Sir Calard has grown up a lot, and between wanting to see him grow further in his knighthood and the cliffhanger ending, "Knight of the Realm" is definitely next on my list. This even has a tragic flaw that sets everything in motion. Calard in particular is a great example of a fundamentally decent personality type who only really needs a good education to shock him out of his expectations.įor all its hooves-a-thunder and flashing blades (and this one definitely puts the "war" in "Warhammer"), "Knight Errant" is a surprisingly human story, and about family and growth and loss as much as it is about the desperate struggle against inhuman evil. The characters types are old-fashioned, but not stereotypes, and none are without any sympathetic qualities, save for perhaps the gors, ungors, and other assorted nasties of the beast-horde that descends on Bordeleaux and Bastonne. Brettonians in WHF books are pretty rare, so it's a good thing that Sir Calard of Garamont and his fellows are interesting folks.
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