Vanquished
My Round 2 story for the writing contest - no picture this time, we had to write a story with a fight scene *eek*
Vanquished
The winter wind howled around the castle walls, the breeze that crept in through the windows causing the flickering light from the many torches to cast eerie shadows across the rough stone. Following his victory against the English king Harold, William of Normandy had been most generous with his rewards to those who had served him throughout his reign as the country’s new king. The newly acquired land had been carved up between those who had accompanied him across the Channel in his quest for the throne that had been promised to him by Harold’s predecessor, both his fellow Normans and those who had joined him from neighbouring regions. (more…)
