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-as If From a Dream-

CHIVALRY'S WARRIORS, HONOR BOUND KNIGHTS, CROSSING TIMES LONG FORGOTTEN, THEY COME. OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF THE AGES THEY COME. THESE MOUNTED WARRIORS, OUT BEYOND THE FAR REACHING FIELD TO THE TREELINE OF THE DARK FOREST. YOU CAN SEE THEM, ADVANCING AS IF FROM A DREAM. SYMBOLIC FIGURES FROM THE STUFF OF LEGEND WITH IDEALISTIC VALUES NO LONGER PRESENT, THEY ARE REMINDERS OF HARD FOUGHT BATTLES AND HEROIC FEATS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN COMMONPLACE. THESE BE ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS, FORGED IN THE FIRES OF WARFARE AND FEARLESS IN THEIR QUEST FOR PEACEFUL DAYS. UNITED UNDER PENDRAGON'S BANNER, THEY SERVE HIM WHO WIELDS EXCALIBUR. THE LAST BASTION OF LIGHT IN A TIME OF ONCOMING DARKNESS, THEY ARE THE FADING IMAGE OF ORDER AGAINST THOSE WHO WOULD PLUNGE THE LAST GLIMPSES OF CIVILIZATION INTO CHAOTIC DESTRUCTION AND UNENDING NIGHT- ( REMEMBERING A TIME OF HEROES) Douglas L. Ace

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Date: 2/17/2009 6:52:00 AM
I always did have an interest in the Medieval Era. The Knights in Shining armor. The Knights of the round table. This write reflects greatly that interesting era. Good write Douglas.
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