2200946 Knights ' Kingdom - Medieval Mischief and Mayhem 2200946 Knights ' Kingdom - Medieval Mischief and Mayhem is a Knights ' Kingdom book released in 2000 . Plot . " Medieval Mischief and Mayhem " starts with King Leo and Queen Leonora announcing a feast to the nearby village from their castle . With them are Richard the Strong , John of Mayne , and Princess Storm . However , King Leo ' s crown is missing . Richard the Strong discovers that Boris , one of King Leo ' s soldiers , is stealing the crown , and strips him of his rank . As punishment , King Leo sends him into the Dark Forest . Meanwhile , Cedric the Bull is sleeping while Weezil and Gilbert The Bad are playing " I spy " . Cedric is dreaming about about capturing King Leo ' s castle , while the narrator explains that Cedric is the 13th son of a king from another land who never received any land , and who as a result decided to steal King Leo ' s . After he wakes up , Boris , wandering through the forest , gets caught in a trap . They threaten him and he begs them not to hurt him , then offers to help them win Lion Castle , telling them that King Leo is throwing a banquet . Cedric then opens up a book of plans to figure out what to do and falls into Weezil ' s mud - pit trap . Back at the Castle , King Leo is in the process of organizing the feast . He tells Princess Storm to finish his tapestry , although she would rather help guard the provisions cart with the Knights . He then briefly talks to Queen Leonora about their son Edward , who is fighting in the crusades . Afterword , King Leo visits his throne room to arrange for some new traps and a new hiding place for his treasure . He declares to the soldier there that Benjamin Bones will be the last line of defense for the royal treasure , and the soldier replies that Benjamin Bones isn ' t real . However , Benjamin Bones can be seen in a window behind the knight . Princess Storm , bored with the tapestry , gets dressed in a suit of armor and picks up her bow . She the leaves the castle and goes into Witch Wood to find the provisions cart , which is being protected by John of Mayne and Richard the Strong . She discovers that Cedric the Bull , Weezil , and a Bull warrior are about to ambush the wagon . To stop them , she shoots an arrow through the branch Cedric is holding onto , dropping him to the ground and alerting the knights to the Bull ' s presence . The Bulls , having lost the element of surprise , take off . The Knights know that they won ' t be able to follow them because of Weezil ' s knowledge of the forest . Cedric , returning with Weezil to camp , find Gilbert The Bad hard at work on siege machines . Cedric informs him that the ambush was not a success , but seeing the machines , declares that he ' ll be king soon with the machines Gilbert had built . Later , on the morning before the feast , the villagers are getting ready . Dan , a child , is being washed by his mother , while girls in the meadow pick flowers for garlands . Watt and his son Gurth , are shoeing horses and polishing knights ' swords and shield . Rose the castle cook and her helpers are preparing the feast , while John and Richard practice their swordfighting and Princess Storm watches them . At the celebration , a knights from all over gather and various villagers have set up stalls , selling food and trinkets . A joust is taking place . Dan carelessly throws a wooden toy , which hits King Leo . Instead of punishing Dan , he invites him to sit in the royal box with him . Richard the Strong wins first place and a bag of gold , which he asks be used to help sick villagers , and John of Mayne , who won second place , is given the chance to dance with Princess Storm at the banquet , with the condition that she finishes her tapestry . Meanwhile , Cedric , Boris , Gilbert , and Weezil are preparing to attack the castle . While everyone else is feasting , they Weezil drives a cart full of hay bales to the castle door . Some Bull soldiers jump out and attack the knight at the front gate . While dancing with John of Mayne , Princess Storm notices something shiny through the window . John realizes that it ' s the gleam of the swords of Cedric ' s men and warns the king . Outside , a full scale invasion is taking place . Cedric ' s siege weapons have broken open the gate and his men are attacking the castle en masse . His archers shoot grappling arrows and then climb up the castle walls . King Leo orders all able - bodied men to assist him in defending the castle . He and his knights , along with Watt and Gurth , help defend the castle from the bulls . Princess Storm wanders off on her own to fight , but is captured by Cedric , Weezil , Gilbert , and Boris , who are together . However , King Leo ' s men repel them and Cedric ' s contingent of soldiers , who spread throughout the castle . Most are caught by traps and villagers , but Cedric , Weezil , Boris , and Gilbert head for the throne room , followed by King Leo and his knights . Boris warns Weezil of a trap , but it turns out that the trap was moved , and Weezil is trapped in a cage . On the next floor , he warns Gilbert of another trap , but again the trap was changed , and Gilbert is caught by a suit of armor . Cedric , wary due to having had his top men trapped , sends Boris in first , who promptly falls into a pit trap . Cedric opens the throne , but out jumps Benjamin Bones . Cedric runs away but is caught in a trap . When King Leo , Richard the Strong , and John of Mayne , catch up to him , they find that he has a manuscript stolen from the official mailman . It turns out that it ' s a letter from Edward , stating that he is well and returning home . For their crimes , Cedric and his men are tasked with the job of doing the work of everyone in the village for a month while everyone else has a holiday .