Part the First, “The Morholt Out of Ireland” Morholt, the brother of the Queen of Ireland, arrives at the land of Cornwall demanding King Mark of Cornwall to pay his tribute by giving him a total of 600 Cornish people to serve as his slaves unless a Cornish lord can defeat him in a “trial of combat”. Tristan asks King Mark to knight him so he can take on Morholt. After he is knighted, Tristan and Morholt take to the sea where they will carry out their duel. Tristan emerges victorious by defeating Morholt with a deadly blow to his skull where a splinter from Tristan’s brand is logged. Morholt’s niece, Iseult the Fair, takes out the splinter and vows from that day on, to despise Tristan for killing Morholt. During the battle, Tristan was impaled
