Eighteen
Life at Court
Summer/Autumn 952 MC
The king spared no expense to entertain his guests with the elaborate celebration that followed the investiture. All the new knights, and many of the guests drank to excess and gorged themselves, save Beverly, who was more modest with her drink and the food that she ate. It was astounding the amount of drink the knights could imbibe, and she politely refused when ‘dared’ to drink a large tankard of ale. It was tradition, the other knights insisted, but she would have none of it. There were stories told of battlefield prowess, but Beverly was sure that most of them were made-up. The details didn’t seem to fit the stories, and her experiences were quite different.
Most of the nobles presently residing in the capital were in attendance, includin
