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Creative => Story-Telling => Topic started by: Rhalius on June 07, 2012, 18:44:55
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((After Frederick, its now Henry's turn to star in a story of his own. This takes place after the previous story, but it can be enjoyed without having seen/read about Frederick and the Dark Knights. Here's a link for those that are curious though. ;)
http://www.playmofriends.com/forum/index.php?topic=10139.0 ))
Henry at the tournament.
King Miguel of the Falcon kingdom is hosting a knight's tournament today, knights from various kingdoms have arrived to either participate in the tournament or to watch and see how their friends and rivals fight.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi002.jpg)
The champion of the tournament gains the hand of King Miguel's niece Mary in marriage.
The beautifull Mary seems worth the risk for many knights it seems, since the tournaments of the Falcon kingdom are quite different from a typical jousting tournament.
Each duel starts with a jousting lance, but ends only when either knight surrenders or is unconcious, untill that happens the fight keeps going.
Because of this there is no fence to seperate the opposing knights from each other, to give them room.
Cedric the Swan knight was scheduled to fight in this tournament, but a last minute change has been made. Now His younger brother Henry fights in his place.
Henry has quite a challenge ahead of him, since his older brother is a reknown jousting champion who has won many tournaments. Many people came to see him in the tournament.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi001.jpg)
Cedric is very encouraging though, he lets Henry borrow his horse for the tournament even.
"Show them what a Swan Knight can do, little brother." Cedric spoke to Henry as he put on his armor.
"Who are the other participants?" Henry asked to Roderick, who was holding the list.
Roderick looked on the list and summed them all up while they looked around the tournament field.
"Let's see.. there is Fernando the Falcon."
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi003.jpg)
"He raided our farmlands a month ago but escaped. Not really an admirable knight.. Look, hes even drinking wine right before the tournament is about to start!"
"It seems that Sir Heinrich Drachenfell and Siegfried Rodich are also participating, but not their cousin Wolfgang."
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi004.jpg)
Frederick added: "They tried to take our castle when you two where away with the king to go after Fernando last month! Watch out Henry, they are dangerous."
Roderick continued: "Look, there is Sir Lancelot. He is quite popular with the people, and has won quite a few jousting tournaments."
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi005.jpg)
"And lastly, a knight I never heard of.. He is listed here as Lord Silvermane."
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi006.jpg)
Cedric glanced over the knight in the silver armor. "He might be someone fighting under a different name, to try and appear mysterious. Come on Henry, get on my horse and present yourself to the king with the other participants."
Henry moved to join the other knights as they formed up in a line before the King's balcony.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi008.jpg)
The king looked over them with a smile before speaking to them:
"Six of you brave knights stand before me, but only one of you will win the hand of my niece, the lovely lady Mary.
Let's go over the rules one last time: You can only win when your opponent gives up or is unconcious, untill that happens, the fight continues.
In the first match, Sir Heinrich Drachenfell will fight against Sir Lancelot, in the second match Sir Henry will fight Siegfried Rodich. And in the third match, our very own Sir Fernando will fight against Lord Silvermane. Good luck everyone, put on a good show for my people!"
(More will be added in the days to come. ;) )
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Great! I'll have to go read the earlier story now, but this seems awesome, Rhalius. I look forward to finding out who will take the tournament. ;)
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Great pictures and wonderful story. :)9 :)9 :)9 :)9
I like very much your king and I saw that you are all there, Roderick too!!! :lol:
Excellent work my friend, I will wait to see the tournament. ;)
George. :)
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At last another tournament! Can't wait for the fight! Your rules are interesting, though brutal, I like that!
A.
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Thanks, I'll see about posting the first match tomorrow if I have time for it. :)
I'd figure to make the rules a bit different since I have no jousting fence (yet) anyways. And its kind of how the jousting tournaments went during my childhood, when I didnt know the real rules and thought that was how it went. :lol:
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Roderick and Frederick found a nice place at the side to watch the tournament from, and to cheer for their friend.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi010.jpg)
From there they could see Wolfgang of Ravenstein found a comforteable spot from where to watch his brothers. They also noticed the famed Lion prince standing on the King's balcony.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi009.jpg)
They had heard stories of him, but don't even know his name. Only his reputation.
