At that moment, the unknown visitor challenges the court to play an unfamiliar game. The Green Knight’s rules was to allow the bravest man of all to strike him with his own axe. However, within one exact year the person playing the game must receive a blow in return. Of course, the king was surprised at the rules demanded by a man who he was not aware of but the Green Knight took his silence as a joke. By mocking King Arthur, he steps forward to take the challenge but everything changes once Sir Gawain stops his King and ask to take on the challenge instead. In one deadly blow, the axe cut off the knight’s head which concludes the game officially started. As the headless Green Knight picked up his head he reminds the young brave Gawain to find him within a year and a day at the Green Chapel. Although, Sir Gawain proved his loyalty towards his king, he felt uneasy
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