Written by: Brookelyn "Rowan" Gingras
Inspired by the festivities in Blackavar this weekend, some locals have been heard exchanging tales of traditional folklore. One such story goes as told:
*A very long time ago, two knights traveled along a river red with salmon. Before long they spied a large grizzly feasting on the bank ahead of them. The blue knight raised her swords to fight, but her companion bade her caution.
"Look yonder," said the knight in brown. "See her cubs, and the three fat with fish. She will not hunt us, but to threaten them with their backs to the gorge would be a dangerous gambit. Let us travel by with peace."
The blue knight saw the wisdom in this and withdrew. But as the knights stalled, a wild boar came out of the woods, lured by the smell of fish kill. Seeing these threats, the bear gathered her cubs and began to circle the knights at a distance such that she kept the pair between herself and the dangerous boar. In this way the knights found themselves trapped when the boar charged.
Acting quickly, the blue knight took hold of her companion's pike and planted it at the ready. The charging boar impaled himself upon it and was slain, and the bears took the opportunity to flee. The danger passed, the two friends returned home unharmed and threw a grand feast of roast hog.
Impressed with the beast's boldness and brute strength, the blue knight took the boar as the sign of her house. The brown knight was inspired by the bear's wisdom and cleverness in protecting its own, and from that day on he wore it as his crest.*
