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Sir Lancelot Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 1/25/2014
Difficulty:
2 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 Lancelot


Sir Lancelot was the son of King Ban of Benwick by his wife Elaine. After his father's death, he was left near a lake by his mother and was taken in by the mystical Lady of the Lake who raised him. When he grew up, Sir Lancelot travelled to the British Royal Court and set up home at Castle Joyous Guard in Northern Britain. He became King Arthur's trusted companion and a Knight of the Round Table. Unfortunately however, he fell in love with Queen Guinevere and commenced a prolonged affair with her. When Guinevere was abducted by King Meleagant  Lancelot pur­sued him in a cart, a humble mode of conveyance in which the knight was reluctant to travel. The two fought, but the villain’s father pleaded with Guinevere to spare Meleagant’s life. So their combat was stopped. After further insults however, Lancelot eventually slew him at Arthur's court. Sir Lancelot was also the object of the affections of Elaine the Lily Maid of Astolat who died of a broken heart when he rejected her. An old story tells how, while visiting her father, Lancelot went riding in Windsor Forest. He fell asleep by St. Leonard’s Well, just as a lady and her hunting party arrived chasing a deer. She immediately shot the poor knight in the buttocks and rode off! Another Elaine was the daughter of King Pelles of Ebrauc and, when Lancelot stayed with them, the family nurse arranged for Elaine to sleep with Lancelot. The nurse cast an illusion on Elaine to appear as Queen Guinevere, and Sir Lancelot was fooled into sleeping with her. As a result, Sir Galahad was conceived. When this happened a second time, Guinevere discovered the pair in flagrante delicto and sent Lancelot packing. The lovers were, however, soon reunited.

Years later, Sir Galahad arrived at court. He was knighted by his father and the Grail Quest began. During this adventure, Galahad outshone his father. Sir Lancelot was unable to succeed because of his sinful relationship with Guinevere, despite his promise to end the affair and to perform acts of penance. When he tried to approach the Holy Grail, he was knocked unconscious. Lancelot and Guinevere were eventually discovered together by the evil Sir Mordred. Sir Lancelot fled, but returned to rescue Guinevere from being burnt at the stake. He killed Sirs Agravaine, Gaheris and Gareth in the process. War between him and King Arthur followed but was broken off when the the latter had to return to Britain to deal with Sir Mordred's rebellion.

This cache is located ontop of the damn of Tucker lake directly. The cache is in a small camo pill jar right right off the path.

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 Team Kremser on FTF!

Other Caches in the series:

GC4WCJY - Sir Gareth
GC4WPH3 - Sir Brunor le Noir
GC4WTN5 - Sir Galahad
GC4WWTM - Sir Gawain
GC4WR07 - Sir Tristan
GC4X5T4 - Sir Percivale
GC4XAB1 - Sir Bors the Younger
GC4XH7Y - Sir Ector de Maris
GC4WN2X - Sir Lionel

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

fznyy juvgr ebpx fheebhaqrq ol ynetr oynpx ebpxf arne gur gbc bs gur qnza orybj gur zbirzrag zbahzrag.

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)