As a maid in distress stands forlorn in a snowy wood

 

A bark pierces the bleakness of the day.

 

A brown sentinel appears.

 

His master clothed in blue sits astride his steed carrying naught but a lance and sword.

 

He rides to her and dismounts.

 

He tells her that he is there to protect her from demons, ogres and dragons.

 

While on bended knee she pins her favor upon his tunic right over his heart.

 

Her name is inscribed in scarlet for everyone to see.

 

He pledges his honor, his fealty, unending love and more so that all may hear.

 

All this and more a wizard prophesied in another land and time a long time ago.