Tristan and Iseult
... Who where Tristan’s parents and where was he brought up? ... Tristan was brought up in Lothian. ... What were Tristan’s upbringing and his training like? ... When Tristan was 7 years old he took him from the care of the women and put him in the care of a young man, Gorvenal, to have him trained as a king’s son should be trained. ... Why did Tristan want to go to Cornwall when he was sixteen? ... Why didn’t Tristan want King Marc to know who he was at the beginning? - Tristan wanted to make a name for himself, and didn’t care for easy glory. ... When and why did Tristan tell King Marc who he really was? - When the Morholt said he would only fight a man who was his equal in rank, so Tristan told King Marc who he was and fought as Cornwall’s champion. ... Why did Tristan ask to be put in a boat, what did he take with him and where did he end up? ... - King Marc wanted Tristan to be his heir, and some of King Marc’s men where really jealous of Tristan. ... How did Iseult find out who Tristan really was and that he had killed the Morholt? - After killing the dragon Tristan found a lake and lied down in it to cool down his burns, at the same time The Kings steward tried to take Tristans glory and told the King that it was him who killed the dragon. Iseult knew that the steward did not have enough courage to go against a dragon so she went out to search for answers. She found Tristan and took care of his wounds. ... Why didn’t Iseult let Tristan die of his wounds when she found out he had killed the Morholt? - If she would have let Tristan die, she would have had to marry the Kings Steward. She was also starting to fall in love with Tristan. ... How did Tristan prove that he was the dragon-slayer? - The Kings Steward had cut the head off the dragon when he found it dead, but before Tristan left the dragon after slaying him he cut it’s tounge off, and that he showed as his evidence he was the dragon-slayer. ... ” When and why did Iseult say that? - Iseult said that when they had stopped because of the bad weather, and Tristan was telling her that they would leave in the morning. She said that because she had fallen in love with Tristan, but they were going to Cornwall, for her to marry another man, the King.