Anthea
was the daughter of Dame Agnes, keeper of The Domain, a famous brothel ,
les than a mile from the castle of Cazenac. One day, out in the
forest, she stumbles upon a badly wounded, dying knight. He is Sir
Malpertuis. She manages to get him to the brothel and after a few days of
nursing the old knight is growing stronger and is almost back on his feet.
Not everybody was very happy with the wounded man in the house. It was the
age of Louis IX, it were rough and uncertain times and the knight
obviously hadn't got his wounds by stumbling over a rock. Wile Malpertuis
was getting better, Anthea spent her time
getting to know her new friend better, Pomaredo, the knight's horse. When
she finally could manage her and the horse recognized her as the master
the went home. When they arrived at the brothel they were just in time to
watch it being burnt down by the raiders if Galart, the master servant if
his eminence Aymon van Montgarac. The inquisition in the flesh. They took
sir Malpertuis, who they were after, and dame Agnes and the girls that had
survived the raid. The ladies of the night were sold in the nearest inn.
The mother of Anthea and the wounded knight were taken to the high castle.
And Anthea had to flee riding Pomarerdo. She
fled into the forbidden forest and here, near the ruins of the castle of
count Colbus, once the master of Malpertuis, she met the dwarf Arnulf, a
friend or servant of Malpertuis too. The decide to free the capered knight
out of the hands of the inquisition. Instead they are taken prisoner by Aymon van Montgarac
though and thrown in to the same hellish dungeon dame Agnes and Malpertuis
are held. Here they all meet and eventually they are rescued, with the
help of the living ghost of sir Colbus.
To be continued... |
Series
Malemort, © Glénat Benelux n.v. 1999
Dutch edition © Uitgeverij Blitz c.v. 2000, (Uitgeverij Talent 2003)
Artwork taken from volume 1, Het as van de maandag
(Sous les cendres de la lune), volume 2, De poort der vergetelheid
(La porte de l'oubli), volume 3, De gave van het bloed
(Le don du sang), volume 4, Als het nacht wordt
(Lorsque vient la nuit...) |
