Knight Elimar’s Last Joust
Version II
Audio Script (only)
All Levels
Introduction
Introduction_Lelio:
Hey you! Psst! Hey, don’t take off! I need your help! Something
terrible has happened. The Silver Knight Timeme has returned from
the dead to kill his arch-enemy, the Golden Knight Elimar. Timeme
viciously attacked Elimar last night. Fortunately we drove Timeme
back at the last moment. But Elimar lost his entire suit of armour
during the battle! And, in a few hours, Elimar and Timeme will face
each other one last time! Elimar doesn’t stand the slightest chance
against Timeme without his armour. So we need to find it really
fast! Please, help us!
Listen carefully, I will tell you what you have to do. Our friend
Kuni cast a riddle spell on the entire city. So in order to find the
armour, you must solve a lot of riddles first.
The city is divided into different parts. You can access these parts
through gates. The gates only open when one enters a password. In
order to get the different passwords you must solve different riddles
in each part of the city. Objects and people will ask you questions,
which you must answer in your booklet. Make sure you write down
each answer, because the passwords are made up of letters from
these different riddles. Once you have completed all the answers
and thus solved the password, you must go to the correct gate and
enter the password. I tell you this much: I bet the gate where Knight
Timeme hangs around is the right one!
If you have the correct password, the gate will open, you will
receive a part of the missing armour, and you can proceed to the
next part of the city. There you have to start solving new riddles
again.
Now, I already solved the first password. See the gate behind me?
Go there and enter the following word: breastplate. Here, make sure
you write this down in your booklet, I see you have pen and paper
ready. Breastplate, this is one word, b-r-e-a-s-t-p-l-a-t-e; again, b-re-a-s-t-p-l-a-t-e. Once you enter this word correctly, the gate will
open. You will then enter the next part of the city where you have to
solve the riddles on your own! I know you can do this! Thanks so
much for helping out. But now you better hurry, Timeme already
managed to get through the first gate; you must be faster than him!
Otherwise, Elimar won’t stand a chance. Good luck!
Gate to Level 1:
Would you like to pass? I won’t open for just everyone. You must
know the correct password, and I tell you this much, it isn’t “Open
Sesame!” If you solved all the clues, you will find the password in
your booklet. Type the password in now! Make sure your spelling is
correct; otherwise I won’t move an inch!
Level 1
Introduction Level 1:
Welcome to the next level! Before you proceed, make sure you
have your booklet and your pen ready. Are you on the right page?
Now, look around for objects or characters that give you clues!
Make sure you listen carefully to what is being said. Write down
every answer in your crossword puzzle or find the correct word in
your word search puzzle! Remember, the words may be hidden in
any direction: horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forward, and
backward. Don’t dawdle! Good luck!
Breastplate 1A:
Are you here to become a knight? You look awfully young to me!
Have you had any proper training yet? Before my noble master, Sir
Iwain, became a famous knight, he had to undergo seven years of
hard training as a squire. I remember these times very well: even as
squire, my master already demonstrated his courageousness. Oh,
you don’t know what a squire is? Well, a squire, s-q-u-i-r-e, is a
young man who wants to become a knight but is still in training. He
is a knight’s apprentice. Anyway, now Sir Iwain, the Knight with
the Lion, is really famous, you must have heard of his adventures
and how he killed the dragon and thus saved the lion, and then the
lion became his loyal friend. Both of them fought many battles
together, that is why I have all these lion ornaments on the front.
And now we all have come together to help Knight Elimar. Which
reminds me: I hope you listened, I gave you the clue: solve the
crossword on page 1, number 1. What is a knight’s apprentice
called?
Breastplate 1B:
Hey, you! Are you that lazy page Hadrian? Look at me, you missed
a spot when polishing! Instead of doing a good job, all you have in
mind is battle training! I don’t mean to disappoint you but the
weapons you are using are not even real! They are just made out of
wood! Really, as a page you should know how to polish armour,
and I’m telling you, I’m not hard to polish, look how plain I am! No
ornaments, no coat of arms, none of that knick-knack! Oh, you
aren’t page Hadrian? You just want to know the clue? Okay, this is
for the crossword on page 1, number 2: Out of which material were
the weapons made that pages used to train for battle?
