Knights at the Hermitage

Stuck In Plastic LEGO art exhibition at the Hermitage in Amsterdam. Part of the larger exhibition Romanovs in the ban of the Knights. https://www.stuckinplastic.com/2021/06/stuck-in-plastic-at-the-hermitage/ https://hermitage.nl/nl/tentoonstellingen/romanovs-en-ridders/

About Knights and Dragons.

The snow had fallen hard on the ground and the serpent knight had encountered an extremely large dragon on his quest. Even though the cold surrounded the knight, there was something warming about the dragon, was he a friend or foe? The knight smiled at the beast and a connection was instantly made.

The elven princess

She waited patiently for her love. Had he defeated the dragon? Then appearing before her was a figure slowly emerging from the forest. Her love had been magically turned into the dragon and was heading her way. She gasped, what was she to do? As he approached her, she could see he was not going to hurt her. Could love conquer all?

I always wanted to be a knight

Royalty was hard work, he began to think, why couldn’t I have a day off my royal duties, “I’ve always wanted to be a knight.” no responsibilities, no one relying on me making the right decision, no more battles to organise and keep my land safe. I could be a knight who just made sure my people would have a magical time. A unicorn knight, that’s it, spreading magic to my people and best of all they would never know I was the real king.

I shed blood of 4000 Saxon Elves

The day was slowly fading, and the king wondered where all his knights had disappeared to. He dismounted his horse and headed into the forest, climbing over bracken and uneven ground. He walked for miles, finding nothing but the sounds of silence and traces of blood leading the way. Concerned, he continued to the edge of the forest. However, his mind started to play tricks on him, and he began to think he was somewhere and someone else.

Lady Night of Raven

She was beautiful, her long golden hair fell over one shoulder. She had a friendly persona, and the last thing she wanted to do was have to go to battle. But she knew her place was to help her brother win the throne and take back his rightful birthplace, she must fight and help him win back their true bloodline. Nevertheless, she put on her armour and headed to battle unknowing what she was going to encounter or even if she would return.

The Raven Bloodline

But the raven had been flying over the king’s thoughts and flew back to the Knights of the Raven to tell them of the news. This is the fearless knight of the Raven. This bird was chosen to be the spiritual animal of the melyn castle, as it seems to scare away all the knights’ enemies. And it is clever, too. Just like our fearless knight. But he was unhappy that the king was about to cease all battles, he wanted the chance to fight and win back the crown.

Tsars & Knights

As the day comes to the end. Both sides undefeated, the battle comes to a truce. Needless to say, The king had secured his castle and lived to rule another day. In turn a valuable lesson was learnt, “keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.” Were the knights to become best friends or worst enemies in the future? The land was now at peace. The raven saw this from above, and the battle was declared finally over.

Tsars & Knights

That was until darkness fell across the land, and after the knights had put aside their battles. The skeletons rose from the dead, unaware the battle was over they continued searching long into the night guided by the spirit animal … The Raven, who repeatedly told them to return to their resting place and tried to warn them that the battle was nevermore.