Guards! Guards! Some Kid With A Sword

Guards! Guards! Some Kid With A Sword

As predicted, some kid with a sword comes to challenge the dragon. Anyone who has been reading the rest of the book knows this is a ringer set up by the Elucidated Brethren. Yes, he can swing the sword. But how much of that is a necessary skill for ruling?

This one came out… okay. Not getting into my continuing inability to draw horses, dramatic dismounts are hard.

I mostly based the armor on Mordred’s from Excalibur.

discworld illustration pen and ink knight warrior armor sword horse dismount challenge
The boy’s horse jigged nervously on the plaza’s flagstones as he dismounted, flourished the sword and turned to face the distant enemy.
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