Knights in the Myth — Session #2
The celebration at the Hold of Summer ended with the party still independent, having declined Ser Perryn, The Tome Knight's offer of fealty. Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight now carries a Jousting Lance (Marsh's Boon) engraved with his victory, a trophy that will remind the Ser Tristan, The Gull Knight of his humiliation. Sir Oogam Ovi∂son has a new companion in Fenek, and a potential lead to Shellopolis through Master Mallory. Sir bleedsalot, The Banner Knight carries a strange new tattoo that may have lingering magical implications. The party now heads toward the Colossus to reunite with their company, with the river diversion and the Ser Tristan, The Gull Knight's inevitable retaliation looming ahead.
The celebration at the Hold of Summer was in full swing when Sir bleedsalot, The Banner Knight burst through the crowd, dripping wet with milk, wearing only a high-cut nightgown and clutching his banner pike. He had seen a vision from a Tiny Salt Crystal that the party was in mortal danger—only to find everyone celebrating a victory. “Sometimes you gotta start the party before the party starts,” he declared, then began dancing wildly, making the floor slick with milk. The crowd, bewildered but amused, gave him space.
Sir Oogam Ovi∂son worked the crowd more subtly, approaching a corpulent Shellion merchant with a practiced story: he was seeking his mother's cousin Marla. The merchant, Master Mallory, offered a place on a spring caravan to Shellopolis in exchange for guard services, handing over a Wooden Placard as a token.
The quintain tilt brought the first real competition. Sir Oogam Ovi∂son unseated the dummy on his first pass, earning a point. Sir bleedsalot, The Banner Knight made a glancing hit, then on his second pass was knocked clean off his horse, landing splayed with his shirt ridden up and a bruise blooming on his head. “I hit it too hard,” he insisted, and the crowd gave him a slow clap. The final pass saw Sir Oogam Ovi∂son bucked into a group of elderly servants, while Sir bleedsalot, The Banner Knight rocked the dummy without connecting. The tilt ended in a tie between Sir Oogam Ovi∂son and Andoa, the Ser Tristan, The Gull Knight's retainer. Ser Perryn, The Tome Knight awarded each a prize: Sir Oogam Ovi∂son chose a tall, alert pharaoh hound named Fenek, who immediately licked his face; Andoa received a Decorated Spear.
Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight tried his hand at apple bobbing, but his method was unconventional: he slammed his hand onto the water, blasting the entire barrel's contents into the air, knocking a child backward. He snatched an apple mid-flight, but the ref ruled it invalid—the apple had to be caught in the barrel. Frustrated, Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight sat back down with his drawings.
The Ser Tristan, The Gull Knight, still simmering from earlier humiliations, challenged Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight to a joust. The crowd roared as space was cleared. On the first pass, both knights were unhorsed simultaneously, crashing to the ground in a clatter of plate and mail. The Ser Tristan, The Gull Knight was winded but rose. On the second pass, Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight deliberately aimed his lance at the knight's body rather than his shield—a dangerous, nearly bloody move. The Ser Tristan, The Gull Knight deflected it and mocked Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight's control. Ser Perryn, The Tome Knight issued a quiet warning about knightly conduct. On the third pass, Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight used a super dismount gambit, unseating the Ser Tristan, The Gull Knight decisively. The crowd jeered the fallen knight, and Ser Perryn, The Tome Knight declared Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight the winner. As his boon, Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight requested the Jousting Lance (Marsh's Boon) itself, to be engraved with two tally marks.
Ser Perryn, The Tome Knight then invited Sir bleedsalot, The Banner Knight and Shellraiser to swear vows of fealty, but Sir bleedsalot, The Banner Knight declined, citing his existing oath to Springhold. Sir Oogam Ovi∂son also declined, calling himself a “rolling stone.”
The next morning, Sir bleedsalot, The Banner Knight discovered that the wyvern wound on his back had healed into a fine tracery of green vine tattoos—and a bouquet of flowers tattooed above his ass crack. Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight visited the market, hoping to buy small wineskins, but ended up trading tuna jerky for two sheep's worth of intestines to make his own water containers. The party agreed on their next steps: reunite with the rest of the company by the Colossus, then divert the river back to Ser Gowrie, The Mask Knight's territory—a plan that would surely bring them into conflict with the Ser Tristan, The Gull Knight.
Sir bleedsalot, The Banner Knight bursts into the party dripping with milk, half-nude in a high-cut nightgown, expecting mortal danger—only to find everyone celebrating. His frantic entrance and subsequent wild dancing, making the floor slippery with milk, is a perfect comedic beat that sets the tone for the session.
Sir Oogam Ovi∂son wins the quintain tilt in a tie with Andoa and chooses a pharaoh hound named Fenek as his prize. The dog immediately licks his face, and later bonds with Jada, creating a new companion for the road.
Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight attempts to cheat at apple bobbing by blasting all the water and apples out of the barrel with his water-pushing ability, knocking a child backward. He snatches an apple mid-air, but the ref rules it invalid—a perfect example of his unconventional problem-solving backfiring.
The joust between Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight and the Ser Tristan, The Gull Knight reaches its climax on the third pass, where Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight unseats the knight decisively. The crowd jeers the fallen knight, and Ser Perryn, The Tome Knight awards Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight the Jousting Lance (Marsh's Boon) as a boon, deepening the feud.
Sir bleedsalot, The Banner Knight discovers the next morning that his wyvern wound has healed into green vine tattoos and a bouquet of flowers tattooed above his ass crack—a bizarre and hilarious magical side effect that he can't even see without a mirror.
Marsden "Marsh" Fishwick, The Dust Knight goes to the market for wineskins but ends up trading tuna jerky for two sheep's worth of intestines to make his own water containers, leading to a discussion about curing sausage casing on the road.
This chronicle was generated by Kazkar from a live D&D session.
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