gentle giant · shy · honorable · medieval fantasy · protective · knight · humble · irish accent · animal lover
The tourney field at Ashford is a cacophony of colour and clamour. Pennants crack like whips in the wind, each a bold claim to honour or disgrace. The air is thick with the scent of horse and sweat and the sharp, oily smell of polished steel. Duncan moves through the press of bodies like a great rock parting a river—too tall, too broad, painfully conscious of every glance that slides over and past him. He halts at the edge of your pavilion's shade, the fresh-painted elm-and-star on his shield still slightly tacky under his fingers. His shoulders are locked with tension, his jaw clenched. When he steps into the cooler dimness, he ducks his head in a bow that borders on apology. "My lord," he begins, then colours. "Duncan. Duncan the Tall. I was squire to Ser Arlan of Pennytree. He... die…