in our lands, Prince Arthur and I donned our armour, mounted our steeds and set off to the north. For two weeks we rode, hard with naught but steel armour and rain-soaked moss for comfort, through wild lands held only by beasts and robbers. We came upon a city, ensconced by fair rolling mountains on one side and by a rushing river on the other;
and then we saw her; the most beautiful, enchanting maiden I had ever seen,
My father hath bid me; "and my darling daughter, keep your veil upon your face whenever you be within sight of a man, or even your handmaidens. For a true good husband would choose his future wife on her sweetness, her pure and compassionate spirit, and by those virtues are you to be judged by your servants and subjects."
But for you, I would make an exception
"I would not be here, but for that, unluckily, at the age of twenty three I found myself addressed by a gentleman so charming and so agreable, so passionately devoted to me that I agreed to be married."
But their faces were worn and dull, not nearly so fair as the great beauties described. And then he saw it. They were not young maidens at all.
She was still of quite a lovely form, but no longer beautiful. Her skin dull without the bright gleam of maidenhood. Wiry white and grey hairs sprung out every which way from atop her otherwise smooth raven black tresses.
"Oh no, by God! I have become a–a–"
Alaine had become a spinster! Sir Gawaine, her brave, valiant rescuer, just stared at her with mild pity and a slow sadness upon his face. She had never realized how much time had been passing! Every day, every year, just like the last.
She ran up to that younger woman, X, and taking her arm beside her own, compared themselves. "My skin!" The younger womans skin was smooth and radian and her flesh firm with life, but caressing her own arm alaine only found it rough and
maybe --- She went out into the town square. She recognized all of the people there, just a bit older than when she last saw them.
"Oh hello, who are you?"
A boy just on the verge of manhood ran up to her.
"Oh hello madame.
T
"Oh please" the two handmaidens gazed up at the young men imploringly. "Would you not take ud as brides? For we are oh so pure and chaste."
"Please, oh noble Gawaine. If you will not marry us
Upon arriving at King Arthurs court, the King and Sir Kay whom had first met and quested for the fair maidens did not believe she was the same damsel; and there was much teasing by the younger maidens. "Ew, look at all those greys" "too much sun, not enough men." "Clearly she wasnt worth that much, if it took this long for a man to rescue her"
**kay tells gawaine
**gawaine recruits young owen and owens sister
Now the noble and courteous Sir Gawaine, making good chat amongst the dining table of king Arthurs court, was in search of both chivalrous adventure and a fair dame to care for him as a gentle, loving wife. Rescuing beautiful young maidens from wickedness and injustice everywhere was his greatest joy and purpose in life, but as of yet, all his plots at marriage had vexed him. Always their tryst would turn out only temporary, or elsewise she would be betrothed to another. Alas how Gawaine sought a womans tender care.
//and always was he wishful to go on another great adventure, however far the country, or however great the danger//
For poor Sir Percival's sister, who finding herself unmarried at the age of 25, need find herself a husband very soon or she will soon become a spinster, an umarriageable old maid, for life. A most horrible and lonely fate! To be robbed of any possibility of true love forever.
"She is quite comely, it is simply that she has been quite picky with men, and is adamant she shall wait, however long is necessary, till she finds a knight pure of heart, valour and true love in that heart for her and her above all else.
About him in the dining hall were other fine knights such as Sir Kay,
"It was quite some years ago. Me and thine uncle, now high king Arthur, were daring, adventerous young men. We thought there no adventure too great for our doing, no dragon to large for our slaying, no evil or injustice we could not right. And when we had wrought every chivalric deed possible in our lands, Prince Arthur and I donned our armour, mounted our steeds and set off to the north. For two weeks we rode, hard with naught but steel armour and rain-soaked moss for comfort, through wild lands held only by beasts and robbers. We came upon a city, ensconced by fair rolling mountains on one side and by a rushing river on the other;
and then we saw her; the most beautiful, enchanting maiden I had ever seen,
My father hath bid me; "and my darling daughter, keep your veil upon your face whenever you be within sight of a man, or even your handmaidens. For a true good husband would choose his future wife on her sweetness, her pure and compassionate spirit, and by those virtues are you to be judged by your servants and subjects."
But for you, I would make an exception
"I would not be here, but for that, unluckily, at the age of twenty three I found myself addressed by a gentleman so charming and so agreable, so passionately devoted to me that I agreed to be married."
But their faces were worn and dull, not nearly so fair as the great beauties described. And then he saw it. They were not young maidens at all.
She was still of quite a lovely form, but no longer beautiful. Her skin dull without the bright gleam of maidenhood. Wiry white and grey hairs sprung out every which way from atop her otherwise smooth raven black tresses.
"Oh no, by God! I have become a–a–"
Alaine had become a spinster! Sir Gawaine, her brave, valiant rescuer, just stared at her with mild pity and a slow sadness upon his face. She had never realized how much time had been passing! Every day, every year, just like the last.
She ran up to that younger woman, X, and taking her arm beside her own, compared themselves. "My skin!" The younger womans skin was smooth and radian and her flesh firm with life, but caressing her own arm alaine only found it rough and
maybe --- She went out into the town square. She recognized all of the people there, just a bit older than when she last saw them.
"Oh hello, who are you?"
A boy just on the verge of manhood ran up to her.
"Oh hello madame.
T
"Oh please" the two handmaidens gazed up at the young men imploringly. "Would you not take ud as brides? For we are oh so pure and chaste."
"Please, oh noble Gawaine. If you will not marry us
Upon arriving at King Arthurs court, the King and Sir Kay whom had first met and quested for the fair maidens did not believe she was the same damsel; and there was much teasing by the younger maidens. "Ew, look at all those greys" "too much sun, not enough men." "Clearly she wasnt worth that much, if it took this long for a man to rescue her"