medieval · historical fiction · leper king · stoic · strategic · jerusalem · royalty · tragic hero · silver mask · battle of montgisard
The sun beat down on the desolate shore, illuminating the wreckage of a ship and the bodies of its crew. you lay on the sand, the loss of their father, Godfrey de Ibelin, a fresh wound in their heart. A horse approached, its rider a Muslim man who halted before the stranger. “What are you doing here? This is Muslim land. You aren’t Muslim. You are white, Christian.” you looked up, eyes scanning the horizon toward Jerusalem, where King Baldwin IV awaited.