The Lion kingdom was destroyed quite some years ago when his father died, but the Lion prince still wanders around, refusing to give up his title and join another kingdom. He still seems to wear his heraldry proudly and Frederick and Henry can spot several Lion soldiers around the city.
Their attention moved to the tournament when Henry joined them to watch the first match.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi011.jpg)
They where all rooting for sir Lancelot who they knew as a kind and respecteable knight, a friend of the common people.
Although Henry and Roderick never saw Heinrich Drachenfell before, they heard from Frederick that he is cunning, and a strong warrior who prefers a mace.
The heralds blow their horns to signal the start of the match, and the two knights charge at each other with their lance.
Sir Lancelot seems to deliver a perfect hit, knocking Sir Heinrich off his horse!
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi012.jpg)
He get's up again though, refusing to be defeated yet as he draws his mace from his belt.
Being a knight of honour, Sir Lancelot dismounts and draws his sword, meeting his opponent on equal terms.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi013.jpg)
Sir Lancelot fights bravely, but Heinrich is a very strong man and keeps battering down on Lancelot's defence untill he lands a good hit on his helmet, knocking Lancelot unconcious.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi014.jpg)
The first round is won by Sir Heinrich Drachenfell, and Sir Lancelot is eliminated from the competition.
Don't worry though, his helmet protected him from the blow so he only has a little headache as he continues to watch the tournament.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi030.jpg)
(the story will continue this weekend.)
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Great! Keep it coming!
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Yes keep them coming! Great pics.
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That looks like a painful defeat! :lol:
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Now it's Henry's turn to fight, he will be facing Sir Siegfried Rodich.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi015.jpg)After receiving plenty of encouragement from his good friends Frederick and Roderick, he gets on his brother's horse and gets ready.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi016.jpg)
The heralds blow their horns to signal the start of the second match, Siegfried and Henry charge at each other with their lance!
Henry manages to land a hit against Siegfried's chest, but Siegfried manages to stay on his horse despite the strong impact of the lance. His armor seems to protect him quite well.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi017.jpg)
As both knights draw their swords for a melee on horseback, Cedric looks proudly at his younger brother from the king's balcony.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi018.jpg)
During the fierce duel, Henry pretends as if he is going to hit Siegfried's horse with his shield to scare the horse. Seeing the brightly colored shield coming straight at his face, the horse gets scared and rears up on his back legs.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi019.jpg)
Siegfried gets thrown from his horse and lays unconcious for a moment, Henry wins the match!
As Siegfried regains conciousness, his cousins are yelling at him because he lost the match and should have won.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi020.jpg)
After they are through yelling, they help him to clear the field for the next match: Lord Silvermane against Sir Fernando the Falcon.
(will be continued tomorrow.)
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Great! ;) I look forward to the next round.
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Go Swan Knight! Go! ;)
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Lord Silvermane and Sir Fernando the Falcon arrive at the field, the heralds their trumpets can be heard through the entire city, announcing the start of the third match.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi021.jpg)
Having enjoyed quite a few glasses of wine, Fernando isnt as fast as he could be. Lord Silvermane lands a powerfull hit that sends Fernando flying off his horse!
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi022.jpg)
While Fernando struggles to get up, Lord Silvermane signals his squire to hand him his spear instead of dismounting to face his oponent on equal terms.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi023.jpg)
Standing rather dazed from the blow, and intoxicated with alcohol, Sir Fernando can barely put up a fight as Silvermane charges at him and knocks him down with his spear, before piercing Fernando's armor with that same spear.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi024.jpg)
Fernando yells: "I surrender! I give up!" in his pain, and Lord Silvermane pulls back without saying a word, while an upset crowd yells "BOO!!" At him.
