Toiling at the Twelve Tasks of Thor, Jon is shipwrecked. He awakens tied down, Gulliver-like, by tiny people. Tiny Freya trusts him, and cuts him free when raiders attack. He drives them off, and offers to fight for their homeland. They ask he enter a cave to be shrunk by vapors. He shrinks and saves Freya from a spider. Even tiny, he shows the people how to rescue the Mute Bard from a giant squid, then infiltrate a raider ship and drive off the villains. The vapors wear off and he regains his size, says goodbye, and sails off.; On a fateful mission, the SK rides a perilous bridge with Lady Celia as his squire. They're attacked by bird-men and pitch off the bridge. The SK uses his cape to float and reflects how they got here... Frost, flood, earthquakes plague the land. King Arthur and Merlin are challenged by the Three Queens of Dread - Kranda, Xlla, and Larique - who quarrel as to who should be Queen of Dread. The SK must accept three challenges. A failure is a win for the queen. His squire will be whoever first touches his helmet - and it's Lady Celia!; SK and Lady Celia plop on a flying griffin and tame it, and fly to Camelot. First task done. Second is to battle the Knights of the Clock at a high castle. They fly and battle, but the SK falls. Celia jumps to protect him, and the SK rallies. Second task complete. Third task: a trick! The SK must sword-fight Queen Kranda. He can't attack a woman, and stumbles. But Celia's scarf atop his helmet tangles her sword, and he wins! The Queens depart, the sun returns. And Lady Celia promises to wait until the SK can remove his helmet and reveal his secret identity.; Some facts about the jasper, the emerald, the star ruby and the beryl.; How Indians made armor for protection in battle.