|
|
Pereard
Sir Pereard, the Black Knight of the Black Lands, one of the four brothers who kept the passages to Castle Perilous. Tennyson, in Idylls of the King (“Gareth and Lynette”) calls him Night or Nox.
"Anon, as they rode, they saw a knight come swiftly towards them, dressed all in green, who, calling to the damsel said, “Is that my brother, the Black Knight, that ye have brought with you?” “Nay, and alas!” said she, “this kitchen knave hath slain thy brother through mischance.” “Alas!” said the Green Knight, “that such a noble knight as he was should be slain by a knave’s hand. Traitor!” cried he to Sir Beaumains, “thou shalt die for this! Sir Pereard was my brother, and a full noble knight.” “I defy thee,” said Sir Beaumains, “for I slew him knightly and not shamefully.”" The Legends of King Arthur And His Knights By Sir James Knowles