Despite not being a very chivalrous knight, Fernando is loved by his soldiers and his people. He can often be found in the taverns drinking with them and often paying the drinks of people who drink with him.
Several soldiers quickly come to his aid and remove his armor, taking care of his wounds while handing him a glas of wine.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi025.jpg)
Fernando is not hurt too badly, his armor catched most of the blow.
Lord Silvermane wins the match.
(Another update tomorrow. :))
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A vile win! :-\
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You've got some good action going on here!!! Keep it coming!
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Well done, I like the way you turned the castle wall into a jousting arena. Want to see more!
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The scenes of the tournament are wonderful, well done. :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
I think that I know who will be the winner, our friend Henry? :giggle:
George. :lol:
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Perhaps no one will be a winner. ;)
I'll post the next part in a moment.
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The three winners are told to appear before the king without their horse and fully prepared for battle.
Cedric hands his brother Henry a flail. "This will prove usefull in the next battle, I am sure of it."
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi026.jpg)
"They both seem rather vicious, be carefull Henry." Roderick warned his friend.
Frederick added: "What's going to happen now? there are three knights left."
Henry anwered: "We will just have to wait and see.. its best to be prepared for everything at this unusual tournament."
All three remaining knights moved to stand before the king, looking up at the balcony.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi028.jpg)
The king stood up from his throne, and his niece Mary stood up as well. Together they moved to the edge of the balcony to better see the knights.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi027.jpg)
The king spoke: "Three brave knights remain, to fight for the hand of my lovely niece Mary. But there can be only one champion worthy enough to marry her.
Therefore the three of you will fight each other in a three way battle! Only a man strong enough to defeat more than one knight at once will be good enough for my niece Mary."
Most people present seemed surprised at this odd turn of events. a three way battle? how odd. But at the same time, everyone was curious to see it, and better yet: who would emerge victorious.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi031.jpg)
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All the nobles on the balcony moved forward to take a good look at the fight that was about to start.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi033.jpg)
Wolfgang of Ravenstein and Siegfried Rodich where confident that their cousin would surely win, he was a very strong man after all.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi032.jpg)
The heralds their horns could be heard once more, signaling the start of this unusual battle.
All knights looked at each other as they moved in a circle, waiting for each other to make the first move.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi029.jpg)
Carrying a menacing heavy axe along with his mace, Sir Heinrich Drachenfell was ready for a strong offensive.
Lord Silvermane stood perfectly still and silent, it was rather unnerving. he grasped his spear firmly, ready to strike at anyone that came near.
Henry eyed them both, being focused on the battle at hand. He was concerned that these two mighty knights would be too strong for him, but he was eager to overcome this challenge. The lovely princess would surely be much happier with him than with them.
(The story will continue tomorrow. :) )
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I wonder what will happen! :lol:
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(sorry for the delay, things where a bit busy yesterday.)
Deciding to make the first move, Heinrich lunged at Henry with his intimidating axe.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi034.jpg)
Henry stepped back and swinged his flail around the axe and pulled. While heinrich is stronger, he was forced to released since he had to defend against Silvermane who used the opportunity to charge at Heinrich in this moment of weakness.
And so a fierce battle had begun. Heinrich stepped back and was fending off Silvermane with his lance while Henry sweeped his feet, causing Silvermane to fall to the ground. Henry drew his sword and tried to disarm Silvermane's spear while Heinrich picked up the sword that his squire tossed towards him.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi035.jpg)
The battle went on while everyone looked in awe at these three knights, following their every move. Soon enough Henry found himself in a tricky situation when the other two knights decided to gang up on him, doing his best to defend against their attacks while laying on the floor.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi036.jpg)
It was only a temporary partnership however, Heinrich used the opportunity to jump at Silvermane with his sword and mace in hand, seeing him as the greater threat.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi037.jpg)
Lord Silvermane wasn't born yesterday though, and as he tumbled onto his back from the weight of Heinrich, he used his feet to toss the dark knight right over him, causing Heinrich to fall flat on his back.