Breastplate 1C:
Excuse me, would you mind listening to the Chivalric Oath? You
know, to the knights’ oath that knights have to swear during the
knighting ceremony? Squire Geoffrey will be knighted tomorrow
morning but he is so forgetful, he can’t remember the knight’s oath.
I might have to prompt him ... To fear God and maintain His
Church / To serve the liege lord in valour and faith / To protect the
weak and defenceless... Oh, you don’t have time? That is too bad.
Never mind then, here: Are you on page 1, number 3? What is an
important part of a knighting ceremony and what can Squire
Geoffrey not remember? The knight’s chivalric ....?
Breastplate 1D:
Unfair! This is so unfair! Who would have known that courtly love
can be so dangerous? My master, Knight Lancelot, is madly in love
with Lady Guinevere and had nothing better to do than to pick
flowers for her! But – it is embarrassing to even tell this story – he
fell over a molehill and broke his right hand. A molehill! Now he
can’t fight anymore, can’t even hold his sword. What? Are you
laughing? This isn’t funny, this is embarrassing, this makes you
want to cry! A molehill?! Leave me alone, here, quickly, page 1,
number 4: In which hand did knights normally hold their sword?
What do you think?
Chest 1E:
Hey, don’t come so close!!! I warn you, I will do everything to keep
you away from me! I’m holding Squire Geoffrey’s white garments
for the knighting ceremony. Tomorrow, Squire Geoffrey will be
dubbed a knight and his garments better stay white. I mean it is a
tradition that one wears white clothes when one is knighted. To dub
a knight is serious business, so play somewhere else. Solve the clue
on page 1, number 5: What is another word for “to knight
somebody”?
Gate to Level 2:
Would you like to pass? I won’t open for just everyone. You must
know the correct password, and I tell you this much, it isn’t “Open
Sesame!” If you solved all the clues, you will find the password in
your booklet. Type the password in now! Make sure your spelling is
correct; otherwise I won’t move an inch!
Level 2
Introduction Level 2:
Welcome to the next level! Before you proceed, make sure you
have your booklet and your pen ready. Are you on the right page?
Now, look around for objects or characters that give you clues!
Make sure you listen carefully to what is being said. Write down
every answer in your crossword puzzle or find the correct word in
your word search puzzle! Remember, the words may be hidden in
any direction: horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forward, and
backward. Don’t dawdle! Good luck!
Sword 2A:
Hello! Are you Alistair? Are you from the blacksmiths’ guild? Oh,
you aren’t, and you don’t even know what a guild is? A guild is
something like a special club for tradespeople. Yes, guild, g-u-i-l-d.
Craftspersons, such as blacksmiths and bakers, join the blacksmiths’
guild or the bakers’ guild. The guilds then tell all their members
what fair prices are and who is allowed to call himself a master
craftsman. The guilds make sure that one only sells high-quality
goods. Alistair promised to sharpen my blade. Now, hopefully you
listened so you can answer page 2, number 1. What do you call the
special clubs that regulate prices and whose members are all in the
same trade? Make sure you write down the answer in plural.
Sword 2B:
Oh, this is so exciting! Did you know that King Arthur’s famous
sword Excalibur had magical powers? I had heard about this, but I
just found out that Excalibur’s scabbard – you know, that is a sheath
for a sword – also had magical powers: a knight who wears
Excalibur’s scabbard and who got injured does not lose as much
blood. Sometimes the injuries didn’t even bleed at all! The scabbard
basically made the wearer invincible. The stories of King Arthur
and the Roundtable are so exciting. Do you want to know more?
Oh, right, you are trying to help Knight Elimar: if that is the case,
flip to page 2, number 2: What is another word for sheath?
Especially when used for a sword?
Sword 2C:
Stop! There is an open position for a squire! It appears to me that
you would be a good squire. You seem to be very industrious and
courageous; those are good character traits to have. You have to
work hard, take care of my Lord’s horse, polish his weapons, and,
of course, help him to put on his suit of armour. That can be quite
tricky and complicated because some parts of armour have a lot of
strings attached. It is rather difficult to figure out where the parts go
and how to tie them together. Then, after battle, you have to clean
the armour. I have been to many battles and, look, I still look like
new! Yes, the last few squires we had were quite nice, they did a
good job and I ... Oh, you already have a job? You are helping
Knight Elimar? Well, if that is the case, here we go: page 2, number
3: Who helped a knight to put on his armour?
