The story describes how Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table, accepts a challenge from a mysterious "Green Knight" who dares any knight to strike him with his axe if he will take a return blow in a year and a day.
He challenges the group's leader or any other brave representative to a game. The Green Knight says that he will allow whoever accepts the challenge to strike him with his own axe, on the condition that the challenger finds him in exactly one year to receive a blow in return.
Sir Gawain is originally faced with the challenge of the Green Knight. The Green Knight appears in King Arthur's court and causes a disturbance, issuing an open invitation to all in the court "to strike one stroke for another Norton line 287 with his strong, sturdy, and finely-crafted axe as the prize.
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