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?