Game of Thrones: The Strongest Dragon Mother

Chapter 227 Dany wants to be a mysterious knight

Facts have proved that Dany guessed wrong, the old town nobles did not "play with things and lose their minds". In most cases—especially during the reign of Robert, the purpose of the tournament is twofold: 1. To hurt the upper class for idle eggs Class provides opportunities to gain glory; 2. Provide entertainment programs for poor people, so that they can temporarily forget the difficult life in reality.

To put it bluntly, the martial arts tournament is the Western medieval version of a large-scale reality show selection contest.

**Music theory is still valid here.

The reason why Dany knew this without taking part in the tourney was because she herself had learned the skills of the tourney.

Just like the teacher of etiquette taught her the common etiquette of all city-states and nations, Barristan also taught her the beautiful fist and embroidered legs of the spear match--on the real battlefield, farts are useless.

Having personally participated in many battles, she is fully qualified to say this.

Why do you say that?

The highlight of the martial arts tournament is the joust: two armored knights in full armor stab each other with long and brittle hardwood. They cannot stab horses, necks, faces, and thighs (points will be deducted), and they cannot swing. They can only go straight. I poke me straight at you, and I poke you, generally only attacking the thickest part of the chest plate.

There is also a low wooden fence between the two riders, and there will never be any tragedies such as horse hooves being tripped, horse heads colliding, etc. that often happen on real battlefields.

And it's turn-based, with a smooth charge, running from start to finish, with only one chance to stab in the middle.

Like an elegant lady walking in the courtyard.

This kind of skill is useless on the battlefield, no, the pike competition requires very high horsemanship, strength, and eyesight.

To put it simply, those who can become champions of the martial arts tournament may not have actual combat ability, but they definitely have the talent to become powerful knights.Therefore, in addition to entertaining the public, the lord can also select warriors through tournaments.

If you want to train the skills of killing the enemy, the martial arts tournament is useless at all. It can be used as a sport for exercising body and riding skills, and it is very qualified.

Dany has always been contemptuous of spear sprinting skills, but her body has been honestly practicing with the old knight for a while.

When the two came to the old town, they saw a large tent near the Mead River outside the city wall.

blue, white, gray, azure, red

Tattered, gorgeous, as big as a palace, as small as a large sleeping bag.

The setting sun was like blood, and in the area demarcated by the fence, tents were densely piled up under the city like pebbles by the river.

The shields of the knights hung individually at the tent door, a long line of pennants with the family crests painted on silk - if there were any - fluttered in the wind, and the steel swords and gilded spurs reflected the dim red light in the sunset.

It was already late at this time, the camp was having a feast, and the strings were singing non-stop, and the smoke pillars were like birch forests in the winter wind, densely twisting and rising into the dark sky.

Far away, the singing of singers and the sound of orchestral harps were twisted and twisted into the distant Rose Avenue.

After approaching, Dany also saw a huge manatee pierced by a thick tree trunk with arms. The strange aroma of apples made passers-by secretly swallow their saliva.

Her throat was wriggling and her belly was rumbling. Dany stared at the scorched manatee and said to the old knight without looking back, "I also want to participate in the tournament."

The old knight persuaded softly: "Not all riders are eligible to participate in Sir Tyrell's banquet, you don't even want to eat those delicacies when you enter the camp now, and the manatee looks fat, but the meat is actually a bit thick, not as good as beef eat."

By asking the roadside riders, Dani and the others also figured out the ins and outs of the tournament.

As expected, the organizers were the Earl Hightower family, known as the heir to the earl of Laughing Baylor and the eldest brother of Linnis, Baelor Hightower.

But outside the golden-rimmed pure white tent that was as gorgeous as a palace in the center of the camp, there was the "golden rose on a green background" flag of the Tyrell family of Highgarden - a golden rose blooming on the verdant green fields.

The second son of the Tyrell family in Highgarden, "The Brave" Garland also came, and they joined forces with the Hightower family to recruit free riders in Old Town to deal with the increasingly rampant ironborn pirates.

The tournament was like a huge magnet, attracting Highgarden, Dorne, and even idle riders from the West and the Kinglands.

They hadn't thought about selecting a group of fierce leaders from the free riders, but it was easy to find three to five thousand elite cavalry.

There is no such thing as mercenaries in Westeros, but there are many similar professions.

In the Seven Kingdoms, which is a knightly civilization, there are almost no infantry and mercenaries. In other words, if you don’t even have a horse, your employers don’t look down on you at all, and you can’t get business as a mercenary.

According to their status, Westeros knights are roughly divided into four levels: free riders (wild knights with one man, one sword, one piece of broken leather armor, and one rough horse), hired knights (free riders hired by the lord), and Noble knights (knights granted fiefs by the lords), noble knights (real nobles with titles and fiefs)

Dany and Barristan's identities at this time are wild knights, and there are so many such people in the Seven Kingdoms.

Of course, there are very few female knights, and most of them are still difficult to get ahead.

For example, "Beauty" Brienne and "Beauty" Meris, both of them aspired to become great female knights since they were young.

Alas, it's fine to be ridiculed. As strong and ugly as Brienne, if she didn't have the aura of "protagonist", she would have been strengthened many times.

