Chronique de la Haine Ordinaire

Sir Paolo battled long and hard against his chosen foe, and, despite being severely wounded in the middle finger, eventually prevailed. His victory was glorious and against all the myriad difficulties of circumstance. But what a boon for mankind! To banish hatred! Such heroes as Sir Paolo do not grace the earth so often as the downtrodden might wish.

See this image of Gomez acknowledging upon his arm in the blood of orcs his admiration for Paolo's achievement.

Paolo's strength gave Gomez renewed hope in his own struggle and he redoubled his efforts in overcoming the the massive slabs and myriad mazes of faces on the great beast known as the Gap of all gaps. Many times he sought to annihilate, but each time he failed and only a magical cord given him by an enchanter, which acted like an umbilical lifeline, saved him from an early handshake with destiny. Eventually, Gomez wounds became so great, and the darkness seemed to surround him amid bursts of bright light, he faltered and fell. To his good fortune he was rescued by a humble samurai and made his escape with the assistance of this samurai, defeated, but alive to fight again another day.



However, this important defeat weighed heaily upon Sir Gomez, who no longer felt he could lay claim to the title the Annihilator of Gaps. His sword hand became weary and his shield was riddled with holes. He needed the aid of a hospital and some heavy cheese. His will was battered like so many fish, and his hope chipped. He cried out "Take these hands, and throw them in the river!"


In this, the time of weakness, and the lowest ebb of the holy light of St John of Jerusalem, an evil presence entered the brotherhood. An evil succubus in a devious doppelgangerish form laid siege to the hate-free benevolence of Sir Paolo, and he was pulled away from his Knightly duty of aiding the forlorn Sir Gomez. Paolo travelled with the disgusting and enormous Auhsoj away from the company of Sir Gomez, who was left with the brave samurai and the insane African warlord Deon the Huge.

Gomez fled from the Gap and sought salvation in the blessed waters of the Holy Tarn, where his wounds might be repaired and his honour restored. He also hoped to rescue Sir Paolo from the danger of which he had no idea...

The largest gap in the world.

And so it was, that in the place marked on the map as Gap, Sir Gomez and Sir Paolo arrived to meet the challenge. Their journey was far and their bodies weary, in the dark rain and with no food in their bellies, they staggered under the weight of their armour. But then the bright light of providence shone upon them, and a local merchant gave them a ride in his cart to reach a safe haven. And what a haven->

Here they basked in the glory and beauty of pure existence, all the while battling to overcome the great perils that face Knight-Errants of such a nature as the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. Gomez in particular, continually battled his greatest demons, to occaisional success. Even in his darkest hour, Gomez was aware of the blessed light that shined on him from afar, and this gave him courage to continue his impossible battle.-> This light sometimes touched upon the surface of things, to remind Gomez of its presence.

Nevertheless, Gomez existed in great peril, and even the presence of so great a knight as Sir Paolo was of little assistance to him. Paolo had his own battles to fight, and every knight knows that his greatest battle must be fought alone and against his shadow who is an equal match. Thus, Gomez steeled himself each day to the coming struggle and fought on. This historian feels compelled to ask the obvious question: how can one man annihilate a gap so large it appears on a map, an evil so great it hurls lightning bolts from the sky and sends great floods to dilute your tears and deposit mud upon your hopes? This evil beast, the greatest gap known to humanity, like a tangible black hole, dogged Gomez who attempted to endure it like the stone surroundings he admired.

It was not Gomez alone who struggled. Many great warriors travelled to this mecca of magnificence to prove their worth to whatever maiden it was that had scorned them. Well known figures of martial strength such as Iker the Pou, the invincible and thus ironicly named 'Dai' Koyamada, famed samurai Yuji of the Flat Mountain, German cowboy Markus Bock, Duke Fabien of Christ, the Dwarven strongmen brothers Arnaud and Francois, Sir Lawrence of De Ladia (pictured), and local demi-god Silver Mullet. All came to fight, most left defeated.

Our heroes were particularly drawn to an unknown hero of Polish origin who battled mercilessly against a great foe. Like a reversed Sisyphus, each time he appeared on the verge of victory, the stone remained unmoved and it was he who was cast back down the hill to lie sprawled in defeat.->

It was at about this time that Sir Paolo made clear his intentions to undertake a great battle. he would seek to banish any story of ordinary hatred from the world. How would he fare?

Leaving Bavaria

Well, with Bavaria rescued from Dragons, evil Knights slain and all perceptible gaps well and truly annihilated our heroes elected to travel south in search of new adventures. Sir Paolo was joined by his brother and his brother's lady, and the party travelled to Austria to attempt to rescue a noble knight who had fallen under the spell of a mighty enchanter known as The Grampians. Unfortunately, this poor Knight was too far gone and dissappeared into the ether shortly after. The party was not to be dismayed though and travelled further south into the mountains. Their destination is pictured above.

Here the Knights found traces of evil so powerful they only fought briefly, albeit with the aid of some local heroes, before being forced to retreat to safety. See here a fellow knight battling a dragon so vast its enitrety cannot be comprehended in a single given moment.

After the worthy and prudent retreat, Sir Paolo and Sir Gomez were separated from Luigi and his accompanying maiden, and thus travelled west into the fabled land of Gap. It was here, fittingly, that fortune tellers had told Sir Gomez, known to some as The Annihilator of Gaps,he would meet his greatest challenge and require all of his famed courage and valour.