Sword 2D:
The gaunt knight and his loyal horse .... gaunt ... gaunt ... Do you
know what “gaunt” means? No, I don’t think it has anything to do
with the Gaunt family in Harry Potter: Lord Voldemort’s mother
wasn’t a knight! Here, let’s look it up in the dictionary: “gaunt”
means excessively thin and bony. So, I guess the knight I’m reading
about must have been really skinny .... Thanks for the help, now I
help you: go to page 2, number 4: What is another word for gaunt?
A tip: there might be more than one word that has a similar meaning
than gaunt but only one fits the crossword puzzle!
Sword 2E:
Yahoo! What a great day! Tomorrow I’ll be given to Squire
Geoffrey during his knighting ceremony! Finally, I’ll belong to a
real knight and I’ll become as famous as King Arthur’s sword
Excalibur! I’m so excited. Squire Geoffrey won’t need his battle
axe or war hammer anymore, I’m a much better and more effective
weapon in battle anyhow. Although, I admit that a battle axe can be
quite intimidating and very practical. Well, I have to go and get
polished now. So, here we go: this is the clue for page 2, number 5:
Name another weapon that many knights also use in combat! Your
answer describes one object but is made up of two words. Another
hint: today we use a version of this weapon to cut wood to make a
fire.
Sword 2F:
What is this: “a covering for the hand having separate sections for
each of the fingers and the thumb and often extending part way up
the arm” (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary). Here, I ask you
again. “a covering for the hand having separate sections for each of
the fingers and the thumb and often extending part way up the arm.”
What is it? Write down the answer on page 2, number 6.
Sword 2G:
Oh, look at you! So far, you are doing a good job in helping Knight
Elimar, I think you’ve earned a break: so, I’ll help you out: the
answer for page 2, number 7 is forearms. Write that down! And one
more hint: the password you are looking for is a part of armour that
protects the forearms and hands! Quick, find the next clue.
Dagger 2H:
Don’t you dare calling me small! Yes, I’m certainly no sword, but
let me tell you, daggers can be very effective, especially for closecombat situations. Nowadays blacksmiths spend a little less time on
the production of beautiful weapons; since armour is made out of
plate metal, they are very busy forging breastplates and so on. I
have been around for a long, long time, I still remember when some
parts of armour were made out of leather! So, hope you listened:
write your answer down on page 2, number 8: Who makes weapons
like swords and daggers and suit of armours? Write down your
answer in the singular!
Gate to Level 3:
Would you like to pass? I won’t open for just everyone. You must
know the correct password, and I tell you this much, it isn’t “Open
Sesame!” If you solved all the clues, you will find the password in
your booklet. Type the password in now! Make sure your spelling is
correct; otherwise I won’t move an inch!
Level 3
Introduction Level 3:
Welcome to the next level! Before you proceed, make sure you
have your booklet and your pen ready. Are you on the right page?
Now, look around for objects or characters that give you clues!
Make sure you listen carefully to what is being said. Write down
every answer in your crossword puzzle or find the correct word in
your word search puzzle! Remember, the words may be hidden in
any direction: horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forward, and
backward. Don’t dawdle! Good luck!
3A:
Have you heard? Knight Timeme just threw down the gauntlet to
Knight Elimar! No, that doesn’t mean he lost his gloves, no, that is
an expression, a figure of speech: it means that Knight Timeme
challenges Knight Elimar, he wants to fight the Golden Knight!
Well, it is always good to learn new words. I just learned a new
meaning of the word groom: yes, when a man gets married, on the
wedding day, he is the groom. But a groom is also someone who
takes care of horses, he grooms them, cleans their stables and so on.
Grooms work in every castle! Can you find groom in your word
search puzzle on page 3?
3B:
Hey? Have you seen Squire Geoffrey? No? Well, he must be
preparing himself for the vigil tonight. I mean after all, this is quite
the important night for him. Oh, you don’t know what a vigil is? A
vigil is when one stays up all night, prays and prepares oneself for
an important ceremony the next day. So, before Geoffrey can be
knighted tomorrow, he will have to stay up all night and pray. That
is what all squires have to do to get rid of any wrongdoing and
mean, nasty thoughts. I wonder how Geoffrey is feeling right now;
it must be cold in the chapel. Well, answer the following question
and find the answer in the word search puzzle on page 3. Before the
knighting ceremony, a squire had to stay up all night. What was one
of the things he had to do during his vigil?
