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The Perilous Cemetery
Published in 1994: In The Perilous Cemetery adventure, Gawain is required to fight the devil himself. In repayment for having cured a young woman of madness, the devil keeps her entombed in a grave by day and requires her by night to fulfil his sexual desires.
478 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1994
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September 1, 2021
"I can't tell you my name," ·
Said Gawain, "for I lost it,
And I don't know who took it from me.
"Now I must go seek it,
But I do not know where to look for it."
Okay so in this story Sir Gawain:
1. Lets a lady get kidnapped because leaving dinner early would be impolite
2. Fights Satan in a duel and wins
3. I should mention that Gawain is fighting Satan in the first place because he didn't want to leave the cursed cemetery because he'd have to leave his horse outside the city walls and he was worried his horse would get hurt. What a king honestly
4. Breaks up a relationship just by standing there
5. Has sex with a lady outside, next to a cross, in a thunderstorm
6. Has to investigate his own purported murder apparently??
Anyway this book is um. Deeply weird and a bit problematic but I stayed up all night to read it, so. It's WILD. Gawain's response to bad things that happens is always 'hmm, I hope this doesn't make me look bad!' instead of worrying about the people hurt and I think that says a lot about him. God he's such a dumpster fire and I love him so much. Gawain is very image-conscious and almost...I want to say performative about chivalry? I'm not sure if the writer intended him to come across that way or not. Anyway my conclusion is that he would be AWFUL on Twitter.
This story was an experience and I'm kind of awestruck.
Said Gawain, "for I lost it,
And I don't know who took it from me.
"Now I must go seek it,
But I do not know where to look for it."
Okay so in this story Sir Gawain:
1. Lets a lady get kidnapped because leaving dinner early would be impolite
2. Fights Satan in a duel and wins
3. I should mention that Gawain is fighting Satan in the first place because he didn't want to leave the cursed cemetery because he'd have to leave his horse outside the city walls and he was worried his horse would get hurt. What a king honestly
4. Breaks up a relationship just by standing there
5. Has sex with a lady outside, next to a cross, in a thunderstorm
6. Has to investigate his own purported murder apparently??
Anyway this book is um. Deeply weird and a bit problematic but I stayed up all night to read it, so. It's WILD. Gawain's response to bad things that happens is always 'hmm, I hope this doesn't make me look bad!' instead of worrying about the people hurt and I think that says a lot about him. God he's such a dumpster fire and I love him so much. Gawain is very image-conscious and almost...I want to say performative about chivalry? I'm not sure if the writer intended him to come across that way or not. Anyway my conclusion is that he would be AWFUL on Twitter.
This story was an experience and I'm kind of awestruck.
May 30, 2024
one of my favourite gawain stories!! it's so fun and really understands his character and lets him be gawain in a way that i feel like some other texts don't, killing the devil and then having sex under a cross is an insane move from gawain but not too unusual for him (i was more thrown by his misogyny than anything else). i especially appreciated his relationship with gringolet!!
April 8, 2020
Vampires, Zombies, and Necromancers?? What more could you ask for.
April 23, 2026
Sir Gawain the GOAT
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