Meris does not have the identity of the heir to the earl, was born in an ordinary family of hired knights, and has never met her own "James" (James Lannister saved Brienne), the key is that she is far less safe than Brienne, Can't get along in Westeros at all - according to Lyra the redhead, her lord led a few knights, knocked her longsword off, knocked her off-horse, and then taunted her while turning her .

As a last resort, Meris could only travel across the ocean to work as a mercenary in the trading city-state next door. As a result, her teammates were not very good. After getting drunk, she became a beast, and more than half of the entire mercenary group took her turn.

Like a wild beast, it cut off her breasts, bit off her ears, gnawed off her nose, and finally left a deep cross scar on each of her cheeks.

Survival depends entirely on her extraordinary will and unyielding spirit.

Fortunately, the Prince in Ragged Clothes took her in, and the reputation and atmosphere of the Windblown Group were far better than other mercenary groups. Melis had to meet the "Master of the Ming Dynasty", and gradually showed her talent, became a leader, and even became a leader of the Windblown Group—Interrogation official.

Well, Melis is said to be able to torture a tortured person for a full month before he dies.

In the world of ice and fire, women are too cruel, and noble girls are taken into marriages, or played with by higher-status nobles (her family is mostly happy about this).

Ordinary girls are even worse, the beautiful ones are strengthened by the lord, and the ugly ones, no matter how ugly you are, how can you be uglier than the "beauty" Brienne?

Even she lost her virginity many times.

As for speaking ability

If it is a high-level martial arts and a high-level demon, it is okay to say, but they are as powerful as Brienne and Melis, and they may be able to anal male warriors one-on-one. If you are lucky, you can win one-on-two, one-on-three, but when there are more than five enemies, Not even Arthur Dayne was sure of his life.

When they passed the tourney camp and waited in line to pass through the city gate, the old knight approached Dany and whispered, "My lord, women are not allowed to participate in the tourney."

The sky was dark, and fire towers had been lit on both sides of the city gate. Because there would be a martial arts tournament in the near future, there were many wild knights coming from all over the city, and there were many riders and carriages waiting in line at the city gate.

"This martial arts tournament is mainly for recruiting riders, and there is no limit to the identity of the contestants. Who knows if I am a man or a woman when I wear a visor?" Dany asked with a smile.

The rules of the martial arts competition are generally fixed, but depending on the venue and the personality of the host, some small details may be different.

For example, if a lord who devoutly believed in the Seven Gods held a martial arts tournament in front of his house in the name of the Seven Gods, he might stipulate that only regular knights who were anointed with holy oil were allowed to participate.

But the tournament is a well-known social activity in Westeros, almost similar to the Asian Spring Festival. In most cases, as long as you have a horse, anyone can come to the competition.

Even though it was stipulated that women were not allowed to participate, no one went to check the little Jiji of the knights in the competition one by one.

Glancing at someone nearby, Dany's expression remained unchanged, she pursed her lips, and continued, "I know how Barristan got the title of 'Fearless'.

Fifty years ago at the Black Harbor Tournament, Barristan, who was only ten years old, "picked up" a set of armor from somewhere, participated in the competition as a mysterious knight, and even dared to challenge Prince Duncan.

In the end, he was defeated by the prince, and his visor was lifted off, causing everyone present to laugh at him loudly.

Prince Dragonfly had a good impression of him, not only expressed sympathy and appreciation, but at the end, he also gave him the nickname of 'Barristan the Fearless'. "

The old knight can be called a living history book, even the first generation of ex-married men knew each other.

"I didn't pick up the armor," the old knight shook his head sadly. "At that time, he was Sir Manfred Swann's knight squire. When he learned that he had the idea of ​​participating in the tournament, the sons of the Sir family pooled money to build it for him. A small set of iron armor."

Fifty years have passed, not to mention the great knights who served, even the childhood friends are no longer alive, it is really sad to think about it.

The Old Town is a bit similar to Volantis. Both of them wrap the mouth of the river into the city, but the Mead River is not as wide as the Lorne River, and the water volume is much lower. There are many gray stone arch bridges on the river.

There are also a few small islands dotted in the center of the river. There are many tall houses built on the islands, which are connected to the two banks through stone bridges. There are also adjacent islands with arched stone bridges built between them.

Ignoring the western architectural style, Danni had the illusion of coming to the Qinhuai River in Yangzhou. Three or four-story brick and stone buildings on both sides of the river stretched out with colored paper lanterns.

Passers-by walk leisurely along the river, and there are brightly lit flower boats on the river, the nose of makeup and powder, women's charming laughter and the sound of zither playing can be faintly heard.

"My God, the base is bigger than the old Great Pyramid of Ghisse. The towering tower really lives up to its reputation!"

In fact, outside the city, you can see the tall tower stretching into the indigo night, the 240-meter-high building, and its top floor is burning with raging flames, providing the clearest direction for ships traveling to and from Whispering Bay.

After approaching, I was shocked to find that the towering tower occupies the entire island, as huge as a big castle, roughly estimated to exceed [-] square meters.

"Of course, the towering tower is one of the nine wonders of the world!"

(End of this chapter)