My world is the Medieval England (aka Middle Ages) which with a Knight makes me think of England's Patron Saint, St George. The folk tale's popularity was at its peak during the late middle ages. It's about a village who had a dragon living in their lake in the forest that would poison their waters, the village gave everything to appease the dragon and make him leave: food, animals, money, children but it was not enough. The King himself even gave his own daughter to the dragon however our Patron Saint was riding through the forest and had seen the girl in danger - he fought the dragon and won.
In my story I have a nervous Knight fighting a
- Minotaur
- Giant snake that has all the sacrificed village children inside it
He is nervous because as the King's son and eldest child, it is his duty to protect his Kingdom, the King is ill and weak (plague) - if the King goes he's dead for sure and the Prince wishes to go, the Queen must remain in the castle to take care of the King. Although the Prince has fairly well-trained Knighthood skills, he has never actually been on the battlefield and now he is about to venture into the unknown by himself.
Last minute escape - the Knight is struggling to defeat the beast and knows he cannot win so he has to make a choice die here and now or attempt a last minute escape with his life to where he can come back with the bravest/strongest soldiers and stand more of a chance. He chooses to save his life and escape.
To put the stakes up, it's no longer just his own life he has to save…
- He finds a young village child survivor hiding
- He has a sister (archer) who shows up last minute to help
My Knight wields a spear and shield, when he sees his sister pierce an eye with her arrow, he uses his spear to completely blind the creature by throwing/lunging it into his other eye, allowing just enough time for a last minute escape saving him and his sister.
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