The Greatest Knight
“The court was in residence and the opening in the palisade that divided the forest from the lodge was braided with a host of humanity weaving in both directions. Without the palisade, clustered like fanciful knots of embroidery on a robe, a sporadic overflow of tents and shelters stitched the ground.
William’s road to Lyons-la-Forêt had been more than two years in the travelling and he didn’t know if it was going to continue past without succour, or lead him back into a world that he had on...ce known as intimately as his armour. There was only one way to find out, and he had never yet held back from a challenge. He nudged his palfrey’s flanks and the horse stepped out, a fine beast showing its eastern origins in the arch of its neck, its dished face, and hard blue hooves. He had bought it from the Templars in the week before he sailed from Saint Symeon for home—if home this was. Behind him, Eustace and Rhys rode second and third palfreys and led the packhorses and William’s two destriers on leading ropes.MoreLess
William’s road to Lyons-la-Forêt had been more than two years in the travelling and he didn’t know if it was going to continue past without succour, or lead him back into a world that he had on...ce known as intimately as his armour. There was only one way to find out, and he had never yet held back from a challenge. He nudged his palfrey’s flanks and the horse stepped out, a fine beast showing its eastern origins in the arch of its neck, its dished face, and hard blue hooves. He had bought it from the Templars in the week before he sailed from Saint Symeon for home—if home this was. Behind him, Eustace and Rhys rode second and third palfreys and led the packhorses and William’s two destriers on leading ropes.MoreLess
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