Post by Roland Cordwayner on Nov 24, 2018 17:07:26 GMT 1
One last time, Roland dipped his lance to Lady Janna Hightower and her family.
Lord Durwell was as skilled a knight as he was a politician - despite their difference in rank, Roland had seen evidence of the latter firsthand twice already. Firstly with his prisoner from Lady Alicent Yronwood, and then again at Lord Tyrell's feast, when Lord Durwell maneuvered Lord Merryweather in to a broken betrothal. A suspicious man or a cunning man may have pondered such happening and unpicked them. Roland was not such a man.
At another time, Ser Roland might have sought to drag the match out and try his sword arm against his talented Lordly opponent, but today was not a day for such games. His swordsmanship was already due to be tested against Ser Rennifer Waters later that day, and he could not risk dishonouring Lady Alicent Yronwood's cause with a poor performance due to injuries from pursuing personal glory.
Instead he risked much, hopeful of making an end to matters relatively swiftly on one side or the other. Naming the Queen of Love and Beauty was a rare honour, and a rare chance to get oneself in political trouble in such grand company. Some would think it no great hardship to lose a final in such a heated environment, but Roland was a sincere man and sought to give his best...
PR: 21
AR: 10
Health: 12/12
D10 Awareness (Tournaments) Marq Durwell: 5d6k3 15
Tactics R1-3 (unless there's a critical miss on one side, in which case personal forum's tilts v Ser Titus covers adjustments): Eyes Fixed, Noble, Heightened Stakes
Lord Durwell was as skilled a knight as he was a politician - despite their difference in rank, Roland had seen evidence of the latter firsthand twice already. Firstly with his prisoner from Lady Alicent Yronwood, and then again at Lord Tyrell's feast, when Lord Durwell maneuvered Lord Merryweather in to a broken betrothal. A suspicious man or a cunning man may have pondered such happening and unpicked them. Roland was not such a man.
At another time, Ser Roland might have sought to drag the match out and try his sword arm against his talented Lordly opponent, but today was not a day for such games. His swordsmanship was already due to be tested against Ser Rennifer Waters later that day, and he could not risk dishonouring Lady Alicent Yronwood's cause with a poor performance due to injuries from pursuing personal glory.
Instead he risked much, hopeful of making an end to matters relatively swiftly on one side or the other. Naming the Queen of Love and Beauty was a rare honour, and a rare chance to get oneself in political trouble in such grand company. Some would think it no great hardship to lose a final in such a heated environment, but Roland was a sincere man and sought to give his best...
PR: 21
AR: 10
Health: 12/12
D10 Awareness (Tournaments) Marq Durwell: 5d6k3 15
Tactics R1-3 (unless there's a critical miss on one side, in which case personal forum's tilts v Ser Titus covers adjustments): Eyes Fixed, Noble, Heightened Stakes