3C:
Hey, you look smart! Can you help Knight Elimar’s boy servant,
Page Hadrian? As a page, that is a young boy who is training for
seven years to become a squire and then a knight, he is supposed to
learn how to read and write, but he is having some trouble.
Hadrian’s homework is to find out how to spell the word “page”.
Knight Elimar was very kind, he gave Hadrian the following hint:
The word page, meaning a knight’s boy servant, has the same
spelling than the word page, meaning the page in a book. Can you
find that word in your word search puzzle on page 3?
3D:
I can’t believe this! Squire Geoffrey lost his towel on the way to the
bath. He won’t be happy because the bath he has to take to purify,
that is to clean himself, for the knighting ceremony tomorrow, is
cold! Yip, that is what squires have to do before they can become
knights, they need to bath in cold water. Another one of those
traditional requirements that one has to do before one can become a
knight. And before you can go on, you better find the answer to the
following question in your word search puzzle on page 3: What did
a squire have to do before he was allowed to pray all night and
before he was dubbed a knight the next morning?
3E:
How exciting! I’m Squire Geoffrey’s gauntlet! I’ll do my best to
help Geoffrey to follow all the rules of chivalry. Every knight has to
swear he will follow this code of conduct; Geoffrey will have to be
brave, in other words, chivalrous, and will always act with honour.
That means he will never run away from an enemy, never leave a
friend behind, and will always protect women and children. And a
chivalrous knight isn’t allowed to hurt or kill his enemy once he
surrenders. I think Knight Elimar was a good role model because he
always followed the code of chivalry! Will you be chivalrous and
help Knight Elimar? Then turn to your word search puzzle on page
3: What do you call the set of rules that knights have to follow? I
give you a hint: it starts with “c”. It is the Code of ...?
Female Statue 3F:
Excuse me, do you have by any chance some flaxseeds? I have to
mix up this ointment, a gel made out of flaxseed and dragon blood
to heal Page Hadrian’s injury. He got hit by an arrow today during
archery training. Flaxseed and dragon blood gel work wonders! No?
That is too bad. Well, then I’ll give you a riddle to solve: the
password you are looking for is a part of armour. This part of
armour protects a body part that, when spelled backwards, spells the
word gel. So, look in your word search puzzle on page 3. What
body part is gel spelled backwards? Once you have that figured out,
put the word into plural and find it in your word search puzzle!
Gate to Level 4:
Would you like to pass? I won’t open for just everyone. You must
know the correct password, and I tell you this much, it isn’t “Open
Sesame!” If you solved all the clues, you will find the password in
your booklet. Type the password in now! Make sure your spelling is
correct; otherwise I won’t move an inch!
Level 4
Introduction Level 4:
Welcome to the next level! Before you proceed, make sure you
have your booklet and your pen ready. Are you on the right page?
Now, look around for objects or characters that give you clues!
Make sure you listen carefully to what is being said. Write down
every answer in your crossword puzzle or find the correct word in
your word search puzzle! Remember, the words may be hidden in
any direction: horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forward, and
backward. Don’t dawdle! Good luck!
Greave 4A:
You! Will you help me? I can’t remember how to spell chivalrous,
the adjective of chivalry. Well, the first two syllables are easy, one
has to spell them just like chivalry without the –r-y at the end. But
then, is it r-o-u-s or r-u-s or r-o-s? Please, write your answer on
page 4, number 1. How do you spell chivalrous?
Greave 4B:
Look at me! I still have pieces of woollen undergarments stuck to
the metal! Someone told me once that in some countries very far
away, people make this really beautiful and smooth material, called
silk. But most of our clothing is made out of wool and linen. And
the clothing isn’t really soft. But I guess it is better to wear some
woollen garments underneath one’s armour. I heard wool doesn’t
rip so easily. Otherwise, one would probably end up with a lot of
bruises. It is also far cheaper to make garments out of wool and
linen. Now, open your booklet on page 4, number 2. The answer for
the crossword puzzle is the same word that is missing in the
following sentence: The majority of medieval clothing was made
out of linen and ... ?
