Sir Gawain #4

Let it be known that I, Sir Gawain, adhere strictly to the tenets and code that are becoming of any knight in the realm and Arthur's court. There are five in total and are as follows, friendship, generosity, chastity, courtesy, and piety. For example, in the story of my escapades with the Green knight, all of these values were tested in some form of another. At the beginning, when the court of knights were challenged by the green knight, I was the only one to accept his challenge in order to uphold the chivalry of the Knights of the round table. My piety was tested on the road a year later in my quest to find the Green knight as promised, luckily for me my prayers were answered as I found refuge from the elements in the castle of Bertilak. Once there I was tested again over three nights by sexual temptations presented the wife of Bertilak, which I denied of course. However, there is a moment of when I abandoned the code, and that was when I was lied to Bertilak about receiving a magical sash from his wife to protect my life against the Green knight. To this day I still wear the sash as a reminder of that fateful day. In regards to violence, I only engage if absolutely necessary or in order to defend the lives of the innocent as dictated by the tenets of the order. As for love and romance, I respect the dignity and virtue of all women and will do my best to uphold the sacred covenant between husband and wife.

I am concerned of Sir Bedivere's fear of losing his other hand. You see, tragic as it is that a man of his status and close companion of King Arthur was injured in such a way, I worry his fear may interfere with his duty to protect Arthur and serve him as necessary. As for Sir Tristran, the man's anger and violent rage seems to be growing ever strong as of late. I hope he does not cause any undo harm to any companions while his emotions are running high. I pray that he learns some control over himself.