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Sir Brunor le Noir Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/9/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Part of the Le Morte d'Arthur series of caches. This cache is in honor of Sir Brunor le Noir
 


Sir Brunor the Black was the son of Sir Brunor Senior the 'Good Knight without Fear,' and brother of Sirs Dinadan and Daniel. The unlucky knight lost much of his family before he arrived at Arthur's Court. His father was murdered and Sir Lancelot slew his brother, Daniel. Sir Lancelot thus became his sworn enemy, but the two fought to a draw at Castle Dusbergo and seem to have instigated an uneasy truce thereafter.

Sir Brunor travelled to Camelot wearing his dead father's coat which he had vowed not to take off until his murder had been avenged. It did not fit Sir Brunor at all and, upon his arrival at the Royal Court, Sir Kay scoffed at him, dubbing him "La Cote Mal Tailliée" - the Knight of the Ill-Fitting Coat.

Such mockery, no doubt, did nothing for his reputation and Sir Brunor was rejected for a position in King Arthur's service. He departed in disgust but, later, Sir Gawain spoke out on his behalf and a messenger was sent to call him back to Court. After a number of adventures, Sir Brunor returned and King Arthur knighted him.

Sir Kay continued his attempts at humiliating the Black Knight by arranging his first joust to be against the King Arthur's jester, Dagonet. However, Sir Brunor soon proved his worth to his peers by rescuing Queen Guinevere from a lion that had escaped from the King's menagerie. Arthur thus decided, at the request of Ill-Speaking Maiden, to send him to avenge the death of a knight in Sorelais (possibly the Isle of Man). The Black Knight lacked skill in jousting - being badly defeated by Sirs Bleoberis and Palamides on his journey - but, on foot, he was unmatchable and slew a dozen knights at the Castle Orguellous. He was captured and imprisoned at Pendragon Castle by Sir Brian of the Isles, but was rescued by Sir Lancelot. This appears to have caused their reconciliation and the two became good friends. They went to Sorelois together and killed the six evil brothers named in Brunor's quest.

On home journey, Sir Brian was finally evicted from Pendragon Castle and Lancelot gave it to Sir Brunor. Arthur made him a Knight of the Round Table, he married the Ill-Speaking Maiden, and they lived together in their Northerly fortress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cache is located in a beautiful little park that I did not know about untill I place the cache. It is a small camo jar.

This cache is part of the Le Morte d'Arthur puzzle cache. There is a number written at the top of the log write it down if you intend to do the puzzle cache. If you had already found the cache before the number was there or missed the number feel free to email me and as long as I can verify that you have a log for the cache I will send you the number.

Congrats to csi3 on FTF!

Other Caches in the series:

GC4WCJY - Sir Gareth
GC4WTN5 - Sir Galahad
GC4WWTM - Sir Gawain
GC4WR07 - Sir Tristan
GC4X5T4 - Sir Percivale
GC4XAB1 - Sir Bors the Younger
GC4XH7Y - Sir Ector de Maris
GC4XH9C - Sir Lancelot
GC4WN2X  - Sir Lionel

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fghpx orgjrra n ebpx naq n uneq cynpr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)