t is Sir Ekhart, an ally of your father’s. "Your father wouldn’t want me to let you fight," he yells, but…" He hands you a dagger as he rides off into the thick of the fighting.

     The King is now in the stream, breaking free of the fighting. Out of the corner of your eye, you see another knight galloping hard obliquely toward the King, past where your horse is. Who is he? Is he trying to protect the king, or hurt him?

Is this the shield of:

The Earl of Cunningham, Quarterly, 1st and 4th argent, 2nd and 3rd or, a scallop shell gules;

Sir Quain, Quarterly, 1st and 4th azure and argent, 2nd and 3rd gules, a scallop shell argent;

Sir Grosset, Quarterly, 1st and 4th per fess azure and argent, 2nd and 3rd gules, a scallop shell or;

Sir Maitland, Quarterly, 1st and 4th gules, a scallop shell azure, 2nd and 3rd, argent and azure?

Read Roger the Herald's Notes on Blazonry for Beginners