What happens at a joust?
First the trumpets sound, announcing the entrance of a herald who will act as MC for the joust. The herald will explain whats about to happen during the joust. He will then call forth the knights. In come the knights in procession, each knight is lead in by his lady mounted on a courser. The ladies lead in their knight as a sign that the deeds of the knights are done to honor their ladies. Following the ladies and knights; are the squires who carry the knights shield and lance. The knights then parade about the field with flags showing off their own skill and that their destrier, or warhorse. The knights continue this show of mounted skill with, the Games. Running the ring; using a lance the knight will charge down the field and skewer a ring suspended. Not an easy thing in seventy pounds of armor. He will joust the quintain; a training tool for a jousting knight. It is a shield placed on a spinning arm, when a knight would hit it with their lance the arm would spin. A counter weight i
