CHARACTER STUDY 3

They traveled for a total three days and two nights
Through First Semester Forrest in dark October light.
Their path was a straight one with no twist or bend
That would take them to the "Institute" where they could find their end.
With King Dan in the front, they all trudged through the wood.
The Gypsy with her luggage kept up best she could.
The Warrior kept the predators at bay,
While the Scholar mapped North, and he showed us the way.
The Sage kept his silence and only kept moving
He watched his surroundings and all his friends' doings.

They walked for a while but then found a surprise,
Fiery smoke from the distance was starting to rise.
They rushed to the place where the fire rose high
And heard shouts and war noises that filled the whole sky.
The pilgrims came upon a brutish encampment
Where men were seen fighting while others in lament.
These grounds were named "Scholarship" where only the best
And the greatest of men put their skills to the test.
Many battles were fought, and here from these roots,
The victors of Scholarship would journey to Institute.
The pilgrims stood back for the great feud to settle
As athletes and prodigies displayed their mettle.
Once the flames had subsided and three victors prevailed,
The pilgrims approached the grounds where they hailed.
After much conversing, the three men were to leave from their tourney,
But the pilgrims insisted they unite their journeys.
And so the three victors all covered in soot
Agreed to unite and go to Institute.

The first two were large and enormous in size.
Two Olympian Athletes who wore different dyes.
Their faces were similar and how they talked too,
Yet one man wore red and the other man blue.
The first man in red claimed he was of the West,
Where all Olympians set out on a great quest.
The last known survivor, his skills were quite scary,
But his name was odd: Hingle McCringleberry.
He had a bald head with thick hairs on his lip
But his rival in blue seemed to be quite the flip.
The man in blue had long, dark, curly locks.
His teeth were made of metal which showed when he talks.
This Olympian prevailed from the East
And the legends renamed him after every year ceased.
And so he called himself Quatro Quatro to start,
The fastest Olympian ever to dart.

Last was the Doctor, known to be crazed
From the hardships he faced in his job of trade.
For it was not a doctor he wanted to be.
His name was Sequester Grundelplith, M.D.
Another dark man with large lips and wide nose.
His psychotic aura seen from his head to his toes.
His eyes were probably scariest of all,
His stare could make the bravest cower and crawl.
This man had been sent to Scholarship grounds
As the sharpest in the East, his people's gold crown.

The three had mapped for Institute by their own decrees
The power at institute was great they'd agreed.
The Athletes wished for trophies to show their skill.
The Doctor wanted training and power of will.
So the party of five added three to make eight
And for the night at Scholarship they set camp and ate.
For tomorrow they'd once again continue their quest.
With the two men from the East and the Man from the West.