Once again Thursday has arrived and Tough Travel is upon us!  That’s right, we’re off, following Nathan, from the Fantasy Review Barn, down the yellow brick road to wherever it should lead:  This week :

Knights:

Um. Noble rich people on horseback. Come on, you people know what knights are. (Topic provided byMiriam)

Sebastian – I love this character.  Strictly speaking he has been banished from Ynnsmouth where he was a knight – however, I’ll let you find out about that for yourselves because I know you’ll be on Sebastian’s side!  The Copper Promise and Iron Ghost by Jen Williams

Merry from LotR – you know I had to go there – wasn’t he named a Knight of the Mark for his bravery in battle – plus helping to kill one of the main baddies??  Now, the picture below is not Merry but, you know, I thought we should look at the Mark itself…..ahem.

Sir Guy of Gisbourne from Howard Pyle’s Robin Hood – to be honest I don’t remember a great deal about him but I know he was in that story somewhere!

Jaime Lannister from GRRM’s Game of Thrones.  Been a knight for many a long year – whether you like him or not – there it is!  I so wanted to put the Hound – but he’s not a knight unlike his rather cruel brother Ser Gregor.

Roiben – a seelie knight and one of the main characters from Holly Black’s Tithe.

Plus – there are lots of Knights – in the Golden Son, by Pierce Brown – my current read!

Them’s my contributions except for one very honourable mention : Sir Didymus from The Labyrinth:

‘Sir Ludo, canst thou summon up the very rocks?’