Welcome to In Place of Honour

 

Years ago I had an idea to write a fantasy sci-fi sort of episodic tale called "In Place of Honour".

It was gonna be about the appearance of a knight claiming to be from an ancient sect of protectors called The Honour, who had been extinct for a hundred years, killed off in the last great war. This knight appears in response to a king's plea for someone to rescue his child from a warlord, and this appearance sends shockwaves through the land for two reasons. One is the appearance of someone girded in armor resembling the old knight and claiming to have been trained in their ways. The other is the reminder of the old, controversial rule that anyone rescued by The Honour must serve them for the period of one year.

I got hung up after 5 or 6 episodes about 10 years ago, got to place in the tale I where I was stuck and couldn't see what was next, so I put it down. Today, on the drive in to work, I just figured it out. So, I think it's time to try this again.

The story happens in a future past that has a decidedly He-Man or Thundarr the Barbarian feel, if you get my vibe. Our knight's horse is robotic, for example, and the king's castle floats above his capital, held in place by beams of light and looking out over the sea in one direction and the desert in another.

Look for it here soon. Should be fun.