Greave 4C:
Hey! Aren’t you helping Knight Elimar? Aren’t you looking for his
suit of armour? Please, listen to me, I want to help: if you won’t be
able to solve all the riddles and if you won’t find all parts of the
armour, then come back: I still own very old mail armour. Years
ago, knights would always wear that type of armour, also called
chain mail. I know it doesn’t seem true but the small metal rings
that are all connected and form the armour are actually quite robust
and they also protect knights in battle, just like the now, more
modern plate armour. So let me know if you and Elimar need the
old mail armour. Just send me a note and write down: Get the mail!
How funny, the word mail, meaning the armour, and the word mail,
meaning letters, parcels, and packages, are spelled the same way!
Well, write your answer down on page 4, number 3: Before plate
armour was used what type of armour did knights wear?
Greaves 4D:
Hello, can you help me? I have to solve this riddle: I’m looking for
a word that means: “to pursue for food or in sport, to track with the
intent to capture”. I’m at a loss here. Knight Elimar told me that the
word I’m looking for describes an activity that many knights did in
their spare time. I guess, this is an outside activity and the knights
often have dogs that help with this activity. It is an activity where
one goes and looks for animals and then captures them. I just can’t
think of the word. Write down the answer on page 4, number 4.
Greaves 4E:
Excuse me! Would you be interested in serving as Knight Timeme’s
personal herald for tomorrow’s joust? His herald, Wade, has fallen
ill and it’s unlikely he will recover soon. Your duties as a personal
herald would involve: announcing Knight Timeme’s name and
explaining his coat of arms, summarizing his adventures and
announcing which battles Knight Timeme has won. And, of course,
you have to tell everyone what a fierce and cruel fighter Knight
Timeme is and how skilled he handles his weapons. A knight one
has to fear! Would you be interested? Then please sign here: write
down herald, h-e-r-a-l-d, and here ... Oh, well, you could have
mentioned right away that you are a supporter of Knight Elimar.
What a waste of my time! Then I have only one question for you,
which you should answer on page 4, number 5: what do you call the
person that announces the names of knights and praises a knight’s
adventures and bravery at a joust?
Griffin 4F:
Uhhhh, I hate being stuck to this church! It’s so boring! What bad
luck! Hello, can you hear me? Make sure you listen because I have
a lot to tell you! Listen, tell Knight Elimar that I’m really, really
sorry! When Knight Timeme came to the castle, I just let him in!
How was I supposed to know that it was him! Just like all the other
knights, he was wearing his entire suit of armour! How is one
supposed to identify a person whose face can’t be seen because of
the helmet and all the metal? All the armour makes it impossible to
recognize anyone! And I didn’t know that every knight had his own
coat of arms! I didn’t know that those weird drawings, those designs
made up of flags and animals, are like a name. Knight Elimar never
told me that coats of arms tell everything about a knight’s family
and that, if I can identify the coat of arms, I know which knight is
behind the armour! It’s like a name, you look at the Griffin coat of
arms of Knight Elimar and right away you know we are talking to
him, because he is the only one that has such a special coat of arms.
But I didn’t know that before! And to my defence, coat of arms are
normally found on the front of shields. Therefore, I never paid
much attention to Knight Timeme’s breastplate and all the images
on it. It never even crossed my mind that the coat of arms gave him
away. But you have heard enough of my whining, now please
answer all the questions on page 4. So, the first question is for page
4, number 6: What makes it difficult to recognize knights, in
particular in battle? The second question is for page 4, number 7:
The coat of arms is like what? The third question is for page 4,
number 8: Coat of arms could be found on the front of what?
Gate to Level 5:
Would you like to pass? I won’t open for just everyone. You must
know the correct password, and I tell you this much, it isn’t “Open
Sesame!” If you solved all the clues, you will find the password in
your booklet. Type the password in now! Make sure your spelling is
correct; otherwise I won’t move an inch!
Level 5
Introduction Level 5:
Welcome to the next level! Before you proceed, make sure you
have your booklet and your pen ready. Are you on the right page?
Now, look around for objects or characters that give you clues!
Make sure you listen carefully to what is being said. Write down
every answer in your crossword puzzle or find the correct word in
your word search puzzle! Remember, the words may be hidden in
any direction: horizontally, vertically, diagonally, forward, and
backward. Don’t dawdle! Good luck!
Gate to Level 6:
Would you like to pass? I won’t open for just everyone. You must
know the correct password, and I tell you this much, it isn’t “Open
Sesame!” If you solved all the clues, you will find the password in
your booklet. Type the password in now! Make sure your spelling is
correct; otherwise I won’t move an inch!