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A story that Selena received from an anonymous source.
And there came a time when the most Holy of objects was stolen
from The King's Castle. Verily, for one morning The Grail was
found to be missing from its sacred place. A hue was raised
throughout the lands of The King, and it was discovered that one
of his own honorable knights had taken it. And so it was
proclaimed that this most treacherous of knights would forever
hence be known as The Black Knight for his most evil of deeds.
And The King's four best knights swore to capture the Black
Knight and bring him to Justice.
Four brave knights ventured to recover The Grail. But after a
fortnight dire news reached The King, for his stalwart knights
had fallen prey to the many perils en route to The Black Knight's
castle, which perched high up on a mountain top. Dismayed at this
misfortune, The King asked for more courageous knights to Quest
for the Grail. Once again, four stalwart knights undertook the
challenge. But once again, word reached The King that this second
group had been felled by the Black Knight's minions.
Despairing of recovering the Grail -- for an inopportune war had
left The King with few knights to send out -- The King tasked his
last four and youngest of knights with recovering the Grail. Sir
Finch the Honest led the valoruous foursome consisting of
himself, Sir Wrigley the Just, Sir Brown the Compassionate, and
Lady Kyle of the Cross.
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The four fledging knights journeyed for half a fortnight
and
reached the edge of the Enchanted Forest. An ominous storm had
plagued the small band since leaving The King's Castle, but now
clear skies ruled over this magical land. Trusting to their valor
and arms, the fateful foursome entered the Forest.
All was unearthly quiet and still as the innocent band ventured
deeper and deeper into the forest. It was Sir Brown that
discovered the tracks of the forest dwellers. Sir Finch commanded
that the foursome would follow the tracks and meet with the
people of this land. And so the four stalwarts continued apace.
Rounding a bend, the knights encountered a trio of elves. The
elvenkin bade the band good-day, and the foursome returned
with a greeting of their own. The trio of elves were hunting
a giant boar which had begun to prey upon their fair land. On
hearing this Sir Wrigley immediately proclaimed that he would
hunt this giant boar, who the elves said was the Prince of the
Boars of this land. Undeterred the rest of the courageous band
also pledged to aid the good elvenkin.
It was at this time that the Boar Prince attacked, goring one
of the elvenkin and felling him. The valorous quartet swiftly
retaliated, and a fearsome battle erupted. Both Sir Wrigley
and Sir Brown were gored repeatedly, but they heroically
continued to strike at the enchanted beast. Lady Kyle struck
repeatedly with the Sword of the Winds, while Sir Finch used
the Bow of Truth and together the four companions finally felled
the fearsome creature.
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