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Skeletons of a medieval knight and a female companion were found under the floorboards of a chapel in a castle in Scotland. Further info proves that the knight had several old injuries, doubtless from battles, but the killing blow was struck as the man was lying on the floor, by a sword through his face. There were no details about the cause of death of the woman. Does this just beg to have its story written?
Now the attached article takes a little of the romance out of the story as I read on, but with just that much information, my mind went wild!
First thing that caught my mind’s eye was the fact that the knight was found under the floor boards of a chapel. Nice outta the way place to hide a body that someone didn’t want found.
I was just starting to deliberate on why he might have been killed when I a second thing caught my mind’s eye: the skeleton of a woman was found beside him. Well, that makes it juicy! I could just see the lord of the manor bursting in the room full of jealous rage as he witnesses his wife in an intimate conversation with another man.
Third interesting thought is the origin of this man; there is some speculation that he was French, so the husband intrudes on this heathen from a foreign land, who not only infiltrates his home, but seduces his wife.
Oh, the places my mind goes!
I could see a political plot to overthrow the lord be squelched by the murder of the man; maybe the Frenchman was a spy, settled into the role by an opposing ruler who wanted to gain the land. Maybe the Frenchman was a messenger from that ruler, bringing a letter from the opposition in hopes of wooing the wife and gaining that power.
What if the knight wasn’t killed by the lord at all! Suppose the lord was blamed all along for the disappearance of his wife and the knight, but since no bodies turned up, nothing could be proved. Maybe the knight’s family took out their vengeance on the lord, because he had been the only one, on the surface, who would benefit from the man’s death.
I don’t think the lord killed the spy-knight at all. I think he was killed by the opposition because he betrayed them. His great love for the lord’s wife wouldn’t allow him to put her into any danger. I think she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and was killed to cover up the original murder. As for hiding them beneath the foundation of the chapel that the lord was having built, that was just making the most of the opportunity!
Well, that’s the way it all looked in my mind anyway. Truth be known, the chapel was built much later over a small cemetery – plot killer!
Your turn! What type of things does this story unlock in your imagination?
