THE ADVENTURES OF SIR NEXAS AND SQUIRE HANESLY
Posted: 11 Jun 2019, 19:48
So stranger I thank you for the pot of mead and just so I will tell you my tale . It's a cold night and and good time to sit near the fire . i was not always old and weak .I once had your viigor and youth. I once struck fear in the hearts of those men who pray on the weak and the poor. Sit back while tell you a tale of adventure and daring to warm you thoughts on night such as this.
I was like you once ,a soldier going where my lord commanded and killing those who would oppose his will. I was proud , I thought it a noble cause. I was fool. We came upon an enemy toun totally undefended .The men folk away no doubt looking for the very army now at their door.
We were ordered to charge and like all good soldiers charge we did. Bravely slaughtering our foe, Mothers ,children, the old ,the sick .
I left my calling knowing i was was hardly noble ,nor brave just another foolish man fight other foolish men for a cause that all soon forget.
So i wandered the land and drank my fill from one filthy toun to the next.
Having been asked by the good people of the nearby excuse for a toun to "get out and stay out " i found my sleeping another one off under shade of some pines not far from side of the path leading out of toun.
I was jolted out of my slumber by a great uproar of beast and man. I assumed the toun folk had decided to set the hounds on me. Not satisfied with just tossing me out mid drunk.
Sitting up i see two men running for all they worth directly towards me.On the road behind them were a young boy and a lady both dressed unmistakably as nobles .The youth had a sword drawn pointing down the road at creatures emerging from the opposite tree line.The nature of these beasts was unknown to me ,never having seen the like. The thing that was sure is that they meant to tear the nobles to pieces and the young boy would not even slow them down,The two men dressed in the livery of the house and no doubt entrusted with the safety of the young lord and lady had decided to live to tell about it and were running away at great. The first had dropped his weapon and sped by my resting place .The second , a few steps behind terrified went flying as i stuck my arm out of tree and caught him neck high.Dropping the sword he held as he sailed forward he did not even look back to see what struck him as he was up and gone. I picked up the sword and joined the nobles on the road. The youth not knowing my intentions kept the lady between him and me .I had to admire his pluck not standing rats chance against either foe he stood his ground. I turned to face the beasts seconds before they were on us.Most were unarmed brutes ,strong but no match for cold steel a few were mounted on short steads looking more like large dogs .They carried crude clubs but had no real skills and no leadership ,just coming on as they could. It was close work but the beast fell one by one and the youth and even the lady dispatched the wounded .
I thought maybe the nobles would spare a few coins for saving their skins. The lady approached me asking my name. "Nexas mam . Formerly of the King's own, mam" "Well Sir Nexas we are in your debt." she replied "it''s just Nexas mam. I am no knight" ""hand me that sword Neas"Well now i'm thinking they are not even going to leave me the sword. A lot of good it would do them. "Neel " she said and proceeded to name me Knight and Protector of the kingdom. Im thinking great now im an unemployed drunk knight ,I could have used some gold as you can't eat a title.
They insisted that i return to thier kingdom with them .As they had food and mead and i wasn't exactly busy i figured it couldn't hurt.
I learned thier names on our journey Lady Fae and squire Hanesly .They seem to assume that i would want employ in their garrison> "no thank you .mt Lady " i said " i have seen to much soldiering and death to go back to the sword"
She told me their tale and of the beasts .Beasts much like those we fought.They were speading thoughout her lands.Killing many isolated farms and villages. Her bannermen hid behind thier walls while the people died.. This i thought was something worth doing with my skills and after all i was knight.
A week later i was armed ,finely mounted and leading a squad of he best soldiers. We were forming up to leave when Hanesly came riding up. "Are you to see us off young Squire?" "No" he said" i am here to kill beasts and serve you as your squire" i almost fell out of my saddle "Son this no adventure'No parade' you won't last a week out there' "still" he said "i go. My family was taken by the beasts and will have justice or my death." "Well you don't lack for courage Hanesly but we need you here to protect the Lady."
We rode out with Hanesly standing his mount watching us stream out of the keep.
.
Together we have traveled many lands in search of the terrible seventh dragon . For years we wandered .Thru mountains ,dark forests ,trackless deserts and raging rivers. We slew many demons.Many times i charged the beasts killing without remorse,I was blinded by my ambition to slay the dragon.
Sometimes carried away only my trusty squire kept me on the path. "Sir Nexas do you not see that these are not the dragons spawn ? You have killed this poor farmers flock of sheep ! Faithful Hanesly perhaps you are right. I can not see what is before me any longer. It is your time now .
Look Sir Nexas there, there be the the seventh dragon . Do not try to mock me young squire ! But sir! " Hanesly turned and charged .It couldn't be but it was ! I kicked my steed to a full gallup and together we battled the last dragon. The people rejoiced and offered us great rewards,
" For your bravery and stout heart i name thee SIR HANESLY DRAGON SLAYER " The people had their new champion and were well pleased. As for me ,I am happy to sit and drink and for a copper i may tell you a tale.
