Trial of the Champion

In days of old, dishonored soldiers and warriors who knew no other trade could choose to become rogue mercenaries that did little more than act as thugs and murderers or they could choose the path of the champion who would stand in for others during Trial by Combat. Hardly better than a serf or slave, a champion could hold no lands or titles, receive no charity, and sometimes faced the sentence of the accused upon defeat.

This is a tale of one such champion and his son.