Chevalier de la Roine

Chevalier de la Roine
Grail knight, fuckboy, DILF
Known as	The Queen's Knight
Species	Human
Gender	Yes
Occupation	Knight
Created for	Chalice

The Chevalier de la Roine was born to a powerful magician, the younger of two children, but his mother was murdered by her rival, Morgan le Fay. He was taken in by the church and later became the squire to Accolon, a Knight of Camelot. He courted a young noble lady named Blanchefleur, but after his mentor was killed in a disagreement over a love affair, he swore never to fall in love or let anyone fall in love with him. After his mentor's death, he set out on his own Grail quest.

Biography

Grail Quest

Shortly after starting his Grail quest, the Chevalier ran afoul of a local lord and was saved by a chance encounter with Blanchefleur. However, he sensed that she was falling in love with him, and he fled in the middle of the night.

Later, he came across a floating castle identical to the one his enchantress mother lived in, albeit devoid of people. It awakened memories of his early childhood there, and he swore vengeance against the magician who killed his mother - the same one responsible for the death of his mentor, Accolon.

Vengeance

Upon returning to his mother's homeland, he discovered that all traces of his family have disappeared, and the locals don't remember his mother at all - obviously the work of her rival, Morgan le Fay. He bested the local lord's favorite knight in a duel and took his place, using his new position to promote stories of his mother's legacy.

Blanchefleur arrived to visit the court, and she initially held the Chevalier's actions against him. After he explained his new quest for vengeance, she began to sympathize and shared the story of her own family's problems with Morgan le Fay.

While on the road, he meets another knight, Lanval, who claims to have found the Grail. However, he was judged unworthy to possess it and nearly lost his mind in the attempt. The Chevalier brought Lanval into his service.

Isolda

While traveling, the Chevalier was separated from Lanval and came across a mysterious and beautiful stranger bathing in a lake. The stranger disappeared after inviting him to bathe with her, but some months later a hooded figure appeared at the court where the two knights were staying, carrying a child. The Chevalier claimed the child and announced he will raise her as his own. He told no one about the beautiful stranger.

During a hunting trip, he fell asleep under a tree. When he woke and returned to court, he discovered that years had passed, and his daughter Isolda is now ten years old.

While the Chevalier was away on a hunting trip, Lanval died while repelling fairies who had come to take Isolda away with them. Devastated and furious, the Chevalier returned to the woods until he could locate a fairy emissary and beg them to leave him and Isolda alone. They agreed, as long as he agreed to keep in contact with the fairy court and notify them of his travels with Isolda.

Heliabel

The Chevalier was sent to rescue a noblewoman named Heliabel who was kidnapped by bandits while betrothed to a lord named Nantres. During the trip, a handsome knight guided him through unfamiliar territory. Eventually, the knight revealed herself to, in fact, be Heliabel. She explained that she orchestrated her own kidnapping to escape her betrothal, but she agreed to return because she misses her home. He promised not to reveal her true identity to the lord, although he did not confess that he was beginning to develop feelings for her.

After he told the lord that he were unable to locate Heliabel, a courtier the Chevalier befriended accused him of being in league with the barbarians who kidnapped her. The Chevalier's reputation was ruined. He, Isolda, and the disguised Heliabel left court in disgrace, and he vowed himself against returning to courtly society.

As a result of their exploits together, you and Heliabel created the epithet "Chevalier de la Roine," implying that he is her knight. Because of his ruined reputation, the traveling party agreed not to refer to him by any other name when in the company of others.

Anselm

While resting in a meadow away from his party, the Chevalier was approached by a pair of richly-dressed servants who directed him to the tent of their noble patron. Struck by the patron's charm and beauty, the Chevalier become his lover. He was showered with affection and great riches — on the condition that he cannot tell anyone of the patron's existence. The Chevalier agreed; he already felt guilty about his actions because of his feelings for Heliabel.

Blanchefleur returned to the Chevalier again and gave him information on how to find Morgan le Fay. However, Blanchefleur figured out the nature of Isolda's parentage, and while trying to explain, the Chevalier accidentally revealed his feelings for Heliabel and hinted at what happened with his wealthy, mysterious lover. They argued viciously over his treatment of Blanchefleur and his lack of consideration for her feelings, and she secretly left in the night with the patron's riches and the unicorn horn.

The Chevalier attended a ball in the court of a far-away Germanic lord who may have knowledge of the Grail. There, he met mysterious patron again, the lord's son Anselm. The Chevalier promised to keep their knowledge of each other a secret if Anselm helped him in his twin quests - vengeance and the Grail.

After meeting up again, the Chevalier, Heliabel, and Isolda were attacked by a pair of giants. Isolda, now fourteen years old, proved herself to be a stronger, fiercer, and more determined fighter than her father. Soon afterward, he had a dream that prophesised a future conflict in which he would need to decide whether to defend your family or take the opportunity to seize the Grail. Heliabel and Isolda argued over the vision; Heliabel wished he would fulfill your promise and fight for her, while Isolde would stop at nothing to seize the Grail. In the end, Isolda left on her own quest for the Grail with her father's blessing.

Legacies

While lost within a deep wood, the Chevalier and Heliabel stumbled across a great revelry. Each fairy took a deep draught from a golden goblet before at last offering it to the two knights. Together, they drank from the proffered cup and later woke up entwined, each with a Grail-outline seared into your chest. The Chevalier believed this meant that his quest for the Grail would forever be tied to his relationship with Heliabel.

Not long after, the two knights came upon Anselm's retinue at a wayside inn. After a disasterously awkward meeting with the lord's son, the Chevalier and Heliabel agreed to secretly take him with them as their anonymous patron to avoid damaging anyone's reputation further.

The party soon came upon a fire-breathing dragon and overcame it after a nasty fight. The Chevalier and Anselm survived; Heliabel did not. They discovered that the dragon was guarding a horde of magical artifacts, including a mysterious compass carved with the image of a Grail. They followed the compass into a valley infested with venemous serpents, but lost the item while attempting to cross. The Chevalier told himself that souvenir of Heliabel's sacrifice was less important than discovering the Grail and, hopefully, finding her again.

The fairy court was watching this journey and now judged the Chevalier worthy of visiting their home. There, they blessed him with visions of his fallen loved ones - his mother, Accolon, Lanval, and Heliabel. They promised he only have to find Isolda again, and she would guide him back here whenever he wished.

Afterward, he decided to keep this moment in his heart forever. He set aside all he had won and been known for, so that he could become anonymous and create images of this beautiful scene. He followed Anselm back to his home, where the lord's son spun a wild tale about his misadventures, and the Chevalier took up residence there impersonating a monk. He spent the rest of his days weaving and illuminating manuscripts, in the company of Anselm and, sometimes, Isolda.

Affiliations

People

• Accolon: mentor (deceased)
• Anselm: patron, lover
• Blanchefleur: friend, ex
• Lanval: friend, follower
• Heliabel: lover, ally
• Isolda: daughter

Groups

• Knights of the Round Table
• Fairy court

Quotes

Before I knew you I dreamed of you.
In the desert's glassy dark, your body spread out
on thread grass, I raised a handful of snow
to your lips. You who will teach me silence
in the full light of day, who will take the words
from my mouth with bare hands. Joyful
and at the same time, wretched —
this is what you'll do to me.
By morning you've disappeared,
the sand has settled in my black hair
and I know you well.

It'll heal ugly, but most things do.
You can have it all, just not all at once.

Although history should not become a straitjacket, which overwhelms and binds, neither should it be forgotten. One must critique it, test it, confront it, and understand it in order to achieve a freedom that is more than license, to achieve true, adult agency.