The young man had a reputation as one of the greatest knights in the Seven Kingdoms, including the powerful current generation of the Kingsguard, the third in a set of brilliant chivalric brothers poised to regain the tarnished reputation of House Tyrell. No trick of horsemanship, nor prodigious skill saved him from the nigh predetermined defeat he suffered the moment Jorah's lance touched him. Still, Loras got up and bowed to the victor, walking off the tremendous pounding better than any of Jorah's previous opponents. There's something to the raw experience the lads in the Reach get with their lance handling.
Game of Thrones: Path of the Hungry Bear
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