The Grail Quest

Edward III as an archer. In Harlequin, he is involved in the fighting in Brittany and subsequently at the Battle of Crécy. The battle is a decisive victory for the English, despite being seriously outnumbered. In Vagabond, he returns to England to try to uncover the Grail's whereabouts and helps defeat the Scottish invasion of 1347. He discovers that his cousin, Guy Vexille, is working with an ambitious French cardinal to obtain the Grail for their own ends. Thomas returns to Brittany to come to the aid of a friend and fights in the Battle of La Roche-Derrien. Heretic finds Thomas still in France, this time during a time of supposed peace with the French following the fall of Calais. Thomas leads a small band of men into southern France to find the Grail. He is trapped in a castle he had captured, but an outbreak of the Black Death