[He thinks a moment on Ice, his father's sword--lost, now, to King's Landing--but that is a different sword, and something sadder than a story--and he has an audience to remember, so he does not dwell long on that thought.]
Ser Morgil had a modest holding south of King's Landing, and Aemon met him there to settle Naerys' honor. Ser Morgil was very foolish and met Aemon in combat with his sword. Their duel did not last a full hour, so strong was Aemon's arm and blade and conviction. His Dark Sister knew how to find the chinks in Morgil's great black plate--it was a huge sword, but Aemon wielded it as if it were a blade of Bravos--and he had Morgil winded from turning to try to keep him in view.
And in the end--some say that Morgil was very foolish--and some say he saw that he realized he was wrong, that the gods were with Aemon becasue Naerys' honor was pure--and some say he was only tired, and wished for a glorious end, or perhaps he was a coward--but he tried to rush Aemon, and Dark Sister bit right through his plate and mail and surcoat and speared him straight through, like a pig on a spit.
[DISGUSTING. He smiles, pleased at that flourish.]
So Morgil was defeated, and Aemon gave his body to his family to be buried properly, because he was very honorable, even if Morgil wasn't. He could have had his head off and mounted it as a warning, but he didn't. Instead he rode back to the Red Keep, and his sister gave him a kiss and a favor of a new set of armor, fashioned of smoked black steel.
But that's not the armor that he wore when he fought in the tourney that same season--because he was disguised that time, so he could joust without being discovered. Do they have jousts, where you are from?
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Ser Morgil had a modest holding south of King's Landing, and Aemon met him there to settle Naerys' honor. Ser Morgil was very foolish and met Aemon in combat with his sword. Their duel did not last a full hour, so strong was Aemon's arm and blade and conviction. His Dark Sister knew how to find the chinks in Morgil's great black plate--it was a huge sword, but Aemon wielded it as if it were a blade of Bravos--and he had Morgil winded from turning to try to keep him in view.
And in the end--some say that Morgil was very foolish--and some say he saw that he realized he was wrong, that the gods were with Aemon becasue Naerys' honor was pure--and some say he was only tired, and wished for a glorious end, or perhaps he was a coward--but he tried to rush Aemon, and Dark Sister bit right through his plate and mail and surcoat and speared him straight through, like a pig on a spit.
[DISGUSTING. He smiles, pleased at that flourish.]
So Morgil was defeated, and Aemon gave his body to his family to be buried properly, because he was very honorable, even if Morgil wasn't. He could have had his head off and mounted it as a warning, but he didn't. Instead he rode back to the Red Keep, and his sister gave him a kiss and a favor of a new set of armor, fashioned of smoked black steel.
But that's not the armor that he wore when he fought in the tourney that same season--because he was disguised that time, so he could joust without being discovered. Do they have jousts, where you are from?