SIR NEXAS
I was like you once ,a soldier going where my lord commanded and killing those who would oppose his will. I was proud , I thought it a noble cause. I was fool. We came upon an enemy toun totally undefended .The men folk away no doubt looking for the very army now at their door.
We were ordered to charge and like all good soldiers charge we did. Bravely slaughtering our foe, Mothers ,children, the old ,the sick .
I left my calling knowing i was was hardly noble ,nor brave just another foolish man fight other foolish men for a cause that all soon forget.
So i wandered the land and drank my fill from one filthy toun to the next.
Having been asked by the good people of the nearby excuse for a toun to "get out and stay out " i found my sleeping another one off under shade of some pines not far from side of the path leading out of toun.
I was jolted out of my slumber by a great uproar of beast and man. I assumed the toun folk had decided to set the hounds on me. Not satisfied with just tossing me out mid drunk.
Sitting up i see two men running for all they worth directly towards me.On the road behind them were a young boy and a lady both dressed unmistakably as nobles .The youth had a sword drawn pointing down the road at creatures emerging from the opposite tree line.The nature of these beasts was unknown to me ,never having seen the like. The thing that was sure is that they meant to tear the nobles to pieces and the young boy would not even slow them down,The two men dressed in the livery of the house and no doubt entrusted with the safety of the young lord and lady had decided to live to tell about it and were running away at great. The first had dropped his weapon and sped by my resting place .The second , a few steps behind terrified went flying as i stuck my arm out of tree and caught him neck high.Dropping the sword he held as he sailed forward he did not even look back to see what struck him as he was up and gone. I picked up the sword and joined the nobles on the road. The youth not knowing my intentions kept the lady between him and me .I had to admire his pluck not standing rats chance against either foe he stood his ground. I turned to face the beasts seconds before they were on us.Most were unarmed brutes ,strong but no match for cold steel a few were mounted on short steads looking more like large dogs .They carried crude clubs but had no real skills and no leadership ,just coming on as they could. It was close work but the beast fell one by one and the youth and even the lady dispatched the wounded .
I thought maybe the nobles would spare a few coins for saving their skins. The lady approached me asking my name. "Nexas mam . Formerly of the King's own, mam" "Well Sir Nexas we are in your debt." she replied "it''s just Nexas mam. I am no knight" ""hand me that sword Neas"Well now i'm thinking they are not even going to leave me the sword. A lot of good it would do them. "Neel " she said and proceeded to name me Knight and Protector of the kingdom. Im thinking great now im an unemployed drunk knight ,I could have used some gold as you can't eat a title.
They insisted that i return to thier kingdom with them .As they had food and mead and i wasn't exactly busy i figured it couldn't hurt.
I learned thier names on our journey Lady Fae and squire Hanesly .They seem to assume that i would want employ in their garrison> "no thank you .mt Lady " i said " i have seen to much soldiering and death to go back to the sword"
She told me their tale and of the beasts .Beasts much like those we fought.They were speading thoughout her lands.Killing many isolated farms and villages. Her bannermen hid behind thier walls while the people died.. This i thought was something worth doing with my skills and after all i was knight.
A week later i was armed ,finely mounted and leading a squad of he best soldiers. We were forming up to leave when Hanesly came riding up. "Are you to see us off young Squire?" "No" he said" i am here to kill beasts and serve you as your squire" i almost fell out of my saddle "Son this no adventure'No parade' you won't last a week out there' "still" he said "i go. My family was taken by the beasts and will have justice or my death." "Well you don't lack for courage Hanesly but we need you here to protect the Lady."
We rode out with Hanesly standing his mount watching us stream out of the keep.
.
Together we have traveled many lands in search of the terrible seventh dragon . For years we wandered .Thru mountains ,dark forests ,trackless deserts and raging rivers. We slew many demons.Many times i charged the beasts killing without remorse,I was blinded by my ambition to slay the dragon.
Sometimes carried away only my trusty squire kept me on the path. "Sir Nexas do you not see that these are not the dragons spawn ? You have killed this poor farmers flock of sheep ! Faithful Hanesly perhaps you are right. I can not see what is before me any longer. It is your time now .
Look Sir Nexas there, there be the the seventh dragon . Do not try to mock me young squire ! But sir! " Hanesly turned and charged .It couldn't be but it was ! I kicked my steed to a full gallup and together we battled the last dragon. The people rejoiced and offered us great rewards,
" For your bravery and stout heart i name thee SIR HANESLY DRAGON SLAYER " The people had their new champion and were well pleased. As for me ,I am happy to sit and drink and for a copper i may tell you a tale.
SIR NEXAS