Taking full advantage of the situation, Lord Silvermane quickly stood up and grabbed Heinrich's sword and forced Heinrich to surrender while Henry got back up.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi038.jpg)
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Heinrich got back up after being defeated, and could only watch as the remaining two knights fought for the hand of lady Mary, who cheered them on from the balcony.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi039.jpg)
Henry fought hard, but Silvermane managed to push him down to the ground with his two swords. His helmet rolled off, and his shield fell from his grasp.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi040.jpg)
Using all his strenght, Henry desperatly tried to fend off the sadistic knight's sword. It seems that Lord Silvermane was not even trying to get Henry to surrender, it seems he was truly trying to kill him!
While pushing with one sword against Henry's sword, he grasped his other sword backwards and tried to stab Henry while trying to keep him down!
Henry managed to roll to the side just in time to avoid the blade.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi041.jpg)
because of the roll, Silvermane's sword slipped away from Henry's, and Henry saw his chance to stab Silvermane's shoulder!
Wounded, Silvermane moved back and dropped his swords from his hands as he fell back on the ground.
Quickly Henry got up, and pointed his sword towards the unarmed Silvermane.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi042.jpg)
Reluctantly, Lord Silvermane's raspy voice was heard for the first time during the tournament: "This battle is yours today, but I will be back."
With a smile, Henry waved at his friends, and before the cheering crowd as he was standing there as the winner of this battle.
((thats all for today, but there is more! Will Henry find happiness with Princess Mary? will any of the other knights find love? All of this and more will be revealed later this week. ;) ))
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Great! I am glad that you'll be showing what happens after the tournament also! :)
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No story is finished without a proper conclusion. ;) I am guessing the conclusion might come as a surprise in some ways. :)
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(as promised, heres the ending, enjoy. :) )
Proudly, Henry walked to his friends. Everyone was cheering for him, and they congratulated him on winning his first tournament! Roderick and Frederick never managed to win a tournament yet so far.
Cedric's tournament victories have become hard to count though, but still Cedric was proud of his younger brother.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi043.jpg)
While Henry prepared to meet the king and lady Mary, Lord Silvermane quickly left the city while the crowd yelled: "Boo!" at him.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi044.jpg)
Appearing before the Falcon King with his friends near, Henry finally got to see lady Mary up close. She surely was beautifull, and had a lovely smile. "
The king adressed Henry: "Sir Henry the Swan Knight, you fought bravely in my tournament and entertained my people with your performance.
I hereby grant you permission to marry my niece Mary. Go take a little walk with her, tomorrow we will arrange the marriage."
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi045.jpg)
While the king occupied himself with the other nobles, Henry moved towards the stairs with Mary to take a little walk with her. He took a good look at the beautifull lady.. and then she took a critical glance at him and she opened her mouth: "Is this what you usually wear? from now on you need to wear red, to match my dresses! red is my favorite color, I wear it all the time! And you need to shave that mustache, I don't like it. Your armor doesnt look like much either, from now on you are going to wear a helmet with a big red plume on it! so that everyone can recognize you from afar. And I dont want you seeing those friends of yours either, they are a bad influence on you no doubt! We are going to live in MY castle, that my uncle build for me. No more fighting in tournaments for you, you could get injured. Or worse, some other woman might take a liking to you! From now on you will stay at home, with me all the time every day!"
Henry sighed as she just kept talking and talking, and looked over his shoulder at his brother when he walked past him.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi046.jpg)
Cedric just gave him a knowing smile in return.
Now he realised why his brother withdrew from the tournament, he knew what kind of person was behind that pretty smile. (and it also occured to him this might be the reason why she is given away as a prize in a tournament.)
"... And of course my ten dogs will stay with me all the time, they hate men but I am sure you will get used to them.. my two twin sisters will also be staying with us on occasion. Can't you believe it? I am a triplet! although I am the nice one though, the others tend to be rather bossy.. hey, where are you going?!"
