Bentley mounted Silverwood, look down at his parents, and launched the powerful steed into the kingdoma kingdom waiting for one young knight to discover the truth of a Stranger.
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We need knew knights, but without swords.
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To the knights of faith nobody believes.
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Throughout the history of the Deutschritter the German genius is very evident, romantic idealism implemented with utter ruthlessness.
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The plain of Bedegraine was a forest of pavilions. They looked like old-fashioned bathing tents, and were every colour of the rainbow... There were heraldic devices worked or stamped on the sides.. Then there were pennons floating from the tops of the tents, and sheaves of spears leaning against them. The more sporting barons had shields or huge copper basins outside their front doors, and all you had to do was to give a thump on one of these with the butt-end of your spear, for the baron to come out like an angry bee and have a fight with you, almost before the resounding boom had died away. Sir Dinadain, who was a cheerful man, had hung a chamber-pot outside his.
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In medieval times, contrary to popular belief, most knights were bandits, mercenaries, lawless brigands, skinners, highwaymen, and thieves. The supposed chivalry of Charlemagne and Roland had as much to do with the majority of medieval knights as the historical Jesus with the temporal riches and hypocrisy of the Catholic Church, or any church for that matter. Generally accompanied by their immoral entourage or servants, priests, and whores, they went from tourney to tourney like a touring rock and roll band, sports team, or gang of South Sea pirates. Court to court, skirmish to skirmish, rape to rape. Fighting as the noble's substitution for work.
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Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best. The best and the worst. And a few who were a bit of both.
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Little girls grow up thinking that knights in shining armor actually exist.? But they don't.? And if those valiant heroes ever did bless this world with their chivalrous deeds, I imagine, just? Like Christ's apostles, they were destroyed by envy on the battlefront.
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I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.
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