“Welcome to another beautiful day in the kingdom! I’m your
host Sir Kirk and doing the broadcast with me today will be Sir Brent. We have
a good one lined up for you today at the 127th annual jousting
tournament. Today knights from all across the land will enter the competition
and they will all be fighting for the same prize. Up for grabs to the victor is
the fairest lady in the entire land! Let’s take it down to the dirt where the
action is about to begin.
First up we have the mighty Satyrane and a newcomer to the
tournament, Dan. The horses are off running and slowly building speed. The gentlemen
have extended their spears and Satyrane just completely detached Dan from his
horse! He should be thankful he’s still all in one piece after taking that hit.
We’ll take a quick break here and next Sir Satyrane will be
taking on the Savage Knight, who has just been completely dominating his
opponents today.
Welcome back folks and we have quite the matchup coming your
way right now! The Savage Knight entered this tournament unknown by most of us
but boy has he sure made a name for himself today. Facing off with him will be
Sir Satyrane, who we just saw defeat Dan with relative ease. The horses are off
running once again and the men are drawing nearer. The spears have been
lowered! WOW! The Savage Knight wins again and he has clearly looked the best
all day today. That might just do it for today folks; I can’t foresee anyone
dethroning the Savage Knight today.”
“Not so fast, Kirk. It looks like there’s one challenger
left, although I can’t tell whom it is from up here. Ladies and gentlemen I’m
not sure who this is mounting their horse right now but it appears as though we
have a new competitor!”
“Good eye, Brent. It looks like we’re getting our money’s
worth today! We don’t even have a name for the challenger but the Savage Knight
has suited up one last time and it looks like this is going to be it for the
day. Both men are ready and just waiting the signal. They’re off and the horses
are gaining speed! The spears have been lowered. I can’t believe it! The Savage
Knight has been thrown off his horse!”
“Kirk, I can’t believe what we just saw!”
“Neither can I Brent! Ladies and gentlemen we’ve just seen
an upset for the ages! We’re still not even sure of the identity of the latest
challenger but he has just defeated the Savage Knight and now a whole new line
of challengers is forming to take on our new unknown competitor.”
“Well Kirk it looks like we’re going to be here all night at
this rate!”
Author's Note:
This is a retelling of the story The Golden Girdle from the Britomart unit. In this story, The Savage Knight, who is actually a man named Sir Artegall, gets defeated by an unknown knight at the tournament. The story never actually says its a jousting tournament, so I just kind of assumed and went with it. The unknown challenger at the end is actually a woman name Britomart, who goes the entire unit dressed up as a male knight. The whole unit is based on Britomart trying to find Sir Artegall, because she was told by a magician that he is the one she will marry someday. This story is an example of encounters they have without knowing each other.
Bibliography:
The Golden Girdle from Stories from the Fairie Queene by Mary Macleod (1916).
Image Web Source: Wikipedia.
Jeremy, great job on retelling the original story! I think it is perfect that you went ahead and created the jousting tournament even though it does not specifically say in the original story. I liked that the announcers told the story because it gave a more exiting scenario. I felt as if I was a character in the story, sitting in the stands watching Savage Knight defeat his opponents until the surprise of an unknown fighter came along!
ReplyDelete