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi047.jpg)
Seeing a rather bleak and unpleasant future ahead of him, Henry decided to make a break for it while he still could and started running, as fast as he could!
"You come back here right now!" Lady Mary ran after him, shaking her fist.
Henry whistled for his horse to come get him, he didnt wait for the horse to stop, he just grabbed his horse and quickly climbed on his back.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi048.jpg)
"Run Hector! run like you have never ran before!" He told his horse with fear in his voice, and quickly fled the city.
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Lady Mary turned to Siegfried Rodich, who just happened to walk by. "Can you believe that? he just ran out on me.."
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi049.jpg)
Siegfried looked at Mary. "Why would he run away from a beautifull lady such as yourself?"
Mary glanced at Siegfried a moment with approval. "Nevermind him, you also fought in the tournament, and you seem to have much better taste in clothes and armor than him! You should marry me!" She grabbed Siegfried and hugged him tightly, while he still wondered about what just happened.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi050.jpg)
"You are not going to get away from me, we will be together forever! Maybe your cousins can marry my twin sisters!"
While Siegfried was quietly pondering whatever he had done to deserve this, Cedric, Frederick and Roderick where preparing themselves for the journey back home.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi051.jpg)
Roderick couldnt help but speak up to Cedric about the turn of events though: "You knew what lady Mary was like all along? why didnt you tell Henry about this?"
Cedric smiled as he looked at the two friends of his younger brother: "I wanted him to learn that not all dangers come from the battlefield. Let this be a lesson to you two as well. Don't go after ladies just because of their looks. Their beauty will fade, but their personality remains.. for better or worse."
Cedric glanced a moment at Mary, causing a shiver to run across his spine as he mounted his horse.
Shortly after they had left the city, Lady Mary managed to convince her uncle, The king, to declare Siegfried Rodich the winner of the tournament. And right after that, the upcoming marriage between Siegfried and Mary was publically announced.
(http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac337/Rhalius/Tournament/toernooi052.jpg)
The people rejoiced at the upcoming wedding.
But standing not far away from their cousin, Heinrich and Wolfgang seemed to be having a hushed discussion with the Lion Prince. Could they be intimidating him? surely such a fine prince wouldnt mingle with such dark knights. And who is that large red bearded knight with them?
Quite a few mysteries to be solved.. but that would be a story for another time.
The End. (of this story. :) Hopefully everyone enjoyed it.)
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Haha! I definitely enjoyed it and look forward to more, Rhalius! Well done. The ending was great. :lol: Too bad for Henry though...
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Great, totally love this story. :love:
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I've been watching this whole story and waiting till it was finished to make a comment it's great, got some good humour in it and I love the older style Klickies very nice :) poor Henry ;D
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Great story and a nice twist in the end.
I wonder about that bearded knight...
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Thanks, is nobody concerned about poor Siegfried though? :lol: Hes going to have to put up with a wife like that, her man hating dogs and her sisters who might be just as bad as she is. ;)
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That was truly a great and funny story! Descriptions of the action was also very good. Poor Siegfried... well, when you keep your eyes shut, you don't see the danger coming. Schopenhauer was not born yet in that time but he would say: 'Men want to control their world, women want to control their men.'
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Thanks, is nobody concerned about poor Siegfried though? :lol: Hes going to have to put up with a wife like that, her man hating dogs and her sisters who might be just as bad as she is. ;)
Henry seemed to get out of it quite easily, so he could too I suppose. :lol:
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Great and funny story, well done my friend you did a wonderful job. :)9 :)9 :)9 :)9
Friendly George. :)
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That was a great story! Thank you!
When you refurnish your house, you definitely need to buy green carpet instead of red! :lol:
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The plan is to have a playmo room in a few years with tables, light blue wall paper and probably something green over the table. ;)
Untill then I will make due with what I got and experiment a bit with angles, getting to know my camera and all that.
Don't be too sure about poor Siegfried getting away though, she held on to him quite well so he may be married next time he pops up in a story. Next time you might get to see how marriage has affected Siegfried. :lol: