Medieval Girl's Knight of the Week

Sir Gawain of the Round Table

Age: 30

Height: 1.80 m

Hair Colour: brown

Eye Colour: blue

Crest Animal: Horse 

Job: Knight of the Round Table

This week we would like to highlight Sir Gawain of the Round Table for all of his hard work and dedication towards those living in Camelot and beyond. Sir Gawain has just recent returned from an individual quest where he saved the kingdom of Camelot from shame at the will of the evil Green Knight.

As you may recall, last year’s New Year’s festivities were cut short when the strange knight dressed from head to toe in green (including his horse) proposed his own New Year’s game in front of King Arthur and his court. The game would be that a knight may strike him with his own axe; but in one year that strike will be returned to the knight.

The fearless Gawain accepted the challenge on behalf of the kingdom and severed the head of the strange green man with the axe he once held. To the surprise of many, the head, gathered up by the green knight, spoke. Bleeding from the neck he said, “For you have accepted my game and just now had your deathly blow against me, you shall venture in a year’s time to the Green Chapel  where I will avenge this attack.” The strange man disappeared, his ominous colour changing the atmosphere of the party.

Not one to break his promise, the brave knight Gawain mounted his steed Gringolet this past week and travelled to the far away Green Chapel. He tells us, upon his return yesterday, that he had to “battle many creatures and beasts with [his] trusty sword” as he rode towards his doom.

Days before he was to arrive at the Green Chapel, Gawain came across a beautiful white castle where he was introduced to a lord, his beautiful wife, and an old woman. With the Green Chapel a mere two miles from the white castle, Gawain stayed with the lord. As proposed, Gawain would stay with the wives while the host and his men would hunt.

On his third day of rest at the white castle, the beautiful wife offered Gawain a green girdle with magical properties –it will keep any man who wears it safe from death. Gawain gladly accepted this token from the beautiful wife, his mind smiling for his deathly quest was to be endured the very next day.

Gawain left for his quest the next morning. He dressed in his fine silver armor and boarded his healthy horse; leaving the white castle with the green girdle tied to his side. As he approached the castle, he tells us, “the wind was strong, the fog was heavy; it felt like death.” The brave Gawain entered the Green Chapel and was welcomed by the Green Knight. Pleasantries were short and the evil knight twice mocked Gawain, the third attempt the axe hit.

Nothing. The girdle given to Gawain by the beautiful wife worked, his neck only displaying a slight scratch from the shape blade of the axe. Today the brave Gawain ventured home to Camelot, successful in his quest. None believed he would return safely, yet the strong knight defied our assumptions and tonight we celebrate with a feast in his honor.

We thank Gawain for his bravery and time. Congratulations on being Medieval Girls Knight of the Week!

*this story is based off of the anonymously written Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; no copyright intended