They told stories. "His fiancee was a fairy princess who disguised herself as a farm girl to test the hearts of mortal men. But though she dressed as a lowly peasant her sapphire eyes sparkled in the sun, her skin glowed in the moonlight, and her gold of her hair outshone her crown. Humperdink trapped her with cold iron and spider silk for her dowry of fairyland and priceless gems and she wept tears of pearl every day of her imprisonment. However, a Knight of her lands risked his mortal life to rescue her. They had been betrothed in their youth but a childish quarrel had separated them. Nonetheless, he could not bear to think of his beloved in the hands of a monster such as Humperdink and his rage at the impertinent mortal granted him powers beyond the might of men. He stormed the gate, THIRTY FEET TALL and breathing fire and marched into the palace."