2602: I Shot An Arrow
on January 28, 2014
Chapter: 063 - Adina's Voyage of Wisdom
Location: Captain Safana's Ship, The Steppes North of T'Pang
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*sings* …but I did not shoot a crossbow bolt.
Reference to the legend of Robin Hood?
In the original story, he was held by the Sherriff’s sister (a very bad Abbess), and as he was dying, he shot an arrow through a window and wanted to be buried where it lay (but due to his injuries and the not-tender care of the Abbess, it didn’t go far, but Little John snuck in and took his body and buried it deep in Sherwood)
That sounds vaguely familiar. If I remember correctly, he was given the time honoured and incomprehensible treatment for injury of blood-letting (oh look, you are ill, already weak from blood loss, let’s cure you by draining out more…) and the Abbess deliberately didn’t fasten his bandages correctly afterwards, so he bled to death.
Lovely story to read as a young kid!
Unfortunately, I did not yet get to read the full story (only snippets), however given that I did read Ivanhoe, that certainly makes sense.