Some more Inktober.

Once more, I undertake a valiant quest in attempting to post one drawing each day in October. I will probably fail, as I do each year, but here is number 1. It’s a pretty bad number 1, but that means I can only do better in the future :P.

Scridge, son premier single gringalet

Découvrez  en exclu sur Street N’ Sports, «  GRINGALET », la première bombe de SCRIDGE!

Gringalet, le titre phénomène de Scridge

Avec une sonorité urbaine, positif et ravageur, la rédaction de votre webzine vous recommande vivement d’écouter ce titre sans attendre.

SCRIDGE en quelques mots

SCRIDGE est un jeune artiste âgé de 24 ans originaire de la ville de Rennes en Bretagne. Influencé par des…

A wonderful fragment from the 13th-century Middle-Dutch romance Walewein ende Keye ('Gawain and Kay'):

As Gawain reaches a clearing in a forest, he decides to rest there. He takes off Gringalet's saddle and allows the horse to roam freely, trusting that his faithful companion would never leave him. But while Gawain is sleeping, a forrester spots the horse and wants to take it and offer it as a gift to his lord. Gringalet, of course, doesn't want to go with the stranger. The forrester drives him into a marsh, thinking the horse will be easier to catch there.

At that moment, Gawain wakes up and, seeing that Gringalet is gone, becomes very worried. He calls out for his horse (my clumsy translation):

Ay Gringalet, where are you now? It is unfaithful of you, and most unkind, to leave me standing here alone in need. Do I have to go on foot now? That hasn't happened to me often before. Such faithlessness is not like you at all!

When Gringalet hears his master call out, he returns immediately, much to Gawain's joy. And the quest continues.

- Funny detail: Gawain addresses Gringalet with "ghi" ("you" as opposed to "thou", or "u" in modern Dutch, or "Sie" in modern German). In the Dutch romances, the bond between Gawain and Gringalet is very strong and the horse is really a character :).