The jousting began in lists and viewing stands created for the event in the middle of July. Each day the knights would bang away and at night party on the riverbanks with their presumably attainable women. Don Suero smacked down all challengers. One knight from Catalonia fearing Don Sueno presented himself in double thick armor. Don Sueno responded by putting on light armor and a woman’s dress. The Catalan knight landed a lucky blow and knocked Don Sueno off his horse. The crowd gasped. Don Sueno announced that it was nothing but a flesh wound. Thus the inspiration for the Black Knight.