#queen chess

“First have the white queen move all the way across to capture the black pawn. This leaves black king in check forcing him to retreat a square left. Your queen then takes the other pawn. One square up and one square left. Always under the protection of her faithful bishop.”

This is my favourite version of the lanceboard puzzle in the Wyrmway – it makes me feel all warm and giddy because this is Gale and Tav, especially as a strength–based non/ partial caster class like paladin. And we should talk about it more!

Tav is the Queen, moving over the figurative board that is their life and trusts, no, knows without having to look, that Gale, their faithful Bishop, is there, protecting them from behind.

Their loyal wizard, their devoted lover, is keeping their (other) enemies in literal check with his powerful and high damage magic.